10 Times TV Shows Got Too Real

Any show which sees its presenters and guests consistently race around a track in seriously fast four-wheeled vehicles is always going to possess its fair share of crashes and accidents. And Top Gear is no different.

Yet, spinning off in a Ford Mondeo during the Reasonably Priced Car celebrity time challenge and flying out of control at nearly 300mph are two completely different situations entirely, which is something Richard Hammond found out the hard way in 2006.

Whilst trying to break the British land speed record, the Vampire dragster Hammond was steering suddenly span out of control after one of the vehicle's front tires abruptly failed. In a truly frightening few moments, the dragster then flipped upside down at crazy speeds with the presenter helplessly taken along for the ride. Hammond would thankfully be cut from the vehicle soon enough, but was then in a severe coma for a couple of weeks and later suffered from post-traumatic amnesia.

If that terrifying experience wasn't enough, the presenter was later involved in another horrific accident on a car show in 2017. Whilst driving a Rimac Concept One car on The Grand Tour, Hammond skidded off the road and tumbled down a hill in the vehicle. Luckily he once again lived to tell the tale. But, perhaps it's time to leave all that high speed racing to someone else, eh?