Totaled my prius

The other night some friends and I were driving home and a car veered into our lane. In attempt to avoid it we swerved, lost control, and hit a utility pole as well as several trees; eventually landing on the roof. Our speed was approx. 55mph maybe slightly faster (that was the posted limit). The reason for this post isn't for sympathy or anything.. I figured some would be interested on how their vehicle would hold up in a real life crash and hearing the story/outcome from the owner himself. I'm sure you can find plenty of pictures of totaled Priuses on the Internet but most probably don't have a description of the outcome and how the passengers were afterwards. There are four passengers in the vehicle total. I was in the passenger seat. Each other occupant was seated next to the door. (Nobody in the middle rear seat). The main part of the impact was the passenger rear quarter panel. The car did roll several times and flipped front to back. I was the only person wearing a seatbelt. The airbag in the steering wheel deployed as well as the passenger dashboard airbag, the right side curtain airbags, and the front passenger seat airbag. The driver side curtain airbags and driver seat airbag did not deploy. The rear suspension beam (not sure exactly what it's called but the equivalent of a rear axle on a rear wheel drive car) was mostly detached and the passenger rear wheel broke off at the hub. The rear seats were pushed together and now overlap slightly but for the most part the cabin stayed intact. Will add pictures shortly. Sorry for any typos, writing this from an iPhone.

 

Sorry forgot to add that. Three of us walked away. One was trapped and cut out. He had a broken rib and is home now.

 

Nightmare it was! If the 12v battery wasn't crushed i bet it would start right up. Well, at least attempt to move on electric! I think for such a small vehicle the structure held up well.

 

The driver of the other vehicle never stopped. The front drivers side tire didn't have much tread left, the other three were almost new. Although i'm sure the lack of tread didn't help the situation, the embankment was almost a 4 foot vertical drop to the bottom of the ditch (and trees), so there wasn't much saving it anyways. I was too wondering about why the driver's side airbags didn't go off, but I starting thinking, the first impact crushed the 12v battery (it actually was almost touching the spare tire). Maybe the loss of the 12v system prevented the other side from deploying, or maybe it didn't deploy because the driver wasn't wearing a seatbelt? I'm not sure how all that works

 

Insurance towed it away. I've never been in an accident or dealt with insurance, but I'm assuming it's theirs now that they paid off the loan

 

I would think it's okay, but there might have been some damage. The body of the car was actually pushed in to the point where the folding back seats now overlap