• The sportscar, a favourite of James Bond, was filling up at Swindon garage
  • Pink Vauxhall lost control on roundabout and flew onto forecourt
  • DBS shunted into petrol pump as its owner filled it up, but no-one hurt

By Harriet Arkell

PUBLISHED: 06:20 EST, 13 March 2013 | UPDATED: 07:27 EST, 13 March 2013

This is the toe-curling moment a wealthy motorist surveyed the scene after his 180,000 sports car was struck by a runaway old banger.

The Aston Martin DBS was parked at a petrol station yesterday afternoon when the tiny pink Vauxhall Corsa lost control going round a roundabout and careered onto the garage forecourt.

It smashed into the 190mph DBS - a favourite of James Bond - as its owner stood filling it up, shunting it into a petrol pump.

Expensive mistake: Onlookers watched in horror as the little pink runabout crashed into the 100,000 Aston Martin in Swindon yesterday

Onlookers watched in horror as the little pink runabout crashed into the 100,000 Aston Martin yesterday

After the accident at Swindon's Kingshill Esso garage, the Aston Martin's owner, who asked not to be named, said the car was damaged beyond repair.

He said: 'I was filling up and then I saw the car coming towards me.

'She drove out of the petrol station onto the roundabout, lost it and came over the kerb and straight into my car.  My car moved into the pump and bumped the pump off.'

He told the Swindon Advertiser: 'My car will be a write-off.  They won't fix that.'

A passer-by, who saw the incident, said: 'She lost control on the roundabout and span around and into the petrol station.

'It all happened so fast in front of me.'

Paramedics and police attended but neither driver was hurt in the incident which happened just before 3pm.  The petrol station was closed while staff worked to repair the damaged pump.

Hitting the road sign might have been cheaper: The pink Corsa hit the DBS squarely on its right side

Hitting the road sign might have been cheaper: The pink Corsa hit the well-polished DBS squarely on its side

Shaken not stirred: Neither the owner of the Aston Martin nor the Corsa was injured in yesterday's accident

Shaken not stirred: Neither the owner of the Aston Martin nor the Corsa was injured in yesterday's accident

A spokesman for Wiltshire Police said: 'We were called at 2.55pm to reports of two cars colliding on the forecourt of the Esso petrol station.

'One of the cars had gone into a pump. There was no fire but there was a strong smell of fumes.'

Aston Martin sportscars have been featured in several James Bond films, with the DBS appearing as 007's car in both Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace.

A spokesman for Aston Martin said: 'The DBS is not of the understated elegance of a DB9, nor the youthful agility of the V8 Vantage.

'It is explosive power in a black tie, and has its own unique character which will equal that of James Bond.'

When the Aston Martin DBS went on sale in 2007, prices started from 180,000, but the model was discontinued last year.

Powered by a 6-litre V12 engine, the 510bhp DBS is capable of 0-62mph in just 4.3 seconds, and boasts a top speed of 190mph.

In real life, James Bond actor Daniel Craig, who drove the DBS in Casino Royale, is a fan, too.  Earlier this month the star, who turned 45 on March 2, was pictured taking delivery of a bright red 150,000 Vantage Roadster, leaving neighbours wondering if the convertible Aston Martin was a present to himself.

Top Gear star Jeremy Clarkson described the Aston Martin DBS as a model which is 'as close to perfect as a car can be'.

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@ we44 that model of corsa doesn't have an air bag, i had one! Plus this driver is notorious for speed and poor driving skills!

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I bet her insurance company were happy. God knows how much her insurance + premium costs but it will sure be a whole lot less than the 180K they are going to have to fork out on a new DBS!

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It's Aston Martin's own car, not some wealthy motorist. Note to DM you can still make out that the plate is 1 AML. Some poor bloke will have the pi$$ taken for the rest of his life as the one who crashed a test car whilst filling it with petrol. - Whilst you may be right about the number plate, it looks like a fuzzy 1 OMG to me....LOL!

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It was speed! She hit the curb, then landed where she did. It's very impossible to land how she did without speed being a factor!

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With cars like a DBS it's possible it'll be a write-off purely because having been in an accident severely impacts the resale value, unlike - say - in a Vauxhall Insignia. Even if they replace the panels, straighten what needs straightening etc this accident could easily wipe 50k off any future resale price - you simply can't judge this to the same standards as a 'regular' car. On the flip side of the coin, the insurance would have been correspondingly high to start with.

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Why is every one pointing this to a womens fault!! ? because of one womens stupidity every one as to get insulted when there was of course a reason she lost control and a reason she crashed .HER!! own fault.

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'She lost control on the roundabout and span around and into the petrol station". >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> SPAN???

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Hardly a right off. A couple of body panels will sort it. The Corsa airbag hasn't even deployed so it wasn't going very fast anyway.

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I've looked at "Street View" and I can't work out how she managed it.

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thats why car insurance is expensive ,its not the value of your car that matters but the value of the one it hits

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