BeamNG Drive - Grace Kelly Car Crash

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Grace Patricia Kelly was an American actress who, after starring in several significant films in the early to mid-1950s, became Princess of Monaco by marrying Prince Rainier III in April 1956.

It was shortly after 10 am Monday morning of September 13, 1982 when the car Princess Grace was driving missed a curve and catapulted down a cliff. It is a road that Princess Grace often travelled yet not often drove herself, but that morning she dismissed her chauffeur as there were dresses and boxes in the back seat. With her daughter Princess Stephanie as her passenger, Princess Grace set out on what should have been a relatively short drive in her beloved 11-year-old metallic green Rover 3500.

Some theorise Grace hadn’t lost control of the car, but rather, of her emotions. That summer, mother and daughter had been engaged in an ongoing argument over Stephanie’s plans to marry her then-boyfriend, Paul, son of French film star, Jean-Paul Belmondo. If the argument had become heated that day, it might explain the “erratic driving.” It could even explain why whoever was driving might have confused the brake pedal with the accelerator.

About two miles outside of La Turbie, Grace missed a particularly sharp turn, sending the car over a 120-foot slope.

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BeamNG Drive is a game with a unique, realistic soft body engine that simulates every component of the car in real time, resulting in realistic and dynamic behavior.

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[gravesclayton]

I live in the mountains of Southwest Virginia. I had a 1963 Buick Skylark with the 215 (3.5L) V-8, and it was no slouch. It was equipped with non-power 4-wheel Drum brakes, and a 2-speed automatic transmission (Buick Dual-Path). When I descended steep mountain roads, I used low gear, and braked sparingly. "Brake failure" is often something as simple as riding the brakes until the friction material overheats and becomes "frictionless". If you don't gear-down for the incline, you are out of luck. Burnt brakes only need about 30 seconds to recover their stopping ability, but a lot can happen in 30 seconds on a steeply declining mountain road with sharp curves. Ride your brakes, and you don't stand much of a chance. I don't doubt that the brakes were "fully functional" hours after the crash, that's not going mean a thing if they were being overheated on the way down. Poor driving habits have killed a lot of people in perfectly functioning automobiles.

[kyle]

Princess Grace: Should've used a driver.
Princess Diana: Should not have used a driver.

[pmafterdark]

There was a lot of rumors about Grace fighting with her daughter among other things when in reality she suffered a cerebral hemorrhage while driving which made her lose control of the car. I believe Stephanie tried to grab the wheel and gain control of the car but couldn't. Grace was actually still alive when they arrived at the wreck but later died at the hospital. Very tragic ending to a beautiful and talented woman.

[donmehl]

I thought Grace Kelly lost control because she had a mild stroke while driving. She made it to the hospital where she was treated and expected to survive. She died the next day from a second massive stroke.

[ScottDLR]

FYI, Stephanie survived with only minor injuries. Would have been nice to include that info but then again, you got so many details wrong.

[stanbest]

She was driving a Rover 3.5, the Spen King designed P6 fitted with the alloy V8 developed from the surpluses Buick design bought in by Rover. These were a compact luxury saloon with excellent road manners refinement and passive safety. Prince Rainier's first comments to the press were that her brakes had failed. Rover's response was to say this was almost impossible and they sent two engineers out on the next flight. The post mortem confirmed that Princess Grace had died at the wheel and the car performed as designed in the subsequent crash.
She was a loss, effortlessly elegant.

[ClassicCyclingCC]

From what I read it was determined that she had a stroke just before the accident.

[Blank]

As It Turns Out Grace Suffered A Stroke On The Wheel Her Daughter Tried To Stop The Car But It Was Too Late

[lgsocom]

I think it was pretty obvious what happened. Did you see how she was holding the steering wheel? Her poor daughter was frozen with fear the moment she sat down in the passenger seat to

[liketheroman]

That’s not the corner where she crashed; she would have been driving rightwards around the hairpin turn. She also didn’t land on a road, but in someone’s garden.

[yoseevideos]

Rumors said, it was Stephanie who was driving, being on the wheel protected her hence why she survived but not Grace

[MrBigPipesYT]

My first thought is that she overheated her brakes. It can happen within a minute or so, even on newer cars if you ride the brakes while descending a mountain. I've experienced it twice in economy cars from the early 2010's while descending mountains. Also, on numerous off-road vehicles.

The car was equipped with very early, possible first generation on all four wheels. When disc brakes overheat, there's no friction whatsoever to stop the car. You'll experience brake fade until there's no stopping power whatsoever because they're too hot.

It helps to descend mountains by putting the car in a low gear, the engine can take the revs, it's called "engine braking", doing so will limit your speed as well as keeping your brakes cool and ready to be used around switchbacks.

[danpatterson]

I read somewhere that the Rover was taken out into the Med and dumped overboard to keep it from ending up in some sort of ghoulish museum. Makes a good story anyway.

[EnricoAlberti]

This is the real site of the accident: 43°43'34.9"N 7°24'10.0"E
Princess Grace was approaching the infamous hairpin called "coude du diable", i.e. "devil's elbow", to the right, not to the left. After hitting the extremely low wall bordering the tricky road, the car fell onto the garden of a house 120-foot (37 m) below. Definitely, not on an underlying road. So, sorry, but your reconstruction is not based on a factual scenario.

[wozzer]

The Rover P6 that she was driving was a great model car, probably one of the best made cars during the demise of British car manufacturing in the 70's

[jeremywright]

That’s the funniest looking Rover P6 I’ve ever seen. Looks more like a Lincoln town car to me.

[CatherineComerford-nb]

She was a very beautiful woman.And a very good actress.So sad and tragic end to her life she was only 52 .Her daughter must have been very lucky to survive that car crash.They both must have been terrified.

[Darkskorg]

Lmao that car looks like the Dodge Spirit 😁

[RandolphStephenson-ql]

IMO !? Grace Kelly is the Most Beautiful Actress in Hollywood History! ❤️💔🤔🙏

[modecharlie]

Wikipedia quote “Grace suffered a mild cerebral hemorrhage while driving……” was the cause of the accident.