I was involved in a car accident in may of 2000.
I was in the passanger seat of my mate Datsun 200B sedan when he lost control of it while negotiating a bend on a freshly grated dirt road, while traveling a 90km/h (10 km's below the posted speed limit for the road).
The little Datsun flung of the road and headed of in to the scenary as my friend tried to regain control of the wayward Datto, for some odd reason rather than just dive on the brakes and pull up (the car was heading into a clearing and a nice barbed wire fence and ditch would have provided extra braking) he decided to try and stear the car back on to the road and as soon as it started to turn the passanger side front suspension collasped and folded the front wheel under the car.
The car then proceded to start rolling, as it began to go over I looked out the passanger window and saw a hugh branch sticking up from an old tree stump smash the window and pass mere inches from my head....then there was ground, sky, ground, sky, ground, sky, thud then a whole lot of dust and glass flying about.
I was winded pretty badly and had a few nice cuts to the side of my head after it had made contact with the side pillar of the door (not a lot of head room in those old Datsuns), I looked up to see my friend hanging by his seat belt bleeding on me...he was trying to undo his seat belt and was screaming for me to get out of the car...I was pretty dazed and was still trying to catch my breath.
Then he kicked out what was left of the windscreen and climbed out, dragging me behind him...as I cleared the windscreen and fell on the ground I could see flames pouring from the engine bay of the Datsun.
My friend pretty much began to sprint away from the car while dragging me across the ground by the front of my shirt...we probably go 10-12 metres from the car before she blew...
I don't remember too much after that...except the heat from the fire.
We both were pretty lucky, all we got were some minor cuts and bruises from that accident...I know that if my friend had been in a smiliar state as me right after the car came to stop, we would have both been killed.