Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond, believes that the BBC were right to air footage of his hideous, 288 mph car crash.

He stated to Star Magazine:

“If it didn’t kill me at the time, it wasn’t going to kill me just watching it. But to see details – like the crash helmet that saved my life and the harness that stopped me being smashed to pieces – took my breath away,” he said, adding that he felt it was important that viewers were not shielded from the images.

“It’s a sensitive issue, but I think it would have been irresponsible for us not to show it. Things go wrong – that’s how it is in the world.”