Cars crushed by trees, cars totalled in tunnels and wrecked by water, there have been some truly horrendous crashes with the occupants apparently saved by Lady Luck. Ian Bartholomew and Stuart Milne bring you some of the most shocking.

Gallery: Miraculous escapes: and they walked away

Driving a car can be a risky business, but we all do our best to avoid a prang.

Staying in when it snows, slowing down when it rains and keeping your distance in fog, but there are some occasions when an accident is totally unavoidable.

Like when your poor VW Polo gets crushed by a tree, or you find yourself rolling down a ravine.

We’ve pulled together a collection of the most outrageous incidents, which all have one thing in common – the drivers and passengers all walked away.