The British actor more commonly known as Mr Bean has crashed his purple McLaren F1. The R7.5 million supercar spun several times, smashed into a tree and ploughed into a road sign before catching fire on the opposite side of the road. This isn’t the first time he’s had an incident while driving his purple passion either.

Back in 1999, Atkinson had a collision with an old school Rover Metro in Lancashire, but it definitely wasn’t as serious as this accident.

The 56-year-old apparently pulled himself from the wreckage and was looked after by a passing motorist until emergency services arrived at the scene near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, at about 19h30 last night.

the purple passion, sidelined..

Police officers inspect the scene..

Atkinson, who has a passion for fast cars, has written articles about different vehicles for specialist car magazines and recently set the record for the fastest lap time on BBC’s Top Gear’s “star in a reasonably priced car”, with a lap time of 1:42.2.

The actor has reportedly escaped with only minor injuries and a little bit of a dent to his ego.

Here’s a video of that Top Gear episode:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqzOh4H3iHc

[Source: DailyMail]