EX-RACING star Billy Monger has been banned from driving after crashing into three parked cars.
Monger, 25, whose nickname is Billy Whizz after the Beano comic character, was convicted of driving without due care and attention at Guildford Magistrates’ Court in connection with the incident in Limpsfield, Surrey, on January 19.
Billy Monger, who featured on Celebrity Race Across The World has been banned from driving[/caption]
Monger smashed into three parked cars and demolished a garden wall in Limpsfield, Surrey[/caption]
Large chunks of debris from 25-year-old Monger’s racing-inspired sportscar can be seen scattered across the drive[/caption]
The former Celebrity Race Across The World contestant had smashed into three parked cars and damaged a lamp post and a wall in a front garden, said Surrey Police.
Pictures showed the smashed-up black Toyota Supra he was driving in a front garden.
Monger was disqualified from driving for 49 days and ordered to pay fines and costs totalling £2,694, the force said.
His trail of destruction also saw him knock over the homeowner’s wheelie bin and smash into a lamppost – which can be seen bent out of shape and later had to be replaced by Highways England.
A silver VW Golf and a red Citroen can also be seen covered in dust from the smash, with the red vehicle’s bumper caved in and almost falling off.
A spokesperson said: “Billy Monger was driving a black Toyota Supra when he was involved in the collision in Snatts Hill around 11.55pm on January 19, 2024.
“Monger was driving along the 30mph road when he collided with a Volkswagen Lupo, a Volkswagen Golf, and a Citroen, causing damage to all three cars.
“Damage was also caused to a lamp post and a hedge and a wall in the front garden of a nearby property.”
Rick Scholey, supervisor for the road traffic collision team, who investigated the case, said: “Monger was not paying attention when he lost control of his car which resulted in him colliding with three parked cars, causing significant damage to the vehicles before then colliding with a hedge and wall belonging to a nearby house.
“Thankfully, no one was in the road at the time otherwise this could have had far more serious consequences.”
Monger had both legs amputated after a high-speed crash during a Formula 4 race at Donington Park when he was 17.
He is a commentator on Formula 1 for Channel 4 and is training for the annual Ironman World Championship.
A court heard last week how the ex-racing driver turned broadcaster collided with three parked cars and demolished the garden wall, after losing control of his Toyota while speeding.
He left the scene of the 11.55pm crash with his female passenger before police arrived, but later returned to provide his insurance details and reported he had been driving the car.
Appearing via videolink at Guildford magistrates court last Friday, Monger pleaded guilty to driving without due care and attention after losing control of the black Toyota Supra when he went too fast round a bend.
Prosecutor Russell Greenhouse told the court the TV pundit, who earnt the nickname in his racing days of Billy Whizz, was driving along Snatts Hill, Oxted, Surrey at 11.55pm on January 19 when he lost control of the car and scraped a VW Lupo parked along the 30mph residential road.
A witness who was sat in his parked car at the time said the ex-racing star tried to “oversteer” and lost control of his car again, catapulting it into a lamppost and a hedge, before it flattened a brick wall and hit two more cars – a silver VW Golf and a red Citroen – on the front driveway of one home.
The witness estimated Monger, who last year appeared on the BBC’s Race Across the World programme, was driving at between 40mph and 50mph at the time, because it caused his own car to “shake” as he zoomed past, with another witness describing hearing a “loud raging engine”.
The witnesses are both said to have checked if Monger was hurt before he left with a female passenger from the crash, which caused “extensive damage” to his car and saw its airbags deployed.
Monger was last year unveiled as an ambassador for Toyota and its Let’s Go Beyond campaign.
He was also on the presenting team for this summer‘s Paris Paralympics and provides expert analysis for Channel 4’s F1 coverage.
Last year, he and sister Bonny were on track to win the BBC’s Race Across the World programme as they attempted to make the journey from Morocco to Norway, but were forced to withdraw due to a family emergency back in the UK.
Monger was involved in a horror crash in 2017 which saw him lose both his legs[/caption]
The carnage left behind after the smash[/caption]
