For this installment of Wrecked Vette Wednesday, we decided to go with something a little different. Typically our wrecked car of the week is sourced from an insurance auction yard, a sort of purgatory for poor Corvettes and other vehicles, until its fate is ultimately decided by the auction gavel; off to be repaired for a second chance or straight into the crusher.

This week’s car doesn’t look too bad when compared to most of those featured here, and in many ways it serves as a testament to the build and safety quality of the C7 Stingray. This car belongs to a CorvetteForum member known as d_toll who had this to say about the incident, “On my way to work this morning at around 2:15 AM a deer decided to check out the Vette. Waiting to hear from the insurance on what’s next. The only reason I was driving it today was because I was supposed to get the windshield replaced after work.”

According to AutoEvolution, the car was traveling at 76 mph when the beloved C7 struck Bambi. While we’d have to guess the Corvette outweighs the deer by about 10:1, it still did a number on the car. Even more alarming, is the amount of damage caused by the seat belts when they underwent the force hitting the deer which may have been in addition to some already existent braking force, if d_toll had time to hit the binders prior to impact that is.

Shown here you can see the way that the interior panels shifted and were cut, but the belts certainly did their jobs appropriately and that’s what really matters. With all the talk about defective airbags in the news, we found d_toll’s next remarks to be rather interesting. While we would always wait for an official report from an authorized source, he had some interesting finds.

“System is acting like the airbag deployed, and I believe it tried. During the initial hit the inside of the car filed with smoke or a powder of some sort. The passenger side seatbelt clinched so tight that it pulled the metal clip into the side of the plastic on the seat and cut into it. There’s a gap difference between the top and both A-pillars. Behind the drivers door the gap is off compared to the passenger side… The passenger side seatbelt pulled so hard that it strained the panels behind it and popped them out.”

We always hate to see a Vette in disrepair but it can serve as a reminder for us to try and be responsible on public roads when it comes to that left foot. Unfortunately, this case was a just a matter of circumstance. Luckily, this one looks to be a pretty straightforward repair job, and should be as good as new shortly. While we have to assume this incident did not end well for the deer, we are happy to know that the driver and passenger escaped without serious injury. Hopefully some additional information can be had in regards to the reported nonfunctioning airbags.