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We're not quite sure what a caravan attached to an airship has to do with cars, but perhaps the Top Gear crew are running out of 'normal' ways to crash?

Yesterday, while filming a typically ker-azy stunt for the BBC show, James May was lucky to escape unharmed as he crashed a caravan attached to an airship into a field near a busy road. Check out the before and after shots/artist-impression we've compiled below.

He had been racing the bright orange craft against a £100,000 Lamborghini driven by Richard Hammond, when strong winds blew him off course and caused him to crash in the Cambridgeshire field, just off the A428. He had been aiming for a cricket pitch in the village of Eltisley.

After hearing his James May-day calls (hoho) BBC production staff raced to the scene, fearing their star could be injured. They do have a bit of experience with that after all. Fortunately both he and his crew were fine.

Though filming had to be called off for the day, the show, including the crash, is due to air in November.

While this is not the first time a Top Gear host has been involved in an accident, it could be the slowest. Living up to his 'Captain Slow' nickname, it is thought the caravan was only travelling at 2mph when it crash landed.

The airship before the crash...



... and our artist's impression of what happened after the crash. Sorry for the dinosaur -- he got a little over excited.



See also: James May's Lego house demolished -- in pictures.