- The sports car, a favourite of James Bond, was filling up at Swindon garage
- Natasha Gregory's pink Vauxhall lost control and careened onto forecourt
- DBS shunted into petrol pump as its owner filled it up, but no-one hurt
- She has now spoken out about the accident on social media
By Harriet Arkell and Sam Webb
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A hapless motorist today admitted crashing her pink Vauxhall Corsa into an Aston Martin DBS worth £180,000.
Natasha Gregory went online to respond to comments made about the bizarre accident on the ‘Shout Out Swindon’ Facebook page.
The 24-year-old, from Swindon, claimed she clipped a kerb, lost control of the car and smashed into the 190mph DBS - a favourite of James Bond - as its owner stood filling it up, shunting it into a petrol pump.
The luxury vehicle has now been taken to the scrapyard.
Expensive mistake: Onlookers watched in horror as the little pink runabout crashed into the £100,000 Aston Martin in Swindon yesterday. Corsa driver Natasha Gregory says she feels like a 'total d*** head'
Pink fan: Natasha Gregory from Swindon, the driver whose pink Vauxhall Corsa was involved in an accident that wrote off an Aston Martin
She wrote: 'Ummmm it was me and it was an accident. y the hell would I wonna go into aston martin (sic)!!
'I’m glad everyones fine, and I have u know I clipped a curb (I’m sure everyone has) and the steering went. S*** happens glad no one was hurt.
'I don’t really care what’s said, I feel like a total d*** head and am gutted and so sorry to the other driver was not his fault at all and he never tried to kill me.
'Yea cars at scrap yard, the only person I give a s*** bout is the other driver bless him thank good no one was hurt.'
After the accident at Swindon's Kingshill Esso garage, the Aston Martin's owner, who asked not to be named, said the car was damaged beyond repair.
Hitting the road sign might have been cheaper: The pink Corsa hit the well-polished DBS squarely on its side
He said: 'I was filling up and then I saw the car coming towards me.
'She drove out of the petrol station onto the roundabout, lost it and came over the kerb and straight into my car. My car moved into the pump and bumped the pump off.'
He told the Swindon Advertiser: 'My car will be a write-off. They won't fix that.'
A passer-by, who saw the incident, said: 'She lost control on the roundabout and span around and into the petrol station.
'It all happened so fast in front of me.'
Paramedics and police attended but neither driver was hurt in the incident which happened just before 3pm. The petrol station was closed while staff worked to repair the damaged pump.
Shaken not stirred: Neither the owner of the Aston Martin nor the Corsa was injured in yesterday's accident
A spokesman for Wiltshire Police said: 'We were called at 2.55pm to reports of two cars colliding on the forecourt of the Esso petrol station.
'One of the cars had gone into a pump. There was no fire but there was a strong smell of fumes.'
The Aston Martin driver was incredibly unlucky to be involved in the collision.
To crash into the Aston, Miss Gregory crossed a traffic island where she missed one large sign before avoiding any passing traffic.
She then drove between two other road signs before hitting the stationary Aston as the driver attempted to fill it up with fuel.
A spokesperson for Esso added: 'We are aware of a vehicle collision that occurred just before 3pm on Tuesday afternoon at Kingshill service station.
'The service station staff immediately called the emergency services, and assisted those involved.
'Apart from the damage to the vehicles involved, the collision caused only minor damage to two pump nozzles, and the site returned to normal working yesterday afternoon.'
Licence to thrill: Actor Daniel Craig with the Aston Martin DBS in a promotional shot for Casino Royale
Aston Martin sportscars have been featured in several James Bond films, with the DBS appearing as 007's car in both Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace.
A spokesman for Aston Martin said: 'The DBS is not of the understated elegance of a DB9, nor the youthful agility of the V8 Vantage.
'It is explosive power in a black tie, and has its own unique character which will equal that of James Bond.'
When the Aston Martin DBS went on sale in 2007, prices started from £180,000, but the model was discontinued last year.
Powered by a 6-litre V12 engine, the 510bhp DBS is capable of 0-62mph in just 4.3 seconds, and boasts a top speed of 190mph.
In real life, James Bond actor Daniel Craig, who drove the DBS in Casino Royale, is a fan, too. Earlier this month the star, who turned 45 on March 2, was pictured taking delivery of a bright red £150,000 Vantage Roadster, leaving neighbours wondering if the convertible Aston Martin was a present to himself.
Top Gear star Jeremy Clarkson described the Aston Martin DBS as a model which is 'as close to perfect as a car can be'.
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