Richard Hammond had promised his family he’d stop dangerous stunts less than a month before crash

THE former Top Gear host is recovering from a horror car crash less than a month after promising his family he’d be a little more careful on the road.

Richard Hammond has been in another horror crash. Picture: Anthony Harvey

RICHARD Hammond’s latest horror crash comes a month after the television star vowed to give up dangerous stunts for the sake of his family.

The Grand Tour host, 47, was driving a supercar worth $A3.4 million for the Amazon show when he lost control before it flipped and then burst into flames earlier today in St Gallen, Switzerland, The Sun reports.

The car Richard Hammond was driving. Picture: Freuds/AP

The TV star left the road and mounted a grassy verge where he managed to be pulled from the burning vehicle.

Richard was flown to hospital after he crawled from the smashed car just moments before it burst into flames.

Richard Hammond's burnt out car. Picture: Amazon

A close up of Hammond’s car that burst into flames straight after he’d crawled out. Picture: Freuds/AP

The presenter, is now being treated in hospital with serious injuries — the worst of which is a fractured knee.

Hammond, who nearly died in a car crash in 2006, cheated death just a month after he swore off stunts to make sure he is around to see his two daughters grow up.

He told The Mirror: “I’ve a beautiful wife and two beautiful daughters.

“I’m not going to risk leaving them. Not for their sake but for mine.”

Richard and his wife Mindy are parents to two girls, Izzy, 16, and Willow, 13.

Richard Hammond with his wife Amanda Etheridge in October, 2016. Picture: Chris Jackson

It is thought he was driving a Rimac supercar at the time, an electronic vehicle which can reach speeds of nearly 320km/h.

A source said: “Richard is conscious but very shaken.

“He is currently being treated in hospital for a fractured knee and having the once over. It’s quite incredible he’s come away from this with nothing more serious quite frankly.

“The crash was really bad. The car completely flipped and then burst into flames.

“There was real concern for Richard but the emergency services were quickly on hand and he’s a very lucky boy.

“It brought back horrendous memories of the 2006 crash for those who witnessed it.”

The crash that left Hammond in a coma back in 2006. Picture: BBC/Top Gear

An Amazon spokeswoman told The Sun: “Richard Hammond was involved in a serious crash after completing the Hemburg Hill Climb in Switzerland in a Rimac Concept One, an electric super car built in Croatia, during filming for The Grand Tour Season 2 on Amazon Prime, but very fortunately suffered no serious injury.

“Richard was conscious and talking, and climbed out of the car himself before the vehicle burst into flames.

“He was flown by Air Ambulance to hospital in St Gallen to be checked over revealing a fracture to his knee.

“Nobody else was in the car or involved in the accident, and we’d like to thank the paramedics on site for their swift response. The cause of the crash is unknown and is being investigated.”

His co-star Jeremy Clarkson said: “It was the biggest crash I’ve ever seen and the most frightening but incredibly, and thankfully, Richard seems to be mostly OK.”

It was the biggest crash I've ever seen and the most frightening but incredibly, and thankfully, Richard seems to be mostly OK.

— Jeremy Clarkson (@JeremyClarkson) June 10, 2017

It comes just three months after The Sun revealed how he was left unconscious after falling off a motorbike while filming the car show.

He lay unconscious in the road in remote Mozambique, kilometres from medical help.

Richard Hammond riding a motorbike for Top Gear. Picture: BBC

And 11 years ago Richard, affectionately nicknamed Hamster, almost died in a 463km/h collision on the auto show Top Gear.

The dad-of-two was in a coma for two weeks in 2006 after the jet-powered car he was piloting for Top Gear crashed.

Its right tyre blew as he tried to set a land speed record at RAF Elvington near York.

He was flown to hospital in Leeds. Richard later revealed he suffered depression, paranoia and memory loss due to brain damage.

Police investigators inspect the wreckage of the Vampire jet powered car crashed by Hammond in 2006. Picture: Paul Kingston

This article originally appeared on The Sun and has been republished here with permission.

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