Other fundraising events included West Bromwich runner Dave Heeley, known as Blind Dave, drivingatrain along the Severn Valley Railway and breakfast show presenter Pete Morgan busking with 1980s singer Jaki Graham.
"At the point of impact he had already decelerated as much as he could, to around 33 kilometres, but the point is when you're drivingatrain, you're then working on velocity, " she said, AFP news agency reports.
Drivers also reported problems on other turns with Red Bull's David Coulthard describing driving conditions as "incredibly difficult...like driving on atrain track".