In what might very well be retribution from the Car Gods for putting Bond in a Ford Mondeo in the beginning of 2006's Casino Royale, the accident occurred when the Alfa Romeo crashed into a wall during a chase sequence involving a truck and Bond's soggy Aston Martin along the Gardesana, a curvy two-lane lakeside road near the town of Limone sul Garda. Town spokesman Marco Giardi commented that "They chose this road because it is full of curves and tunnels. It will give the film a lot of impact." Which it clearly already has, but perhaps not in the way he was hoping.

The die-hard Bond fans upset with the casting of a blond-haired, blue-eyed Bond in Daniel Craig may be upset to learn that Craig was not on set at the time of the accident, while 20-something bloggers who can more than appreciate a blond blue-eyed man in short blue swimming trunks are glad to hear it.