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Back in '06, he was driving a jet car at 288mph for TG when a tyre burst. The car rolled several times, eventually ending upside down. The car had an open cage and his head ended up partially buried in the dirt (IIRC, there's a bit where he talks about the dirt being forced up his nose). He was flown to hospital and spent a fair amount of time recovering from a very serious brain injury (as in, not sure if he'll ever wake up from this coma serious). [Wikipedia article]. Obviously, he recovered and TG gave him a huge welcome back in s09eo1, where they also showed footage of the accident [torrents of episode]. Also, book about the accident.
edit: forgot to mention, James was originally planned to drive the car.
Yup, I recommending reading Hammond's autobiographical account of the event, as well as his recovery. http://www.amazon.com/Edge-My-Story-Richard-Hammond/dp/0753824043/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1426739138&sr=8-1
This might not be a daft idea - I remember a paragraph in Richard Hammond's book where a doctor looking after him tells his wife that it is perfectly normal for Richard to be lying there semi-conscious with his hand down his pyjamas. Apparently half of male patients in that state grab at their dick by reflex, or something.
If you are a fan of his I'd recommend you read his book On the Edge: My Story. It goes into a lot of detail about the accident and his long recovery. It was a heart-wrenching read.
In September 2006, Richard Hammond suffered a serious brain injury following a high-speed car crash. Here is his compelling account of life before and after the accident and an honest description of his recovery, full of drama and incident. An adrenalin junkie long before his association with Top Gear, Richard tells the story of his life, from the small boy showing off with ridiculous stunts on his bicycle to the adolescent with a near-obsessive attraction to speed and the smell of petrol. After a series of jobs in local radio, he graduated to television. His insights into the personalities, the camaraderie, and the stunts for which Top Gear has become famous, make compulsive reading. It was while filming that Richard was involved in a high speed crash, driving a jet-powered dragster. His wife Mindy tells the story of the anxious hours and days of watching and waiting until he finally emerged from his coma. In an extraordinarily powerful piece of writing, she and Richard then piece together the stages of his recovery as his shattered mind slowly reformed. The final chapter recounts his return home and his triumphant reappearance in front of the cameras.
Oh, wow, I totally misread what book you were talking about, my b. I was thinking of Hammond's book, On The Edge, which came out in 2008 after his accident: here's a link.
The hamster is an outstanding individual. I highly recommend reading his book. here