Ken Moss, the former North Yorkshire policeman blinded when his police car crashed with a stolen car, is to attempt a daring land speed record.
Ken, 41, was blinded in the accident on the A64 while on duty in November, 1992.
He suffered serious head injuries and was given just a five per cent chance of survival.
On Saturday he will make the land speed attempt to raise money for St Dunstan's, a charity which cares for men and women blinded in the service of their country.
The record attempt will take place at the Defence Evaluation Research Agency (DERA), Boscombe Down, in a special single-seat version of the MGF sports car, known as EXF, or experimental F.
He will be totally reliant on technology specially developed by Dr Graham
Rood and Paul Kellett, scientists from the Defence Evaluation and
Research Agency (DERA).
Ken's attempt has been masterminded by Neil Swan, project director at St
Dunstan's, who enlisted the help of former British World Championship Rally driver Tony Pond.
The attempt by Ken, from Scarborough, will be screened on BBC 1's Tomorrow's World on Wednesday, October 20.
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