Simon Pegg believes his driving accidents could be due to undiagnosed ADHD
Hot Fuzz actor Simon Pegg has opened up about his difficulties driving, which has caused several car accidents, which he believes are related to his undiagnosed ADHD.
The actor, who recently starred in the Mission: Impossible movies with Tom Cruise, has been caught speeding many times. In 2021, he was given a six-month driving ban after he was caught speeding in an expensive Mercedes. Prior to this, the comedian had 13 penalty points from four separate speeding offences on his license.
His latest car accident shook him particularly as his children were in the car, too. Speaking on the Wrong Turns podcast, Pegg said of his accident, “I did it the other day in Greece. I was backing out of the driveway where we were staying. I had like five people in the car, everyone was talking.”
He sheepishly admitted, “I didn’t look. I was checking the sides of the car to make sure I was clear of the driveway. I didn’t look at the rear-view camera thing and I hit a post.” As a result, he could almost instantly feel his wife “crumbling with disappointment.”
After the incident, he recalled his daughter noticed he was down, and things needed to change. He investigated ADHD with greater zeal, learning online that car crashes for ADHD sufferers are much more likely. “It’s because of a lack of focus and ability to kind of totally focus,” he said. “I need to speak to a psychiatrist and find out for sure if I have this thing.”
Though Pegg has been banned from driving on three separate occasions, he recalled that it should have been more often. He admitted that some police officers would let off an offence, as they were avid fans of Hot Fuzz, which depicted police in a charming, humorous light.
In April, it was announced that the filming of a new movie set to star Pegg had halted after the production company ran out of cash. The project, Angels in the Asylum, was also set to feature Minnie Driver opposite Pegg and tell the story of women locked away at an asylum in Surrey in the 1930s for carrying the typhoid disease.
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