ROCKINGHAM, England The massive accident that nearly killed Alex Zanardi in Germany a week ago will be repeated again and again -- on a computer.

Steve Olvey, a founder of the cart medical team, says the Italian's crash will be analyzed when the series returns to the United States for any clues to improve car safety, Reuters reported.

"We reconstruct all of our crashes now that involve an injury," he said at the Rockingham 500 race in central England at the weekend.

"They are very sophisticated computer models that duplicate the crashes so that we can work with different changes in the car and in driver protection areas to prevent injuries in the future."

Zanardi, twice cart champion, was hit by Canadian Alex Tagliani's speeding car after the Italian spun out of the pit lane on to the track.

Tagliani had no chance of avoiding Zanardi's Honda and the impact at close to 320 kph destroyed the car.

Zanardi lost a huge amount of blood and had both legs amputated in hospital.

"Alex's was one of the worst types of accidents you can have, because you have a car basically stationary ... and it gets hit by another car with a pointed and very strong nose," said Olvey.

"The same thing can happen in any open wheel series, the other car doesn't have to be going very fast to penetrate the tub (protective shell) and cause devastating types of injuries."