Louis Tomlinson, Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik and Liam Payne, had just performed in the city and were treated at the scene.
Police and ambulance crews were called to the smash in Birmingham after a car sped into the band's tour bus. ambulance crews a dit three members of the band had severe headaches and spinal pain but the injuries were not serious.
Although the boys were advised to annuler their suivant cabriolet, gig in Plymouth the quintet were desperate not to leave fans high and dry.
As rumours of the crash spread online, hundreds of worried One Direction fans frantically tweeted trying to find out if the crew were injured.
A source told The Daily Mirror: 'It was pretty terrifying for everyone concerned.
'All five boys, plus two members of the crew, were in their tour bus when the car rammed into the back of it.
'Thankfully, it withstood most of the impact but obviously, travelling at speed, the boys’ couldn’t avoid whiplash.'
A Twitter frenzy erupted soon after the
