Thousands of pounds have been raised for a “selfless” dad-of-two after he was involved in a serious crash.

Adam Fill is still fighting for his life in hospital following the major two-car collision on the A249 on Tuesday night (February 25).

The north-bound carriageway, between the M20 junction near Maidstone and the M2 at Stockbury, was shut for nine hours following the crash between a silver Land Rover Discovery and a black BWM 1 series, near the Chalky Lane junction.

Emergency services were called to the crash and Adam, who had been in the passenger seat of the BMW, had to be cut free from the vehicle and airlifted to King's College Hospital in London.

Meanwhile, a passenger from the Land Rover, a woman in her 30s, also sustained “serious injuries” and was taken to a local hospital.

Adam’s wife Abbie, told KentOnline: “Adam just basically took the whole brunt of the collision.

“His friend, the driver, rang me – he managed to walk out of the car relatively injury-free.

“My brother came and got me and took me to the scene, but I wasn't allowed up to where they were.

“Then, Adam was airlifted, and they blue-lit me in a police car with my brother to where he was, and we've been here ever since.”

The 34-year-old suffered several fractures and swellings. He has been put into sedation due to the pain he would be in and the operations he will have to undergo.

Abbie added: “At the moment, we’re taking it one day at a time.

“They're still trying to figure out how to operate, in what order, where to go from the current situation and how safely to do the operations.

“They still can't kind of guarantee the brain side of it because he's obviously asleep, and they can't do many scans because the injury to his leg is so bad – he's got a metal cage around it.

“The chances of him being home anytime soon is so far away.

“They can't gauge any of that until he's awake, and they can see what movement he has and what he can feel.”

Adam and Abbie have been together for 18 years and have been married for half that time.

They live in Kemsley, Sittingbourne, with their daughter Poppy, six, and son Arlo, three.

The family have been blindsided by the accident, with Abbie saying she is on “autopilot” coping with what has happened.

She said: “Adam is like one of the nicest guys I think anyone would ever meet in their life.

“You kind of sit here and think, why? Why would anything want to happen to him?”

Adam, who had been working as a mechanic for a British touring car team, has always been an auto sports lover.

His wife added: “He's been all over the world racing for various teams.

“I think if this career were to come to a stop right now, it would be devastating to all of us.”

He has also been described as “family-oriented, selfless and fun” dad who often overcompensated at home for when he would be away working.

Abbie said: “His priority is always his family – he never bought himself anything.

“He'd wear the same pair of trainers until they had holes in. He'd wear the same pair of jeans until the button fell off.

“Every spare bit of money we used to have, he'd take us away.”

Police investigating the crash are appealing for those who witnessed it to come forward.

Anyone who can help should call 01622 798538, or email sciu.td@kent.police.uk, quoting reference XX/HG/013/25.

Dashcam footage can be uploaded here.

In the meantime, Abbie says Adam is the family’s main “breadwinner” and she is not sure how they will cope.

A fundraiser has been set up for the family to help them – and as of writing, more than £17,000 of a £18,000 target has been raised. Click here to view and donate.

The mum-of-two, who works part-time as a cleaner, added: “I'm trying to kind of go through the finances over the next couple of days but to just know I can get from one month to the next at the moment has been the biggest relief.

“And to also know that when Adam is eventually woken up, as the breadwinner, he puts a lot of pressure on himself to bring the money in, that I can say to him, ‘You're okay, let's just focus on you’.

“Knowing everything else is covered at the moment will make a massive difference to him – people who know of him would know how much he'd appreciate the support.”