The BBC had argued that Mr Stansfield suffered “little more than a moderate whiplash injury with depressive symptoms”, but agreed to pay “two thirds of the damages assessed as being caused by injuries”.
The judge ruled that Mr Stansfield, aged 42 when the television episode was filmed, suffered injury to his brain, spine and audio-vestibular system during the crash tests.
A television presenter has been awarded £1.6m in damages after he suffered brain and spine injuries while acting as a “crash test dummy” in a science programme.
An engineer by background, Mr Stansfield, who is known as “Jem”, was a presenter on Bang Goes The Theory, which ran for eight seasons between 2009 and 2014.