diff --git a/addons/medical_damage/initSettings.sqf b/addons/medical_damage/initSettings.sqf
index 14dac50f1a5..5d9003addf9 100644
--- a/addons/medical_damage/initSettings.sqf
+++ b/addons/medical_damage/initSettings.sqf
@@ -42,3 +42,12 @@
     [0, 1, 1, 2, true],
     true
 ] call CBA_fnc_addSetting;
+
+[
+    QEGVAR(medical,enableVehicleCrashes),
+    "CHECKBOX",
+    [LSTRING(EnableVehicleCrashes_DisplayName), LSTRING(EnableVehicleCrashes_Description)],
+    ELSTRING(medical,Category),
+    true,
+    true
+] call CBA_fnc_addSetting;
diff --git a/addons/medical_damage/stringtable.xml b/addons/medical_damage/stringtable.xml
index ae56dc79c8c..453293e159c 100644
--- a/addons/medical_damage/stringtable.xml
+++ b/addons/medical_damage/stringtable.xml
@@ -703,5 +703,11 @@
         <Key ID="STR_ACE_Medical_Damage_DeathChance_Description">
             <English>The chance of dying to a fatal injury.</English>
         </Key>
+        <Key ID="STR_ACE_Medical_Damage_EnableVehicleCrashes_DisplayName">
+            <English>Enable Vehicle Crash Damage</English>
+        </Key>
+        <Key ID="STR_ACE_Medical_Damage_EnableVehicleCrashes_Description">
+            <English>Controls whether crew receives damage from vehicle collisions.</English>
+        </Key>
     </Package>
 </Project>
diff --git a/addons/medical_engine/functions/fnc_handleDamage.sqf b/addons/medical_engine/functions/fnc_handleDamage.sqf
index 1975bde0c56..9eb799cdcd2 100644
--- a/addons/medical_engine/functions/fnc_handleDamage.sqf
+++ b/addons/medical_engine/functions/fnc_handleDamage.sqf
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ if (_hitPoint isEqualTo "ace_hdbracket") exitWith {
 
     // represents all incoming damage for selecting a non-selectionSpecific wound location, (used for selectRandomWeighted [value1,weight1,value2....])
     private _damageSelectionArray = [
-        HITPOINT_INDEX_HEAD, _damageHead select 1, HITPOINT_INDEX_BODY, _damageBody select 1, HITPOINT_INDEX_LARM, _damageLeftArm select 1, 
+        HITPOINT_INDEX_HEAD, _damageHead select 1, HITPOINT_INDEX_BODY, _damageBody select 1, HITPOINT_INDEX_LARM, _damageLeftArm select 1,
         HITPOINT_INDEX_RARM, _damageRightArm select 1, HITPOINT_INDEX_LLEG, _damageLeftLeg select 1, HITPOINT_INDEX_RLEG, _damageRightLeg select 1
     ];
 
@@ -204,14 +204,15 @@ if (
 // It does fire the EH multiple times, but this seems to scale with the intensity of the crash
 private _vehicle = vehicle _unit;
 if (
-    _hitPoint isEqualTo "#structural" &&
+    EGVAR(medical,enableVehicleCrashes) &&
+    {_hitPoint isEqualTo "#structural"} &&
     {_ammo isEqualTo ""} &&
     {_vehicle != _unit} &&
     {vectorMagnitude (velocity _vehicle) > 5}
     // todo: no way to detect if stationary and another vehicle hits you
 ) exitWith {
     private _damageSelectionArray = [
-        HITPOINT_INDEX_HEAD, 1, HITPOINT_INDEX_BODY, 1, HITPOINT_INDEX_LARM, 1, 
+        HITPOINT_INDEX_HEAD, 1, HITPOINT_INDEX_BODY, 1, HITPOINT_INDEX_LARM, 1,
         HITPOINT_INDEX_RARM, 1, HITPOINT_INDEX_LLEG, 1, HITPOINT_INDEX_RLEG, 1
     ];
     [QEGVAR(medical,woundReceived), [_unit, "Body", _newDamage, _unit, "vehiclecrash", _damageSelectionArray]] call CBA_fnc_localEvent;