Kyle Shanahan has admitted to reporters that he was to blame for the car crash that has left the San Francisco 49ers head coach with multiple injuries.Shanahan spoke about the crash, that took place in northern California on July 14, to a small group of 49ers beat writers in his office at the team’s facility on Tuesday.The 46-year-old collided with an SUV near his home in Palo Alto while returning from a chiropractor appointment. He broke his nose, three ribs, his hand, required more than 40 stitches in his face and suffered a severe concussion.He was taken to Stanford Hospital by paramedics, once his wife Mandy had arrived at the scene, but was released after eight to 10 hours.Shanahan, who shares three children – son Carter and daughters Stella and Lexi – with Mandy, told reporters that his cell phone slid off his lap and fell between the seats while he was driving.’I was going 20 miles an hour,’ Shanahan said. ‘I was not on my phone, but I dropped my phone and it was stuck in my seats. Kyle Shanahan has admitted to reporters that he was to blame for his car crash last week’It’s on my lap and it slid off. And I went down to look for it and took my eyes off the road for two seconds.’As I was coming up, the airbags hit me in my face, and they broke my nose and then they said the visor really gashed me. I took my eyes off the road looking for my phone, and my car veered into someone.’It’s one of those roads where there’s no forgiveness. When I hit her, the impact was just so, I’ll just never forget how violent it was.’A clerical error in the local law enforcement’s database had attributed the crash to the female driver of the SUV, prompting Shanahan to clear it up. ‘I hit her,’ he added. ‘I don’t know why it was reported that way [on the collision report database]. The police report doesn’t say that.’It just crushed me hearing the girl get blamed for it. I’m just lucky that I survived, that she didn’t get hurt and that I didn’t lose my eye.’As a result of his injuries, Shanahan will be limited in what he can do during 49ers training camp although he was pictured watching practice on Sunday in a major sign he’s on the road to recovery.He added that fatigue is still one of his biggest problems, admitting he felt better on Monday but was struggling on Tuesday. His longtime ally Chris Foerster, who serves as assistant head coach, has taken on a bigger role in training camp with help from new defensive coordinator Raheem Morris. The 49ers’ general manager, John Lynch, told reporters on Saturday that he expects Shanahan to be healthy enough to coach the team in their opening game against the Los Angeles Rams in Melbourne on September 10.’The timeline kind of takes care of itself. He’s got to meet certain markers,’ Lynch told reporters on Saturday. ‘But I think the expectation is that long before that he’ll be better.’On Monday’s episode of Pro Football Talk Live, NFL insider Chris Simms revealed he had seen pictures of Shanahan’s grisly injuries and he was lucky to still have his eyesight. The San Francisco 49ers head coach pictured with wife Mandy before this year’s Super Bowl Shanahan and Mandy share three children together, son Carter and daughters Stella and Lexi’I get a text from Kyle’s wife, Mandy. She texts myself and my wife, and it’s like, ‘Oh no, Kyle’s been a part of some horrible accident’,’ Simms said.’And she sent us some pictures right off the bat, and it was like, ‘Oh my gosh.’ So just to let you know, paint the picture, you’ve seen the injury report, the broken ribs, 40 stitches in the face, the broken nose, broken left hand. Of course, the bad concussion.’But when you first see it, and it’s fresh, and some of the cuts are still wide open, I mean, it’s jarring. It’s jarring.’He was this close to maybe losing his right eye, right? The scar is so big right here. And so all that stuff was just crazy to see. And, of course, I was thinking of my friend, but yeah, it’s tough. And he’s still battling with this concussion. . . . He’s healing.’His face looks a whole lot better, but this concussion, of course, being a part of that kind of accident is lingering and it’s giving him issues, and he’s certainly still dealing with that.’Shanahan, the son of legendary NFL head coach and two-time Super Bowl winner Mike Shanahan, has been in charge of the 49ers since 2017.He was poached after his Falcons offense led the league in points scored and helped the team reach the Super Bowl in 2016, when Atlanta infamously let a 28–3 lead slip to Tom Brady and the New England Patriots.The 49ers are once again considered among the contenders to win the NFC and reach the Super Bowl this season with a star-studded roster that includes Christian McCaffrey, George Kittle, Nick Bosa and Brock Purdy.