diff --git a/addons/medical_damage/functions/fnc_woundsHandlerVehiclehit.sqf b/addons/medical_damage/functions/fnc_woundsHandlerVehiclehit.sqf
index 9c4f864f97..5f4bd35941 100644
--- a/addons/medical_damage/functions/fnc_woundsHandlerVehiclehit.sqf
+++ b/addons/medical_damage/functions/fnc_woundsHandlerVehiclehit.sqf
@@ -26,12 +26,21 @@ if (count _allDamages > 1) exitWith {_this};
 // damage to structural is low unless it's a very large explosion, in which case it is typically >= 1
 private _damageToApply = (abs (_allDamages select 0 select 0));
 
-private _newDamages = [];
+private _damageMap = createHashMap;
+private _bodyPart = "";
+private _allBodyParts = ALL_BODY_PARTS; // micro-optimization here and above, don't recreate this array every time
 
 // hitpoints are randomized, more damage means more wounds in different body parts
+// use a hashmap so we only create one entry in _newDamages per body part
 for "_i" from 1 to (_damageToApply * 6) do {
-    _newDamages pushBack [_damageToApply, selectRandom ALL_BODY_PARTS, _damageToApply]
+    _bodyPart = selectRandom _allBodyParts;
+    _damageMap set [_bodyPart, (_damageMap getOrDefault [_bodyPart, 0]) + _damageToApply];
 };
 
+private _newDamages = [];
+{
+    _newDamages pushBack [_damageMap get _x, _x, _damageToApply];
+} forEach (keys _damageMap); // micro-optimization again, two 'get's is still faster than iterating over a hashmap
+
 TRACE_1("Vehicle explosion handled, passing damage", _newDamages);
 [_unit, _newDamages, _typeOfDamage] //return
diff --git a/addons/medical_engine/functions/fnc_handleDamage.sqf b/addons/medical_engine/functions/fnc_handleDamage.sqf
index 6483f6de64..8db9950a86 100644
--- a/addons/medical_engine/functions/fnc_handleDamage.sqf
+++ b/addons/medical_engine/functions/fnc_handleDamage.sqf
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ if (
         {GET_NUMBER(_ammoCfg >> "indirectHit", 0) > 0}
     }
 ) exitwith {
-    TRACE_6("Vehicle hit",_unit,_shooter,_instigator,_damage,_newDamage,_damages);
+    TRACE_5("Vehicle hit",_unit,_shooter,_instigator,_damage,_newDamage);
 
     _unit setVariable [QEGVAR(medical,lastDamageSource), _shooter];
     _unit setVariable [QEGVAR(medical,lastInstigator), _instigator];