car crashes
Automotive impact events
Car crashes are collisions involving automobiles—with other vehicles, objects, or pedestrians.
The term covers everything from minor fender-benders to fatal highway pileups.
Car crash often emphasizes sudden violence or spectacle: The interview was a car crash from start to finish.
As a modifier, car-crash describes anything compellingly disastrous: car-crash television.
- jaws of lifePowered rescue spreader
- accidentsUnintended harmful occurrences
- emergenciesUrgent, dangerous situations
- airbagsCrash-activated vehicle cushions
- totaledDestroyed or summed
total loss · injuries · black ice · collision · fatalities · seatbelts · road accidents · skid marks · wreckage · distracted driving · hit and run · mechanical failure · head-on collision · pile up · crashworthiness · impact · crumple zone · tow truck
- transportation issuestraffic congestion, traffic jams, congestion, gridlock, road safety
- car movieschase scenes, road movies, getaway cars, drag racing, street racing
- fatal hazardsaccidents, drowning, falls, poisoning, overdose
- SFXCGI, VFX, visual effects, compositing, green screen
- health risksobesity, diabetes, smoking, hypertension, air pollution
- damage claimsproperty damage, fire damage, water damage, storm damage, hail damage
car crashescollision avoidance
Preventing objects from hitting
safe travels · precision driving · near misses · defensive driving · crash prevention