head-on crash
Direct frontal impact
A head-on crash is a collision where two vehicles strike each other front-first, typically while traveling in opposite directions.
These crashes tend to be among the most severe because the combined speed of both vehicles concentrates force at the point of impact: Three people died in the head-on crash on Highway 9.
- collisionForceful contact between objects
- impactForceful contact or consequence
- wreckDestroyed vessel or vehicle
- smashBreak violently apart
- accidentUnintended harmful event
wrong way driver · windshield · airbag · screech · crumple · twisted metal · totaled · total loss · fender · whiplash · debris · sirens · ambulance · first responders · life flight · highway · skid · metal
head-on crashrear-end collision
Crash into back
sideswipe · T-bone collision · side impact · rear-ender · glancing blow
head-on crashnear miss
Narrowly averted incident
close call · narrow escape · collision avoidance · safe passage · evasive maneuver
head, crash, heads, headed, heading, header, headless, headfirst, overhead