multi-car pileup
Highway domino effect
A multi-car pileup is a traffic accident involving numerous vehicles colliding in succession, typically on highways when poor visibility or sudden braking causes a chain reaction.
These accidents often involve dozens of cars and can result in serious injuries: A multi-car pileup shut down the interstate for hours.
Also called a pileup or chain-reaction crash.
- crashSudden violent impact
- collisionForceful contact between objects
- highwayMajor road for travel
- wreckageDestroyed remains of something
- icy roadFrozen-over driving surface
interstate · fog · whiteout · brakes · skid · siren · ambulance · first responders · debris · traffic · jam · fender · bumper · totaled · total loss · rubberneck · slow down · gridlock
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