side collision
Lateral impact accident
A side collision is a vehicle crash where one vehicle strikes the side of another, typically at intersections when one car runs a red light or fails to yield.
Also called a T-bone collision or broadside collision.
Side collisions are particularly dangerous because the sides of vehicles offer less structural protection than front or rear ends: The side collision totaled both cars.
- crashSudden violent impact
- impactForceful contact or consequence
- T-boneSide-struck collision
- broadsideFierce written assault
- fenderProtective wheel housing
crumple · crumple zone · airbag · intersection · running red light · swerve · dent · shatter · metal · glass · screech · whiplash · door · passenger · blind spot · blind spot check · red light · crunch
side collisionhead-on collision
Direct front-to-front impact
rear-end collision · rear impact · head-on crash · frontal impact · rollover
side, collision, sides, sided, siding, sideways, sidelong, alongside, beside