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Head-on collision with two cars involved Standard wrong-way sign package used on all freeway off-ramps in the state of California to prevent head-on collisions [1]. A head-on collision is a traffic collision where the front ends of two vehicles such as cars, trains, ships or planes hit each other when travelling in opposite directions, as opposed to a side collision or rear-end collision.
Crash severity, measured as risk of death and injury, and repair costs to vehicles, increases as speed increases. Therefore, the roads with the greatest risk of head-on collision are busy single-carriageway roads outside urban areas where speeds are highest. [4]
May 19 of 2004 – Gunter Train Collision – Two BNSF freight trains collide head-on near Gunter, Texas.The train engineer of the southbound train died. [3]June 28, 2004 – A westbound Union Pacific Railroad freight train collides with the middle of an eastbound BNSF freight that was entering a siding at Macdona, Texas.
Head On, a 1979 arcade game by Sega; Head On Photo Festival, an annual photography festival in Sydney, Australia; Head-on collision, a type of vehicle collision; HeadOn, a homeopathic product claimed to relieve headaches
Four killed in a head-on collision of freights near Pineola, Florida. Collision may have been averted had crews agreed to use new radios but refused to unless their pay was increased [168] 1958 Newark Bay rail accident, Bayonne, New Jersey; 48 killed plus 48 injured [169] [170] 1959 Meldrim trestle disaster, Meldrim, Georgia; 23 killed [171] [172]
November 20 – Pakistan – A head-on collision in Khairpur between a mini-bus and a truck killed at least 20 people and injured three. [255] December 14 – France – Perpignan crash. A train crashed into a school bus on a level crossing between Millas and Saint-Féliu-d'Amont in the Arrondissement of Perpignan, killing six students and ...
April 26 – Mexico – A head-on collision of a bus and a truck near Tijuana killed 30 people and injured 10 to 15. [78] May 22 – Mexico – A head-on collision of a bus and a truck in Chiapas state killed 33 people. [79] September 29 – Spain – A head-on collision of a bus and a truck in Toledo Province killed at least 25 people. [80]
Types of collision include head-on, road departure, rear-end, side collisions, and rollovers. Many different terms are commonly used to describe vehicle collisions. The World Health Organization uses the term road traffic injury , [ 7 ] while the U.S. Census Bureau uses the term motor vehicle accidents ( MVA ), [ 8 ] and Transport Canada uses ...