car crash

noun

plural car crashes

1

: a vehicular crash involving one or more automobiles

2

: disaster

… a car crash of a collapse by the Blue Jays bullpen in one of the most disheartening defeats of the season …

—Rob Longley

Examples of car crash in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Instead of crossing over into the afterlife, Billy, the magically inclined twin, transferred his soul into the body of William Kaplan, a teenager who had just been involved in a fatal car crash. — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026

Police arrested a driver who allegedly caused a violent eight-car crash in Oxnard last week that left two people dead and four others with injuries. — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026

During an interview with writer Tina Brown (below), Charles Spencer responded to one of the journalist’s questions about fictional portrayals of his late sister, the Princess of Wales, who famously died in 1997 at age 36 amid a high-speed car crash. — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Oct. 2026

Kiptum was killed in a car crash in his native Kenya in February 2024. — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1915, in the meaning defined at sense 1