crash barrier
noun
British
: a strong metal bar along the side of a road that prevents vehicles from driving off the road : guardrail
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There is almost nowhere to launch an attack, cars slow down heading into every anxiety-inducing turn close to a crash barrier, and strategy is reduced to a minimum.
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Jerome Pugmire, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 May 2024
The cop told me to turn around and step over the crash barrier.
—Hugo Hamilton, The New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2024
Just ask Lando Norris about this—the low temperature was a factor in causing his McLaren to bottom out on a bump on the track, which sent him violently into a crash barrier and then to a hospital for precautionary checks.
—Roberto Baldwin, Ars Technica, 22 Nov. 2023
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Jerome Pugmire, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 May 2024
The cop told me to turn around and step over the crash barrier.
—Hugo Hamilton, The New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2024
Just ask Lando Norris about this—the low temperature was a factor in causing his McLaren to bottom out on a bump on the track, which sent him violently into a crash barrier and then to a hospital for precautionary checks.
—Roberto Baldwin, Ars Technica, 22 Nov. 2023
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“Crash barrier.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crash%20barrier. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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