head-on collision

English

Etymology

From head-on and collision.

Noun

head-on collision (plural head-on collisions)

(transport) A collision where the front ends of two vehicles (such as ships, trains, cars, planes, etc.) hit each other, as opposed to a side-collision or rear-end collision.

Synonyms

cornfield meet, head-on, frontal collision

Translations

front end collision involving two vehicles

Bulgarian: челен удар m (čelen udar)
Finnish: nokkakolari (fi)
French: collision frontale f
Galician: colisión frontal f
Italian: scontro frontale m

Norwegian:
Bokmål: frontkollisjon m

Nynorsk: frontkollisjon m
Swedish: frontalkrock (sv) c

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