death trap

British  

noun

1. a building, vehicle, etc, that is considered very unsafe

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Example Sentences

In some situations, animals released after time in captivity face serious risks, and the wild can become what researchers describe as a "death trap."

From Science Daily

She said: "I'm not on the fiddle anymore but I don't feel safe here. It's a death trap."

From BBC

Parents wait with their kids at the bus stop so nothing bad happens to them, then they watch them climb into the yellow death trap and blow them kisses good-bye.

From Literature

“It’s too much. I can’t see. The whole canyon’s a death trap!” he said, his voice shaking.

From Literature

Ogun declares her contempt for longboards — not to mention penny skateboards, which she says are a death trap.

From Los Angeles Times