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escape road

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noun

  1. a road, usually ending in a pile of sand, provided on a hill for a driver to drive into if his brakes fail or on a bend if he loses control of the turn

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Norris took to the escape road at Turn 14 at the end of Las Vegas' famous Strip twice on consecutive laps as he fought to find pace in his McLaren.

From BBC Nov. 20, 2025

Pierre Gasly first sped up the escape road, before his team-mate Franco Colapinto misjudged his entry into the same corner, despite waved yellow flags, and crashed on the exit.

From BBC Sep. 20, 2025

Rather than spin-turn the car, the traditional approach to extricating oneself from a Baku escape road, he tried to do a three-point turn.

From BBC Jun. 4, 2021

Triple world champion Lewis Hamilton cut a chicane and went down an escape road at Suzuka when that happened while Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen has had to take evasive action more than once.

From Reuters Oct. 22, 2016

Just look at the on-the-edge racing in Bahrain, Rosberg's questionable trip up the escape road in Monaco qualifying, and the collision between the two in Belgium, to pick but three examples.

From BBC Mar. 11, 2015

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