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head-on collision

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[hed-ahn-kuh-lizh-uhn, hed-awn-kuh-lizh-uhn] / ˈhɛdˈɑn kəˈlɪʒ ən, ˈhɛdˈɔn kəˈlɪʒ ən /

noun

  • head-on collisions
    plural
  1. a kind of crash in which the front ends of two vehicles collide.


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PC Blades and his colleague PC Tom Clough died in a head-on collision between their police car and a vehicle going the wrong way on the A66 near Middlesbrough early on 22 August.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

The head-on collision exposed the parlous state of the Greek railway network's safety precautions -- despite European Union grants for their modernisation and repeated warnings from unions.

From Barron's ● Mar. 23, 2026

The daughter of a taxi driver who was killed in a head-on collision, which also killed three teenagers, has said she is "in shock" and it all feels like "a bad dream".

From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2026

Ruoff referenced the case of a commercial truck driver who was found not guilty of causing the deaths of seven motorcyclists in a head-on collision in northern New Hampshire in 2019.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 12, 2024

He had a heart inside—after three major attacks in the past ten years—that must look like the aftermath of a head-on collision.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

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