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Awesome Crashes

Car Jumps Car

Car Jumps Car

Amazing footage from the 73rd Members Meeting races at England’s famous Goodwood Road & Racing course, as a small open-wheeled single-seater rides up over another race car and they somehow both manage to keep going.

Crash It Off

Crash It Off

Remember the viral video of the cop lip syncing to Taylor Swift’s mega-hit Shake It Off? YouTuber Marca Blanca made the clip that much better by interspersing his singing with all of the accidents he caused and missed out on while distracted.

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Epic Front Flip Fail

Epic Front Flip Fail

Red Bull mountain biker Tom van Steenbergen attempted a massive front-flip on his bike. While everything looked like it was going to plan, the landing was more than his bike’s suspension could handle. Fortunately, Tom is doing fine.

Anti-Truck Barrier Test

Anti-Truck Barrier Test

The Texas Tribune shares this slow-motion video of the Texas A&M Transportation Institute testing a 24ft. wide steel barrier against a truck going at 50mph. And now let’s spend the day looking at barriers owning trucks.

NHRA: 2014 Wild Rides

NHRA: 2014 Wild Rides

We were on hand when Ron Capps’ dragster blew up in an epic fireball, and now the NHRA has compiled this clip of some of the season’s other insane on-track disasters. It amazes us how more people don’t get hurt doing this.

Guerlain Chicherit’s MINI Crash

Guerlain Chicherit’s MINI Crash

Guerlain Chicherit recently attempted to complete the world’s longest ramp jump. After solid test runs, his final run went catastrophically wrong. Go behind the scenes of the jump and see the horrific crash from his point of view.

Antron’s Explosive Crash

Antron’s Explosive Crash

NHRA Top Fuel champ Antron Brown was racing his dragster when something went wrong and it burst into flames. While the crash was spectacular, what was even more amazing was that Antron walked away unscathed (and mad.)

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MINI Stunt Disaster

MINI Stunt Disaster

Guerlain Chicherit is no stranger to performing stunts in a MINI. Unfortunately, during his attempt to break Tanner Foust’s record for longest jump, things went horribly wrong on touchdown. Fortunately, Chicerit is doing okay.

Surviving a Bird Strike

Surviving a Bird Strike

Psychologist Keith Baird was flying his Cessna 210 when he encountered a flock of geese. One hit and blasted through the windshield, but Baird kept his composure, and safely landed the plane. See the aftermath here. (Thanks Judy!)

Insane Drag Race Explosion

Insane Drag Race Explosion

While we were at the NHRA Winternationals drag races, driver Ron Capps encountered engine problems which caused a spectacular explosion of his Dodge Charger funny car. Incredibly, he sustained no injuries. Slow-mo footage at 1:30.

360° Rollover

360° Rollover

Stadium Super Trucks champ Robby “Channel Orange” Gordon landed a jump badly during a recent Las Vegas race. His truck started to roll over, but miraculously landed back on its wheels and he kept on racing. Exterior view here.

Accidental Amphibious Car

Accidental Amphibious Car

What you’re looking at is either a car that shouldn’t be in the water, or a boat that shouldn’t be driving. Either way, the events that take place in this video aren’t a particularly good idea. (Thanks Radam!)

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Rideye

Rideye

The Rideye is a blackbox for your bike. It houses a camera that continuously records up to 2.5 hours of wide-angle HD video, and automatically saves videos if it detects a crash. Also has one-touch manual save and one-month battery life.

Monster Truck Close Call

Monster Truck Close Call

The monster truck responsible for making part of the audience have their lives flash before their eyes at this rally in Reynosa goes by the name of Perro Loco. Skip to the 1:18 mark to see this Crazy Dog almost go off its leash.

Worst (Best?) In-Flight Movie Ever

Worst (Best?) In-Flight Movie Ever

(NSFW: Language) Next time you’re stuck on an airplane forced to watch whatever dumbed-down, edited for TV flick they’re offering, whip out your iPad and hit play on this supercut by Screen Junkies, loaded with air disasters.

Boulder Close Call

Boulder Close Call

So you’re driving along when a rock comes flying at your car. We’re not talking about one of those little pebbles that dings your windshield here, we’re talking the boulder from the beginning of Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Helicopter Drop Test

Helicopter Drop Test

NASA recently conducted a series of tests in which a helicopter fuselage was dropped from about 30 feet to help improve safety in crash landings. Frankly, it looks like kind of a fun ride. Or maybe a quick way down from a treehouse.

Pursued by a Bobcat

Pursued by a Bobcat

Some say this tale of Bobcat meets Hyundai is “the Most Ridiculous Road Accident in the History of Mankind.” That’s pretty overstated in our opinion but we were definitely still scratching our heads for a while after seeing the crash.

Car Jump Fail/Win

Car Jump Fail/Win

A high school long jumper attempts to jump over his friend’s car, smacking into it on the way. Incredibly, he lands on his feet, but only after smashing its windshield. Needless to say, do not try this at home.

How Not to Ride your Scooter

How Not to Ride your Scooter

It’s bad enough that the guy in the white shirt ran his scooter into a van (top center), a car, a bike, and then a truck, but his tragedy quickly turns into slapstick comedy when he pulls away and has a far more humiliating finish.

Dynamite Dynamometer

Dynamite Dynamometer

You know this video isn’t going to end well as this guy straps his precious Mustang GT 500 down and pushes the envelope on the dynamometer. Though it doesn’t fail in exactly the way we expected.

R/C Mid-Air Collision

R/C Mid-Air Collision

Tragic footage of a gorgeous R/C airplane smacking into an R/C helicopter at the Santa Clara County Model Aircraft Sky Park. Proof positive that the U.S. government sequester shouldn’t have cut back on air traffic controllers.

Crash Landing POV

Crash Landing POV

Jonathan Fielding captured this first-person video of his family’s harrowing ride in a four-seat Cessna, as it experienced engine problems and crashed into a snowy field in Utah. Incredibly, nobody was injured.

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