Awesome Crashes

A moped rider is sitting a bit too far forward when an 18-wheeler has a little trouble making the turn. We’re guessing this guy had to go change his underwear immediately. (Thanks Ray!)

An impressive demo of Volvo Truck’s Collision Warning and Emergency Braking System which is able to alert a driver and automatically stop a truck, preventing rear-end crashes at up to 70km/h.

A pilot ends up putting his plane into a flat spin, causing it to stall and spin uncontrollably 26 times as it drops 2800 feet in just 40 seconds. Thankfully, he survived his upside-down emergency landing.

One very lucky (and skilled) motorcycle rider came inches from being thrown from his bike by a flying mattress that wasn’t tied down properly. This is why we avoid such junk trucks like the plague.

The extreme bad-asses of Nitro Circus defy the odds every day, pulling off incredible stunts on their bikes, trikes, cars, skateboards and motorcycles. And sometimes they fall down. (Thanks Dallin!)

Look, ahead of you! It’s a scammer! It’s a lucky passerby! No, it’s super pedestrian! He’s stronger than a car, more powerful than a car and (almost) able to leap a car in a single bound.

A collection of twenty three ridiculously close calls between man, machine, animal and the occasional act of plain old stupidity. Every single one of these people should go buy a Powerball ticket.

Unscrupulous opportunists are constantly trying to pull one over on everyday citizens and their insurance policies, but this guy’s attempt to scam a driver who “hit” him is just downright hilarious.

A driver comes within inches of disaster when a large tree limb drops from the sky just inches from their car. We’re even more impressed with the guy who doesn’t even flinch as it drops in front of him.

We all know we’re supposed to wear seatbelts when driving. Apparently this guy missed that day at school, and learned his lesson the hard way. Amazingly he walked away unscathed.

(Graphic Footage) You’d never think that while speeding around a track in your Z06 you’d have to be on the lookout for deer, but this driver is lucky to have survived this horrific impact. Poor deer.

A Land Rover drives down the street over a manhole cover when explosive gasses below cause not only the cover to fly into the air, but the entire vehicle. Looks like a movie stunt, but it’s real life.

We’re not sure if this Chinese teen intended on rolling out of the back of this bus, but from the way he takes off after the bus as it drives off, we’re guessing no. Fortunately, he wasn’t injured.

This truck sinks deeper and deeper into the water, and looks like it’s going down for the count. But jump to about 1:20 to see its miraculous recovery from an almost certain watery grave.

You’ll have one of those “ho-ly crap” moments about 20 seconds into this clip, as a driver literally has a near-death experience on an icy road in Russia, and manages to emerge unscathed.

Igor Kuser was practicing spiral landings with a parachute. Someone told him to practice doing it over a lake. Now he knows why. Fortunately he only got knocked out for a few seconds and is okay.

Come visit us at Beto Carrero World and be amazed by our motorcycle stunt duo! Watch them wrestle while their bikes pull off donuts on their own! See them cartwheel through the air – oh wait.

We’ve seen the PIT maneuver used on a thousand episodes of COPS before, but we can honestly say that this is the first time we’ve seen the police stop an airplane by smashing into it.

This 2007 video may feature Formula Vee racer Robbie Allen somersaulting his vehicle in a crash, but we bet that’s the second reason you rewind it for a better look. Too bad it was just the nose.

Rubbing is racing. That is until a tire is rubbing the top of your helmet. It’s what almost happened to Helio Castroneves when fellow IndyCar driver Tony Kanaan’s brakes went out at 180mph.