Crashes

Nissan has been testing the GT-R at the Nürburgring in the days surrounding the Nürburgring 24 Hours endurance race.

Airbags inside of automobiles are nothing new, and have saved thousands of lives worldwide since being put into widespread use. Volvo, always at the forefront of vehicle safety, believes that airbags can be used to protect pedestrians, too. According to Volvo’s research, 25-percent of traffic...

You know you're having a good day, cruising down a winding Russian road in your classic Mercedes-Benz in the sunshine. It's an especially good day when the tanker truck in the oncoming lane misses squashing you like a metallic bug by mere feet. The truck driver following the Benz, and catching the...

A Ferrari 458 Italia competing during the 2012 Ferrari Racing Days at Laguna Seca has fallen victim to the track’s infamous corkscrew.

Earlier this month the driver of an Audi R8 was caught on video crashing into a Lada at high speed before driving off without even checking to see if the occupants of the other vehicle were alive or needed help. That first accident took place in Russia. Now we have details of a second hit-and-run...

Let’s be honest with one another: the last time you called in sick to work, how sick were you, really? Are you tough enough to run down a moose in a Chrysler Sebring, suffering cuts, bruises and broken bones in the process, than make it to work on time? Because Newfoundland, Canada resident...

The SRT Viper Cup is a spec racing series that allows owners of SRT Viper ACR-X models to mix it up at some of the best racetracks in the United States. With theoretically identical cars, winning comes down to driver skill and perhaps just a bit of luck. As with any racing series, mistakes at speed...

The Gotham Dream Cars name may be familiar to you--just over a month ago, we brought you a report from their Dream Car Sprint experience at Met Life Stadium, not far from the grounds of the New York Auto Show. Yesterday, two cars from the event were involved in a fatal accident. While details are...

A rare Ferrari 599 GTO was involved in a crash in Singapore early on Saturday, claiming the lives of three people including the driver of the Ferrari. The accident took place at a junction near the Raffles Hospital, an area known for being an accident black spot. The other vehicles involved in the...

Of all the causes of road rage we can name, cat urine has got to be pretty low on the list. That doesn't help Winmalee, Australia, resident Hannah Richardson, who was recently run down by her own enraged brother Oliver, over an incident involving a bladder-emptying cat and a computer. As 7News...

Video footage taken at a busy intersection in Russia shows a frightening accident involving a speeding Audi R8 driver who crashes into another vehicle and speeds off, even though the other vehicle is flipped over from the impact. The video shows the R8 driver attempting to complete a U-turn on a...

Life isn’t always fair, and things don’t always go as planned. Drive long enough, and you’ll eventually get a flat tire, likely at the worst possible moment. Fly frequently enough, and sooner or later you’re going to miss a flight or two. Sometimes, you’ll do both in...

This may seem obvious, but apparently it isn’t: when you shoplift a package of schnitzel by stuffing it down the front of your pants, then rob the same grocery store you’ve pilfered from, be sure to remove the smuggled schnitzel before jumping into your getaway car. This is particularly...

A 52-year old man driving a Ferrari 458 Italia managed to crash his exotic supercar into a roadside barrier in Munich during the early hours of Sunday morning. The crash occurred near the city center, with the silver Ferrari ending up on one of the German city’s tram lines once it finally...

A new 2013 BMW M5 being driven at speeds of up to 186 mph on the A81 autobahn in Germany has suffered a violent crash. The 60-year-old driver reportedly lost control of the car when he swerved to avoid another vehicle that was merging with traffic erratically. The M5 eventually hit a central...

Following a recent spate of high-profile crashes involving supercars and luxury sedans in China, a local bus company has launched a new campaign aimed at getting its drivers to be more cautious when the pricey cars are around. Pictured above is part of a poster used by the company to inform its...

While it was a good weekend for the Scuderia Ferrari team in Malaysia this past weekend, the same can’t be said for the driver of this very sad looking F430. The smoldering heap you see here is the remains of an F430 hard-top--yes, the roof has completely disintegrated--that became engulfed...

Proof that all-wheel drive cars can be upset by too much power, even in a straight line, is this video footage of a drag race between two highly-modified Nissan GT-R supercars. The driver of the GT-R on the right loses control soon after launching, with his car then proceeding to twist and turn on...

A car has exploded and its driver instantly killed on a stretch of road near the border between the U.S. and Mexico early on Thursday. Before it exploded, Border Patrol agents first noticed the vehicle, which was wearing Texas number plates, driving down a border highway in the wrong direction...

Not even the all-wheel-drive traction of the Aventador LP 700-4 could save one Lamborghini test driver from sliding off an icy track and crashing his expensive supercar into a nearby bank of snow recently. The crash happened in Northern Europe where Lamborghini has been testing a number of...