head-on collision

English

Etymology

head-on +‎ collision

Noun

head-on collision (plural head-on collisions)

1. (transport) A collision where the front ends of two vehicles (such as ships, trains, cars, planes, etc.) hit each other, as opposed to a side-collision or rear-end collision.

   Synonyms: cornfield meet, head-on, frontal collision

Translations

front end collision involving two vehicles

• Bulgarian: челен удар m (čelen udar)
• Finnish: nokkakolari (fi)
• French: collision frontale f
• Galician: colisión frontal f
• German: Frontalzusammenstoß (de) m
• Italian: scontro frontale m
• Korean: 충돌 (ko) (chungdol)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: frontkollisjon m

  Nynorsk: frontkollisjon m

• Swedish: frontalkrock (sv) c
• Thai: ชนประสานงา (chon-bprà-sǎan-ngaa)