What is Head-on collision?
Posted on:1/3/2006
| A head-on collision is one where the front ends of the ships, trains, planes or vehicles hit each other, as opposed to a side-collision or rear-end collision.
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With rail transport, a head-on collision often implies a collision on a single line railway. This means that at least one of the trains has passed a signal at danger.
In the context of freeways, such collisions are particularly difficult to avoid, since freeways were designed to facilitate high-speed travel. The resulting car accidents are often fatal.
Some U.S. states have installed special signage at freeway off-ramps to discourage drivers from going the wrong way.
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