# Crash

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**Crash** or **CRASH** may refer to:

## Common meanings

- [Collision](/source/Collision), an impact between two or more objects
- [Crash (computing)](/source/Crash_(computing)), a condition where a program stops functioning properly and is abruptly or forcibly terminated
- [Cardiac arrest](/source/Cardiac_arrest), a medical condition in which the heart stops beating
- [Couch surfing](/source/Couch_surfing), temporarily staying at another person's home
- [Gate crashing](/source/Gate_crashing), the act of entering an event without invitation
- [Stock market crash](/source/Stock_market_crash), a sudden dramatic decline of stock prices
- [Traffic collision](/source/Traffic_collision), a vehicle hitting another object

## Arts and entertainment

### Film

- [*The Crash* (1932 film)](/source/The_Crash_(1932_film)), a drama starring Ruth Chatterton
- [*Crash* (1974 film)](/source/Crash_(1974_film)), a Norwegian drama directed by Rolf Clemens
- *[Crash!](/source/Crash!)*, a 1977 suspense drama starring José Ferrer and Sue Lyon
- [*Crash* (1978 film)](/source/Crash_(1978_film)), a made-for-TV docudrama starring William Shatner and Adrienne Barbeau
- *[Crash: The Mystery of Flight 1501](/source/Crash:_The_Mystery_of_Flight_1501)*, a 1990 made-for-TV film starring Cheryl Ladd
- [*Crash* (1996 film)](/source/Crash_(1996_film)), a drama directed by David Cronenberg
- [*Crash* (2004 film)](/source/Crash_(2004_film)), directed by Paul Haggis and winner of the 2005 Academy Award for Best Picture
- [*The Crash* (2017 film)](/source/The_Crash_(2017_film)), a thriller directed by Aram Rappaport

### Television

- [*Crash* (American TV series)](/source/Crash_(American_TV_series)), an American drama based on the 2004 film
- [*Crash* (Danish TV series)](/source/Crash_(Danish_TV_series)), a Danish science-fiction series
- [*Crash* (South Korean TV series)](/source/Crash_(South_Korean_TV_series)), a South Korean comedy crime investigative series
- [*Crash* (Welsh TV series)](/source/Crash_(Welsh_TV_series)), an English-language Welsh medical drama series
- *[Crashh](/source/Crashh)*, a 2021 Indian web series
- *[Çarpışma](/source/%C3%87arp%C4%B1%C5%9Fma)* (), a 2018–19 Turkish TV series
- ["Crash" (*The Good Wife*)](/source/Crash_(The_Good_Wife)), a 2009 episode

### Publications

- [*Crash* (J. G. Ballard novel)](/source/Crash_(Ballard_novel)), the basis of the 1996 film
- [*Crash* (magazine)](/source/Crash_(magazine)), dedicated to the ZX Spectrum home computer and published from 1984 to 1991
- [*Crash* (Spinelli novel)](/source/Crash_(Spinelli_novel)), by Jerry Spinelli, 1996
- *[Crash Magazine](/source/Crash_Magazine)*, a French independent magazine
- [*Crash!* (manga)](/source/Crash!_(manga)), a 2007 manga series by Yuka Fujiwara

### Music

#### Bands

- [Crash (South Korean band)](/source/Crash_(South_Korean_band)), a thrash metal band, who formed in 1991 from Seoul
- [Crash (UK band)](/source/Crash_(UK_band)), an indie rock band, from New York in the 1980s

#### Albums

- [*Crash* (Billy "Crash" Craddock album)](/source/Crash_(Billy_%22Crash%22_Craddock_album)) (1976)
- [*Crash* (Charli XCX album)](/source/Crash_(Charli_XCX_album)) (2022)
- [*Crash* (Dave Matthews Band album)](/source/Crash_(Dave_Matthews_Band_album)) (1996)
- [*Crash* (Decyfer Down album)](/source/Crash_(Decyfer_Down_album)) (2009)
- [*Crash* (The Human League album)](/source/Crash_(The_Human_League_album)) (1986)
- [*Crash* (Kehlani album)](/source/Crash_(Kehlani_album)) (2024)
- [*Crash!* (album)](/source/Crash!_(album)), by guitarist Kenny Burrell (1963)

#### Songs

- ["Crash" (Cavo song)](/source/Crash_(Cavo_song)) (2009)
- ["Crash" (Feeder song)](/source/Crash_(Feeder_song)) (1997)
- ["Crash" (The Primitives song)](/source/Crash_(The_Primitives_song)) (1988)
- ["Crash" (Royseven song)](/source/Crash_(Royseven_song)) (2007)
- ["Crash" (Gwen Stefani song)](/source/Crash_(Gwen_Stefani_song)) (2006)
- ["Crash" (Have Some Fun)](/source/Crash_(Have_Some_Fun)), by TKA featuring Michelle Visage (1990)
- ["Crash" (Usher song)](/source/Crash_(Usher_song)) (2016)
- "Crash", by Baboon from *[Something Good Is Going to Happen to You](/source/Something_Good_Is_Going_to_Happen_to_You)*, 2002
- "Crash" by Delta Goodrem on her album [Bridge Over Troubled Dreams](/source/Bridge_Over_Troubled_Dreams) 2021
- "Crash", by Shayne Ward from *[Obsession](/source/Obsession_(Shayne_Ward_album))*, 2010
- "Crash", by Nicola Roberts from *[Cinderella's Eyes](/source/Cinderella's_Eyes)*, 2011
- "Crash!", by [Propellerheads](/source/Propellerheads) from *Extended Play*, 1998
- "Crash", by Sum 41 from *[Screaming Bloody Murder](/source/Screaming_Bloody_Murder)*, 2011

### Fictional characters

- [Crash Bandicoot (character)](/source/Crash_Bandicoot_(character)), the primary protagonist in the video game series of the same name
- Crash, a prehistoric opossum character in the *[Ice Age](/source/List_of_Ice_Age_characters#Crash_and_Eddie)* franchise
- Crash, an anthropomorphic puppet and main character in the Disney XD sitcom *[Crash & Bernstein](/source/Crash_%26_Bernstein)*
- Crash, fictional supervillain in [DC Comics](/source/List_of_DC_Comics_characters:_C#Crash)

### Video games

- *[Burnout Crash!](/source/Burnout_Crash!)*, a spin-off of the *Burnout* series
- *[Crash Bandicoot](/source/Crash_Bandicoot)*, a series of adventure video games - [*Crash Bandicoot* (video game)](/source/Crash_Bandicoot_(video_game)), the first game of the series
- *[Hot Wheels: Crash!](/source/Hot_Wheels:_Crash!)*, a video game released in 1999 for Microsoft Windows

## Card games

- [*Crash* (card game)](/source/Crash_(card_game)), a British card game
- [CRASH convention](/source/CRASH_convention), a convention in the game of contract bridge

## People

- [Crash (graffiti artist)](/source/Crash_(graffiti_artist)), American artist John Matos (born 1961)
- [Ray "Crash" Corrigan](/source/Ray_%22Crash%22_Corrigan) (1902–1976), American actor
- [Billy "Crash" Craddock](/source/Billy_%22Crash%22_Craddock) (born 1939), country music singer
- [Darby Crash](/source/Darby_Crash) (1958–1980), punk rock musician
- [Crash Davis](/source/Crash_Davis) (1919–2001), American baseball player who inspired the name of the movie character
- [Crash Holly](/source/Crash_Holly) and Crash, ring names of American professional wrestler Mike Lockwood (1971–2003)

## Sports teams

- [Indy Crash](/source/Indy_Crash), a women's full contact football team in the Women's Football Alliance
- [Iowa City Crash](/source/Iowa_City_Crash), a team in the Midwest Rugby League

## Other uses

- [*Crash* (genus)](/source/Crash_(genus)), a genus of fossil bandicoots published in 2014
- [Crash cymbal](/source/Crash_cymbal), used in occasional drumming accents
- [HMS *Crash*](/source/HMS_Crash), British Royal Navy vessels
- [Sugar crash](/source/Sugar_crash), a supposed sense of fatigue after consuming a large number of carbohydrates
- [Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums](/source/Community_Resources_Against_Street_Hoodlums) (CRASH), a unit of the Los Angeles Police Department
- [Crash](/source/List_of_animal_names#Generic_terms), alternative name for a herd of rhinoceroses
- [Crash (fabric)](/source/Crash_(fabric)), a plain linen fabric used for towels
- [Crash](/source/Comedown_(drugs)), slang for a drug comedown

## See also

- [Crash course (disambiguation)](/source/Crash_course_(disambiguation))
- [The Crash (disambiguation)](/source/The_Crash_(disambiguation))
- "[Crashed](/source/Crashed)", a song by Daughtry
- [Crasher (Gobots)](/source/Crasher_(Gobots)), several fictional characters in the *Gobots* toyline and cartoon, and *Transformers* series
- [Crashing (disambiguation)](/source/Crashing_(disambiguation))

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