Crash Collection

The Railway Accident at Abbotts Ripton, Huntingdon: the scene on Saturday night, 1876. Creator: Unknown
The Railway Accident at Abbotts Ripton, near Huntingdon: working parties removing the injured, from a sketch by Mr. Gompertz, a passenger, 1876

The Railway Accident at Abbotts Ripton, Huntingdon: raising an engine from the wrecked train, 1876. Creator: Unknown
The Railway Accident at Abbotts Ripton, Huntingdon: raising an engine from the wrecked train, 1876. On 21 January 1876, the Edinburgh-London Special Scotch Express was involved in a collision

The Railway Accident at Abbotts Ripton, Huntingdon: general view of the scene of the accident, 1876. Creator: Crane
The Railway Accident at Abbotts Ripton, Huntingdon: general view of the scene of the accident, 1876. On 21 January 1876, the Edinburgh-London Special Scotch Express was involved in a collision

The Railway Accident at Abbotts Ripton, near Huntingdon...1876. Creator: Unknown
The Railway Accident at Abbotts Ripton, near Huntingdon: working parties removing the injured, from a sketch by Mr. Gompertz, a passenger, 1876

The End of a German Plane; An enemy plane, a twin-engine gotha... 1917. Creator: Unknown
The End of a German Plane; An enemy plane, a twin-engine gotha, which had flown over Calais on the night of November 3 to 4, 1917, crashed, around one o'clock in the morning

German Air Disaster; The remains of the "L-45", taken down on the banks of the Buech... 1917
German Air Disaster; The remains of the "L-45", taken down on the banks of the Buech, 20 kilometers from Sisteron, between Laragne and Mison

German Air Disaster; The navy zeppelin "L-44", shot down at Saint-Clement... 1917. Creator: Unknown
German Air Disaster; The navy zeppelin "L-44", shot down at Saint-Clement by the 174th anti-aircraft defense section

German Air Disaster; The navy zeppelin "L-49", after its forced landing... 1917. Creator: Unknown
German Air Disaster; The navy zeppelin "L-49", after its forced landing near Bourbonne-les-Bains, October 20, 1917

The Death of Phaeton, published 1606. Creators: Antonio Tempesta, Wilhelm Janson
The Death of Phaeton, published 1606. From The Metamorphoses of Ovid, pl. 12

'Bolted!" An Impending Catastrophe, 1890. Creator: Unknown. 'Bolted!" An Impending Catastrophe, 1890
'Bolted!" An Impending Catastrophe, 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 42. July to December, 1890

'"More Frightened Than Hurt", 1890. Creator: John Charlton. '"More Frightened Than Hurt"
"More Frightened Than Hurt", 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 42. July to December, 1890

Scene of the recent railway accident at Winchburgh, on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Scene of the recent railway accident at Winchburgh, on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, 1862....a collision on the Edinburgh and Glasgow line, near Winchburgh

1963 Le Mans Jaguar E type Lightweight crash on Mulsanne. Creator: Unknown
1963 Le Mans Jaguar E type Lightweight crash on Mulsanne

The Omnibus after the Smash, 1906. The wreckage of a London Motor Omnibus after an accident at Handcross, West Sussex, England. From The Tatler Volume 21 [The Tatler, London, 1906]

Ford Fiesta accident in New Forest, 2020. Creator: Tim Woodcock
Ford Fiesta accident in New Forest, 2020

The Confiscation of the Contents of a Painters Studio, ca 1590. Found in the collection of The Mauritshuis, The Hague

1912 Stoneleigh 12hp with accident damage. Creator: Unknown
1912 Stoneleigh 12hp with accident damage

MG Magnette ZA crash, 1955 Monte Carlo rally. Creator: Unknown
MG Magnette ZA crash, 1955 Monte Carlo rally

1922 Bean with accident damage. Creator: Unknown
1922 Bean with accident damage

Police car and ambulance attending road traffic accident 2018. Creator: Unknown
Police car and ambulance attending road traffic accident 2018

Osella - Alfa Romeo, Jo Gartner, crashed on first lap 1984 British Grand Prix. Creator: Unknown
Osella - Alfa Romeo, Jo Gartner, crashed on first lap 1984 British Grand Prix

Citroen Saxo accident 2016. Creator: Unknown
Citroen Saxo accident 2016

Bert Hinkler, 1933. Creator: Unknown
Bert Hinkler, 1933. Portrait of Australian pioneer aviator and inventor Hinkler (1892-1933), who in 1928 set up a record of 15 1/2 days for a solo flight to Australia, set out to beat his victor

A ballooning accident, 1932. Creator: Unknown
A ballooning accident, 1932. Un Accident en Ballon. A Monsieur Debaisieux and two companions were injured when their hot air balloon crashed into the roof of police headquarters in Lille, France

Crash Landing, Aleutians, 1943. Artist: Ogden Minton Pleissner
Crash Landing, Aleutians, 1943. Found in the collection of the US Army Photographic Agency

Cranes At Work After An Accident, 1930. Creator: Unknown
Cranes At Work After An Accident, 1930. From " The Wonder Book of Railways", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London and Melbourne, 1930]

Andrees Arctic balloon after the crash, 1897, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Andre es Arctic balloon after the crash, 1897, (1932). Swedish engineer and aeronaut Salomon August Andre e (1854-1897) perished during a failed attempt to reach the Geographic North Pole by hydrogen

Rail disaster in the tunnel Pommeraye, collision of two passengers trains on the line of the East, between the stations of Foulain and Vesaignes, France, engraving in Le Petit Journal May 22, 1898

A Break, losing the Reins, 1830. Prime Minister the Duke of Wellington and Home Secretary Sir Robert Peel about to fall from a vehicle, hauled by a horse (Alderman Hunter) and an ass (Alderman Key)

Destruction of the Victoria & Albert Balloon, Arlington St, Westminster, London, 1851. View of the Victoria and Albert hot air balloon crashing into a building

Perambulators in Hyde Park!, London, 1819
Perambulators in Hyde Park! London, 1819; pedestrians and chickens fall and scatter before cyclists

The Picadilly nuisance, London, 1818; a disorderly mass of pedestrians, including a fruit seller in the foreground, fills the pavement outside the White Horse coaching terminus

Going it by steam, (1829?). Artist: Robert Seymour
Going it by steam, 1829; showing a steam engine, to which a coach has been attached, exploding, causing passengers to fly into the air or fall heavily

View of the Cambridge Heath Turnpike, Hackney, London, 1809. Artist: Heinrich Schutz
View of the Cambridge Heath Turnpike, Tower Hamlets, London, 1809. With a view of St Pauls Cathedral on the horizon. In the foreground a man with crutches begs from a passing group

Fallen rider in a speedway race at Lea Bridge Stadium, Leyton, London, 1928. Artist: Bill Brunell
Unidentified motorcycle. Place: Lea Bridge Speedway. Date: 14.7.28

Austin 7 of B Sparrow about to crash, Donington Park Race Meeting, Leicestershire, 1933
Austin 747 cc. Event Entry No: 52. Driver: Sparrow, B. Place: Donington Park Race Meeting. Date: 13.5.33

Sunbeam Rapier car accident, Kilnhurst, South Yorkshire, 1964. Artist: Michael Walters
Sunbeam Rapier car accident, Kilnhurst, South Yorkshire, 1964. On the evening of 8th January 1964, Mrs Pat Walters skidded on ice and crashed through the barriers of a bridge in Kilnhurst

Crashed Zeppelin LZ 8 Deutschland II, Dusseldorf, Germany, 1911 (1933). Attempting his first Zeppelin flight, Dr Hugo Eckener crashed Deutschland II into the hangar wall after launching the airship

The raising of HMS Gladiator, 1908. Artist: Queen Alexandra
The raising of HMS Gladiator, 1908. The cruiser Gladiator sank after colliding with an Anerican steamer, the St Paul, off the Isle of Wight during a severe snowstorm on 25 April 1908

The victims of the R101 airship disaster lying in state in Westminster Hall, London, 1930 (1935). The airship crashed in France on its maiden overseas flight

Death of Pilatre de Rozier and Romain, 1785 (1890s). In November 1783, French scientist and aeronaut Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier (1754-1785) and Francois Laurent d Arlandes (1742-1809)

The tragic death of Colonel de Savignac, 1901. A horse-drawn carriage and its occupants, fallen into a ravine. Illustration published in Le Petit Journal, 20th October 1901

Train crash, 1900. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 14th October 1900

Terrible tramway accident, Besancon, France, 1899. Artist: Oswaldo Tofani
Terrible tramway accident, Besancon, France, 1899. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 18th June 1899

Railway accident, Munchenstein, Switzerland, 14th July 1891. An iron girder bridge collapses as a crowded passenger train passes over it, 71 dead, 171 injured

A terrible accident, Paris to Madrid race, 1903. The Paris-Madrid race of 1903 was one of a series of races staged between European cities on public roads in the early 1900s

Wreckage of the aeroplane in which French pilot Adolphe Pegoud was killed in action, 1915. Pegoud was a test pilot for Bleriot before World War I

Wreckage of aeroplane in which British pilot Flight-Lieutenant Warneford was killed, 1915. Flight-Lieutenant Rex Warneford was the first Royal Naval Air Service pilot to be awarded the Victoria

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