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crash barrier

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crash barrier
n
(Engineering / Civil Engineering) a barrier erected along the centre of a motorway, around a racetrack, etc., for safety purposes
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Noun1.crash barrier - a strong protective barrier that is erected around a racetrack or in the middle of a dual-lane highway in order to reduce the likelihood of severe accidents
barrier - a structure or object that impedes free movement
Translations
crash barrier n (Brit) (Aut) → guardrail m inv
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The 34-year-old man was on the raised stretch of the ring road when his lost control of his machine, slid down a crash barrier and slammed into the sharp end of another crash barrier which dug into his chest.
Cyclist injured by crash barrier by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
Byline: Chris Henwood A FATHER-of-three died after being crushed between a bus and a crash barrier at West Bromwich bus station, inquest jurors heard.
Man crushed as bus 'rolled into crash barrier' by Birmingham Mail (England)
Engineers from the county council put in a new-style crash barrier on the A689 close to the entrance to Killhope Lead Museum in Weardale.
Barrier aiming to cut deaths by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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