If they could make modern cars, with all the safety features and technology, with the styling of the 50's and 60's, that would be awesome.

Back then the cars crumple zone was your skull... That said...damn those cars are gorgeous.

I always enjoy my horrific car accident footage with some smooth lounge music and the occasional waiter dropping a tray of drinking glasses. Nice! 😉

More than once, Jay Leno has quipped about the older cars with the massive steel dashboards saying, "You get in a crash, and they just hose you off the dashboard and sell the car to the next guy."

What's amazing is how people gather at the scene for photos. They almost seem happy.....

It’s easy to see how some of those crashes happened. I’ve never seen so many completely bald tires like in those pics. Wow!

After reading a lot of the comments , I watched thru the vid a second time and the comments were totally accurate...of the wrecks where the tire tread was visible , nearly all of them were completely smooth/worn down to being "slicks"...definitely a hazard !! Good observation and no exaggeration on the part of those that caught that detail while watching...and thanks for sharing !!

STILL a ton of cars from the 50's and 60's running around and STILL looking better than anything produced today!!

Heartbreaking to see these rolling pieces of artwork destroyed, and even more so, knowing that a lot of the folks in these cars didn't make it 😞

Wow did anyone notice how many of those vehicles had totally bald tires? No wonder they crashed!

As a paramedic who started responding to MVCs in 1976, I witnessed the morbidity/fatality rates decrease over the years. No comparison. The older classic cars were cooler but much more dangerous/deadly.

My '66 Galaxie has lasted longer than most of my newer vehicles I've owned. I also don't just park my Galaxie, I drive it almost everyday. It was original until I got a hold of it. I've since updated some things on it but it was factory the day I bought it some odd years ago. Dual reservoir brake master cylinder and discs on the front, and a bigger, newer engine along with a new trans. Still cheaper than repairing a newer vehicle.

I'm an auto body repairer that started out 45 years ago in the early days of my career it wasn't uncommon to repair cars that people had died in the damage to them wasn't that great you just had to smack your head on the hard dashboard or go thru the windscreen now the cars will literary destroy themselves and leave the cabin area intact to save your life just wear a seat belt and you have a very good chance of surviving

Many of these cars were still around in the 1970's and by then very affordable. They were greatly improved with a little tinkering and adding an 8-track tape deck and a pair of speakers.

Great as usual. That score you have playing over this is a real ear worm. When I hear it, I know it's your video.

I’m a retired embalmer. Here is what killed 90% of the people: Look at the steering column and steering wheel! Blunt Force Trauma ! Never EVER failed! There were no seatbelts back then. Some luxury brands had a simple lap belt so your mortician could find you without having to crawl around in the mud and the blood 🩸 and the beer! #2. Rear view mirrors were not up high and out of the line of travel when the body slammed forward. They were on the dash or roofline to catch your flying noggin as it went forward into that greyhound bus sized steering wheel 🛞 and open your cranium and scull. Because no Super adhesive was invented back then, that could mount your mirror to the windshield and out of the way These cars were so heavy because the steel was not an alloy. It was pure 100% steel 1/7 inch thick! so when two of these cars would hit, there was no crumple zones! A softer Toyota can absorb a big hit! These cars were BEAUTIFUL in some cases! But only in the 1950’s because the 1940’s produced so many tanks and planes etc for the war. YOU lucked out being born in THIS time! Back then there was no oversight for the poor bastards that got behind the wheel. Air pollution was belching out of the cars.

Beautiful, haunting, and brilliantly done. I'm very proud of your work. My emotions went from deep sadness--to laughter (the "nothing to see here" one) to deep sadness again. I don't have the words.

Many of these classic cars and trucks are very coveted and preserved. They will outlast almost all of the vehicles of today.

“The cars back then didn’t last as long?!” You’ll not find a single 2023 Ford F-150 or Nissan Altima that exists 50 years from now…

People so well-dressed and clean streets (aside from the wreckage).

They’re great if you enjoy getting impaled by the steering column, or getting knees sheared-off by the dash. Practically nil occupant protection. I’d still love a 1957 De-Soto or Dodge. 👍🏻

1:13 Reminds me of the fatal Jayne Mansfield crash of 1967, but I don't think that's a wig in this photo!

My high school driver ed teacher in 1972 told us we'd be seeing a movie called signal 30 and we'd never forget it. He was right!

I attended the three-week class at my driver's school during the early 1980s. Some of us loved Thursday because it was the day the school showed us the vintage news reels from the 1950s that were put together by the police departments and state troopers. Those reels showed everything, including the dead and mangled bodies, screaming drivers and passengers trapped in the wrecked cars, and such. The instructors hoped that those news reels would instil the stronger driving discipline in us prior to obtaining the driver's licence. One memorable part that jumped out at me was a female driver who got submarined under the dashboard as the body crumpled up from the frontal collision. She was screaming and crying while the police officers, fire fighters, and mechanics were trying to figure out how to extract her. Her upper legs were visibly snapped in half and bent in wrong way.

These vintage cars looked like they were built like a tank but absolutely fell apart when wrecked. I grew up witnessing how these rigidly built behemoths ended up and so many occupants were seriously injured along the way.

Fashion passes quick, but style lasts for every generation ❤️

Looking at these pictures makes me wonder how many of these accidents were fatal. I’m so glad we have so many safety features now.

So tragic to see all those beautiful 1930s cars destroyed! Especially the Duesenberg? Hudson? on its roof😢. My father restored vintage cars & so I got to see a lot of these cars featured in the video in person in various stages of restoration. The Vintage Car Club members had such beautiful cars.

In many of the pictures, the car tires are quite smooth and bald. With the added fact that these were bias ply tires with old rubber technology, it is possible that this is a contributing factor to the crashes.

Love the soundtrack, nothing like death and destruction to a nice jazzy beat!

At 2:17, those slick tires on all fours couldn't possibly have contributed to this!

as for your opening comment. Not just cars but everything was classier 100 years ago. Things were more handmade. Things were built to last. Today we have disposable junk that is all 'the same'as all the other disposable crap. If you don't like disposable crap you pretty much have to be wealthy

the cars looked wonderful, but had no crumple zones the whole car would crush like a slinky and because they were so heavy the damage was horrible. Head on's and t-bones were brutal back then, our cars are cheap plastic computers now but they do protect the cab much better and distribute the energy around the frame not through it.

My Grandmother was a nurse in the 1930's and she told me about a woman she took care of that had been in an auto accident and her face was was really messed up because she had gone through the windshield. She didn't tell me any more about it. So one thing we can all be grateful for is something as "simple" as safety glass. With all due respect to the narrator said these cars didn't last very long. I have been to shows where I have seen cars from the 19teens and the 1920's and beyond. Another words cars that are a hundred years old or slightly younger, see if any these modern cars will be around in a hundred years I very highly doubt it. I drive a 1965 Ford Mustang and I can tell you she has been a darn durable car. I can say that also because I was rear ended once and my car had minor damage the car that hit me was totaled. My car fared better than I did. I LOVE vintage and classic cars. Anyway interesting vid and also sad knowing many lives were lost and some wonderful cars. One thing I don't understand is why people had to pose around these wrecks, it's rather on the macabre side. I hope you will keep posting images from the past in color.

The photo of the wrecked Duesenberg really made me groan…😮

Great old Pictures and I find it interesting that some of the wrecks look like they were traveling at very high speeds yet the cars shown aren't capable of them and the bent and torn metal is horrendous and there seems to always be many people present at the filming of the wrecks and are enjoying themselves. It's an education about how people were back then and I enjoy these videos very much and appreciate all the work that goes into them.

Cars built before the early 70's back had class, rolling artwork. Post WWII they just keep getting better.

Never knew Purple was such a popular color back then. LOL !

It’s sad to see all those beautiful old cars wreck

I had forgotten just how purple the cars were back then.

Everyone so well dressed. Even n jeans n work clothes people look presentable.

Remember the scare movies in Drivers Ed??

Don't know what the music is, but on these videos it's very period calming. I like it.

I appreciate the "elevator music" if you will while looking at mangled metal. Kind of like the elevator scene in the blues brothers movie while evading the cops. Unsettling situations can be consumed if the music is gentle.

Amazing photographs. I know the photographs are not all the best quality, but in some, it's quite clear to see the tyres are totally bald ! Great video - thanks. Take care 🙂

Wow. Seeing the jagged glass in that 54 car made me think. Rode in a 53 Buick as a little kid. No safety glass or seatbelts.

I'll take the styling of these cars and ease of maintenance over the new cars any day. No electronics or charging ports are needed. Just give me seatbelts and AM-FM Radio.

The sad irony is that these cars look so substantial from the outside

Gotta love the tire treads (or the lack of) on some of these

very relaxing, nice scenery.

The Capitol Cab vehicle had no tread left on the tires.

I love the line and style of the older cars plus the ease to repair them and modify them. That said most was not even close to safe compared today. Of course to be fair they was not made to go as fast or be in heavy traffic like today. I love to see people do what I have done to my 53 Chevy 5 window truck. It had a top speed of 55mph, shitty drum brakes, single master cylinder meaning if one brake line failed you had zero brakes, crap suspension, no turn signals and only one brake light with no seat belts and more. Now it has 4 wheel power disk brakes with a split master, a modern suspension, seat belts, power steering and every thing a more modern car would have minus the airbag and all the emissions computer crap no one wants. Plus AC is a big bonus too. Every part on my truck down to every bolt is mass produced today as people love restoring them. Resto Mods are the best. It drive as good as a new truck and it is 70 years old.

Incredible photography!

@0:52 - There's my nana's popcorn popper in the window.

2:16 Four BALD tires! Look at those rear ones!

You can easily tell from looking at most of them which ones were fatal.

I LOVE OLD CLASSY CARS,AS A CHILD I USE TO SEE MY UNCLES DRIVING THESE BEAUTIFUL CARS❤❤❤

Old school 💯%. I went to Cuba in 2019 😍🥰 All those awesome old cars!💓

All those cracked and broken windshields were tell-tale signs of serious head trauma...many, long before seat belts were a thing.

Does not look like many people survived.

good video thank you i love the old cars seems to me thy just needed better stopping power😉👍

Love the sound effects!!!

I love cars from the 30s, 40s and 50s. They have class.

To those who say “they don’t make ‘em like they used to” I say good!

No seat belts. No break away glass. Once you see the windshield broken you know they were badly injured.

The juxtaposition of the snappy jazz with people's misery is interesting.

Some of those crashes were for sure fatalities.... The imagery though is on most here exquisite, superb photojournalism. Some of those crashes were for sure head scratchers on how they occurred. Finally excellent trip down photography memory lane even if some the images look morbid.

The boston 1938 wreck has Goodyear Kojaks fitted. Not surprising it crashed.

GREAT, Thanks for your video.

For all who are nostalgic an hour behind the wheel of one of these old cars would cure that. No power steering, stiff shocks, poor tires, yeah fun.

Accidents back in the day were social events. Everyone including the kids came out and based on the looks on their faces had a good time !

6:01 If I saw a huge black rectangle in the middle of the road, I'd probably have crashed trying to avoid it, too.

at least five from Massachusetts…so glad our bad driving reputation is being shown as true even 90-100 years ago

What an absolute tragedy to see these old classics destroyed.

take a look @0:46 seconds,that's a taxi with bald tyres,no way you'd get away with that now.

Did anybody else notice that many of these vehicles had bald tires? Would having decent tires avoided these mishaps? 🤔 Love the styling of them old cars, opposed to all today that look so much alike.

Great stuff 😊

One thing holds true from then to now. The "How the hell did You manage that factor" still exists ! Love the old.

6:00, a fatality?

2:15, severely bald tires, wet road = Crash!

The color of these photos is Beautiful

One thing the old cars had that the new ones don't. Real steel!

I learned how to drive in a 1956 Chevrolet Bel-Air. No power steering, no power brakes. I'll take that vehicle any day. 👍

minute 7:17 - 1933 Chrysler Imperial Lebaron Dual Cowl Phaeton - somebody's insurance company paid thru the nose for that one !!!

Very kool including the music.😊

Bald tires were really in style back in the day!

6:58 What was that?!!! Why is there an old lady’s head in the bushes????

So sad, most of the people in these photographs are no longer with us.

I grew up in the 70s and remember people saying that doors would open by themselves rounding turns

This was a hard one to watch...Thank you.

Back then all cars didn't try to look like Toyotas

The death rate per miles traveled was appallingly high then

Thank you! ❤

I watch old episodes of Highway Patrol on You Tube and love those cars from the 1950s

Like polio, the old days were not all good. I heard that the annual death rate nowadays from car crashes is similar to what it was decades earlier, though the population is much greater. I'm 74, and remember riding in cars with no seatbelts, much less airbags, and hard dashes with lots of protruding knobs. Modern cars are super safe, at least as compared to the oldies.

My dad and his college friends happened upon the crash scene of James Dean after the police arrived.

Amazed at how close the rubber neckers are

Hello, new sub! Love the channell!!

Two things struck me. So many of the vehicles has totally bald tyres and nearly all of the people in the pictures were slim.

The sheer number of bald and/or mismatched tyres on these cars is telling...