Crash Chronicles 3 (Wrecks of the 1920s-1930s) [Colorized]
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5 ай бұрынIn 1920s America, the number of motorized vehicles on the road was growing dramatically. This rapid increase in automobiles was, of course, accompanied by a rapid increase in automobile accidents.
In this thought-provoking KZfaq video, we present a collection of rare and intriguing photographs capturing the tumultuous world of car accidents from the 1920s and 1930s.
Join us on a visual journey through the annals of automotive history, where roads were less traveled, and safety measures were in their infancy. Explore the wreckage of vintage automobiles and the challenges that early motorists faced.
These haunting images serve as a stark reminder of how far we've come in terms of road safety and transportation technology. From the aftermath of chaotic city intersections to the aftermath of speed-related highway mishaps, these snapshots reveal the raw reality of life on the road during the early 20th century.
Don't miss this unique opportunity to witness a world gone by and gain a deeper appreciation for the safety measures and advancements that have transformed our roads today.
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Music: Intractable by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/...
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@La77778 4 ай бұрын
Notice how well dressed people were back then. Hats, coats, suits, button down shirts, slacks.
@AmericanFreedomPatriot 4 ай бұрын
all boring and drab.
@La77778 4 ай бұрын
@@AmericanFreedomPatriot simple & elegant, nothing like the absolute mutant like appearance some choose today.
@keithwaites9991 4 ай бұрын
And that's just the bums
@jamessherosick2747 4 ай бұрын
And not a bunch of fat slobs.
@workingman9745 4 ай бұрын
Absolutely NO ONE LOOKING LIKE JOHN FETTERMAN😂
@Eric.Cheatwood 4 ай бұрын
Almost a hundred years later...and people still haven't learned how to drive, here in Massachusetts. 😂
@roleplayingpain4349 4 ай бұрын
as was the custom back then. When there was a car accident in your neighborhood you would quickly grab everyone you knew, get dressed into your best purple outfit and would go and gawk for the camera
@10thSC-Carrot-Brains 3 ай бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
@wallyfronzaglio372 4 ай бұрын
It's alarming the amount of damage considering the lack of speed compared to modern cars
@ontheroad5317 4 ай бұрын
Those early cars just flew all to pieces when they hit something.
@Mrbfgray 4 ай бұрын
@@ontheroad5317 Good ol' days. Averaging 30mph on a road trip was doing great, roads not so great.
@ontheroad5317 4 ай бұрын
@@xxxxxxxx3476 steering wheels were solid, and steering columns did not collapse. There were instances of people nearly cut in half by the wheel.
@user-sf5iq2fl1l 4 ай бұрын
Those things were not as slow as some might think...
@snydedon9636 4 ай бұрын
Massachusetts has always had the worst drivers.
@mikegardner186 4 ай бұрын
I’m glad they’ve made power and light poles safer now. They just jumped in front of cars back then.
@davejenvey3598 4 ай бұрын
And those trees are much safer these day's. Lol
@mdogg1604 3 ай бұрын
safer for the 150-year-old oak trees which have bulked up over the years. @@davejenvey3598
@shenderson2484 4 ай бұрын
Imagine going through the windshield before tempered glass was invented, be like going through a wood chipper.
@peterduxbury927 4 ай бұрын
And also the twisted, sharp jagged metal. As far removed from the safety of the womb as one can be!
@nonelost1 4 ай бұрын
Those that went through the wood chipper were called "glass necklaces."
@mdmarko 4 ай бұрын
Incredible job on this video! Wonder what the casualty rate (killed/injured) was of the occupants of the pictured vehicles - had to be very high.
@Mrbfgray 4 ай бұрын
Where the phrase: Wad it up! came from.
@tomriedel3964 4 ай бұрын
Wie immer sehr eindrucksvolle aber auch traurige Bilder in einer top Qualität, mit der bekannten angenehmen Musik im Background.
@tomod4173 4 ай бұрын
They say vintage cars hold up better than modern cars, not by these photos, they look worse.
@michaelbenardo5695 4 ай бұрын
By "vintage", they mean 40s - 60s. Until the mid 30s, car bodies usually consisted of a wooden framework with the steel panels attached with tacks to the wood.
@jogmas12 4 ай бұрын
No federal safety standards back then
@brunodesrosiers266 4 ай бұрын
For car manufacturers back then, the idea was to build a functioning vehicle; not to minimize the impact of a crash. That was the consumer’s responsibility to simply avoid them.
@NineCylinderDiesel 4 ай бұрын
The only people that make that claim are the ones that know nothing about vehicle safety standards.
@nthgth 4 ай бұрын
"hold up" in that context means "last." As in without needing to be junked. Longevity. This video shows a lack of durability, not longevity.
@peterbury1934 4 ай бұрын
It is quite amazing how the trees and posts were magnetized in those days which attracted so may passing vehicles!!!!!!!?????
@donbestul8492 4 ай бұрын
great pictures, thankyou for sharing them
@samuelchow3425 2 күн бұрын
Interesting choice of music where all these collisions shown are most likely fatal
@gadgetgus 4 ай бұрын
How come all these trees and poles keep getting in the way... 😁
@anitaford4138 4 ай бұрын
Holy cow!! What were cars made of back then, tin foil?!!! I don't know how fast these cars could go, but yikes!!! Also, we're all of these wrecks fatalities, minus the one stated driver survived. Great video!! Thank you!! 😊❤
@redtra236 4 ай бұрын
Some of them were just parked cars that got hit by something or fell into a hole so I doubt it
@phillpauley6672 4 ай бұрын
No one pictured in this video survived.
@dr.mangopolios3428 2 ай бұрын
They were made out of steel for the most part, most could do 70 mph just fine.
@Go4Corvette 4 ай бұрын
Most of these crashes into polls look like the driver was killed for sure. They must have been moving really fast to bend those steel bodies and frames like that. Thanks for the video.
@michaelbenardo5695 4 ай бұрын
The bodies consisted of a wooden framework with the steel panels tacked to the wood.
@Go4Corvette 4 ай бұрын
The steel frame is very strong on these cars, but yes the body is very weak. Still to do that much damage to the body and frame is a very hard hit. When I was a kid I was in many cars like these over the years, mostly Ford but no crashes. @@michaelbenardo5695
@richardpotter2288 4 ай бұрын
They were going fast all right that's probably a large part of why they crashed
@ry491 4 ай бұрын
Really interesting but sad to see those amazing cars so wrecked . I used to restore vintage cars but I think those are just a bit too far gone ! Thankyou .
@n.mcneil4066 4 ай бұрын
The trucks at 3:29 & 5;03 looked like they lived to b driven another day. They would have been restorable but recovery would have been difficult.
@vulcandawg7623 4 ай бұрын
nahhhh a little bit of duct tape and a quick buff would fix it lol
@crosswiring 4 ай бұрын
Driving car then was like an adventure. Lucky if you get yourself (and others) safe. Posers in those pictures are epic 😂
@johndemeen5575 4 ай бұрын
Notice how all the tires, are worn, and miss matched.
@matrox 9 күн бұрын
Oh I am digging these crazy sounds.
@eedjaq02 4 ай бұрын
Nice video All of those accidents showed bald tires as long as it held air they were using them. I still have my father tool for re-grooving tires from the 20s and 30s.
@johnwatson8323 4 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@jiggermast 4 ай бұрын
Utterly fascinating.
@user-fv5ms4sz8e 4 ай бұрын
There was a lot wrong with the roads, that took decades to figure out. Notice how on turns in the road, they are sloped to help absorb the sliding motion of the car. Passing lanes to help safe passing. Shoulders to pull off out of traffic. It took a lot of trial, error, injury, and death to give us the wonderful roads we have today. Jayne Mansfield gave us the bumper on the back of semi trailers. The car she was in, crashed into one, one night, killing her and her driver. The car went underneath the trailer, killing her and her driver. It was her gruesome death that an improvement to truck trailer construction came into being, requiring all to be fitted with a solid metal barricade type bumper and truckers to this day, call it the Mansfield Bumper. Mansfield's tragic death was no more tragic or heartbreaking than the millions of others who died in the marvel of motorized travel.
@redtra236 4 ай бұрын
The funny thing is the modern semi bumpers probably would have failed when hit by a 1966 Buick at the speeds they were supposedly traveling so it probably wouldn't have changed much in that accident.
@danielthoman7324 4 ай бұрын
Jayne Mansfield died tragically, but she was not decapitated.
@user-fv5ms4sz8e 4 ай бұрын
@@danielthoman7324 Did I say she was decapitated? Geez man, thanks for the info. 😮
@user-fv5ms4sz8e 4 ай бұрын
@@redtra236 Perhaps, but something is still better than nothing.
@michaelbenardo5695 4 ай бұрын
@@danielthoman7324 She wasn't?
@UnhappyinNewYork1807 4 ай бұрын
Notice how many had bald tires .
@jackknifebarber396 4 ай бұрын
Good observation.
@tonynightingale4400 4 ай бұрын
The occurrence of speeding telegraph poles during the 1930s in America reached an almost unbelievable 4 a day . The police at the time were shooting speeding poles on site... 😂
@brianbanks7685 4 ай бұрын
All accidents happened in MA in the 1930 s
@roncaruso931 4 ай бұрын
Amazing no blood anywhere.
@mdogg1604 4 ай бұрын
Yep, it was air brushed out.
@10thSC-Carrot-Brains 3 ай бұрын
No seatbelts - everyone went flying out the window.
@roncaruso931 3 ай бұрын
@@10thSC-Carrot-Brains That is the way it was back then.
@JL-lg8tk 5 күн бұрын
Back in those days everyone wanted to be in the picture posing with the wrecked car.
@davidbarnsley8486 4 ай бұрын
I don’t think I would have wanted to be involved in any of those crashes They all look very serious
@Lunar_Capital 4 ай бұрын
Right? It’s like a simple fender bender these days would guaranteed be detrimental back then.
@keonjenkins1852 4 ай бұрын
With all the people looking at the camera while the photo of the accident is being taken, for some reason the theme to Cheers is playing in my head lol.
@welcome_to_the_collapse 4 ай бұрын
It looks like they didn't have any laws about driving on bald tires.
@michaelbenardo5695 4 ай бұрын
They may have, but, like today, it probably wasn't enforced. It sure isn't today.
@pascalrenouard4664 4 ай бұрын
toujours bien ,et intéressent😃
@muttonchopsgayever 4 ай бұрын
Alexander Graham Bell is responsible for many of these. Darn telephone poles!
@jamessherosick2747 4 ай бұрын
These cars are just mangled , obliterated, it's amazing when you consider many weren't going more than 40 miles per hour . It's like something you see nowadays with both cars doing 70 in a head on collision.
@kingy002 4 ай бұрын
Timber framing turns to matchsticks upon impact.
@dr.mangopolios3428 2 ай бұрын
Most of those cars had a steel body and could do 70 mph just fine, they had to be going quite fast to get mangled like that.
@ScarlettFire341 4 ай бұрын
my guess ALL these pictures were from One Boston News photographer - I have seen his collection posted on other sites - His extensive library is on line somewhere - 100's of car accidents
@homesteadpickers 2 ай бұрын
love the music
@TheHistoryLounge 2 ай бұрын
Ha, hah! A lot of people have opinions on this particular song. Some hate it, and some really like it. For me, it somehow seems to be an appropriate fit for these scenes.
@justingray3456 3 күн бұрын
There was a lot of closed casket funerals related to these pictures.
@classicmoviesvault 4 ай бұрын
I am shocked looking at the Wrecks of the 1920's and 1930's.
@bryanspindle4455 Күн бұрын
I noticed an ad on a building for Sheetrock which l didn't know existed then.
@AVportau 4 ай бұрын
must've been many fatalities.... but the really crazy thing is virtually everybody in these photos has died too. only the very youngest may still be alive.
@jhonsiders6077 4 ай бұрын
Amazing how much damage at low speeds
@user-uk2ji1yw5t 3 ай бұрын
I had a 1936 Chevy the fastest it would go is about 55 top speed
@anatoliy3323 4 ай бұрын
Thank you, sir. Merry Christmas!🎄
@furnjezy 4 ай бұрын
Wow! All those people watching this on KZfaq @ 120 ish years young.
@homesteadpickers 2 ай бұрын
What is the name of the music, I own a 1931 ford Model A and this tune fits.
@johnmitchelljr 4 күн бұрын
Great video. Find book “Car Crashes” by Kirkpatrick many great photos in Orange County area. Thank you.
@sugrue8526 4 ай бұрын
Colonial attire was elegant and every generation since down dresses to where we are now
@glennhargrove3299 4 ай бұрын
Man, they really had a lot of bad drivers in Massachusetts..
@queenbunnyfoofoo6112 4 ай бұрын
To be honest, nothing has changed....they still drive like crap 😂.
@KyleJewell 4 ай бұрын
"They don't make them like they used to". I am glad for that lol.
@scottyg1947 4 ай бұрын
What is the name of the background music in this video?
@fraserthomson5766 4 ай бұрын
The music makes it look like fun. As if they weren't all gruesome fatalities..
@cptophers4626 4 ай бұрын
they still drive like that in mass.
@HeatherB81 4 ай бұрын
Didn’t have car safety checks back then 😳
@1-I-hate_ads 4 ай бұрын
No safety features back then seat belts,airbags and so on even though I wouldn't mind having one of these in good shape.
@matrox 9 күн бұрын
07:25 I had no clue they were even using Sheetrock and wallboard back then! I thought walls were just clapboard or plaster of paris!
@joobn8r Ай бұрын
Treads were optional on tires back then!
@my1vice 4 ай бұрын
They weren't vintage when the photo was taken. They were just car wrecks.
@josephadams2109 4 ай бұрын
The Original "Rubber-Neckers" Aka, Ambulance Chasers , Wonder How Many Were Lawyers..Lol
@williamharrolle8349 4 ай бұрын
Well when you messed up there wasn't no second chance to say im sorry ! Can I do it again tomorrow !
@jking4020 4 ай бұрын
Hmmm. No blood anywhere. Nice touch ups on the negatives.
@jamesweinzierl7399 4 ай бұрын
So much for: they sure don’t build them like they used to and no one was injured in these accidents .
@MrDejast 4 ай бұрын
A lot of bald tires.
@marjoseph2311 4 ай бұрын
I thought these were taken today lol
@splender88 7 күн бұрын
No jaws of life back then it took time to get people out when time was of the essence.
@homesteadpickers 2 ай бұрын
funny wife said we get in a crash we are done, I told here at least we have the upbeat music.
@mvv650mvv 4 ай бұрын
Does anyone know what the music is in this video?
@coldsamon 4 ай бұрын
Intractable by Kevin Macleod. 😊
@rollofffrank2008 4 ай бұрын
It's funny that most are looking at the camera, not many pictures being taken then!
@captainautumn1 4 ай бұрын
Nobody was injured in the making of this video.
@TheShavenChimp 4 ай бұрын
And 100 years later people from Massachusetts still can't drive.
@dgsantafedave1 4 ай бұрын
No jaws of life back then!
@johnstecz9169 2 күн бұрын
Looks like the air bags did not deploy
@TougeSolo 4 ай бұрын
Looks like an average cars and coffee carnage video. More so with all the people standing by.
@user-os8hl7ln1v 4 ай бұрын
Like a good neighbor state farm is there
@donl1846 4 ай бұрын
Simply put; what a mess !!!!
@skeletor9121 4 ай бұрын
Reminds me of Drivers Ed sans the dead bodies.
@paulnicholson1906 4 ай бұрын
I have a 1923 Model T touring car and I wouldn’t want to crash in that. Last summer a guy pulled right in front of me at a stoplight and I thought I had bought it.
@michaelbenardo5695 4 ай бұрын
The Model T was a frail light-weight car made to be cheaply priced, so yes, you should be careful.
@csgarage3682 4 ай бұрын
All photos in Mass ???
@chrisgabbert658 4 ай бұрын
No cops or fire department just people looking.
@genehunsinger3981 4 ай бұрын
3;04-wonder if the HORSE made it!That a carage.
@ironeagle2526 4 ай бұрын
I'm sure there was many casualties
@user-ys7uo4fw3h 4 ай бұрын
Hey revere Massachusetts my hometown
@Lunar_Capital 4 ай бұрын
You could of driven on that street many times where that accident took place.
@garysmith8276 19 күн бұрын
Most of the accidents occurred during the Depression when few people could afford new tires.
@tomclarke1768 4 ай бұрын
So..... it's best we avoid travelling by car anywhere near Boston, Massachusetts then?
@daviddewitt7524 4 ай бұрын
Just about every single car I seen in this video had bald tires
@truckerk Ай бұрын
Drifting: the experimental eara
@nyccatholic2765 4 ай бұрын
Cars speeds were slow, so do you know the FATALITY STATS of this era?
@renownedfear187 3 ай бұрын
Cars were made so much better back then.. haha nice story grandpa. Btw these wrecks were like 30mph & look how mangled they are.
@dr.mangopolios3428 2 ай бұрын
Those cars went faster than one might initially think, they had to be going quite fast to wreck those steel bodies.
@davidpowell3347 11 күн бұрын
@@dr.mangopolios3428 I think most of those cars could hit at least 50 mph. and I think there was at least one Buick Eight in there,a version of that around 1935 could hit 100 mph
@MarkWG Күн бұрын
Everybody gets dressed up to go see "reality TV" of the period. Very, very few - if any - of these accidents look survivable. With doors flung open, the passengers were most likely ejected. Most of these cars built before 1935 had wooden body frames with sheet metal riveted to the wood. They had no solid steel tops before 1935 either. Pretty much either way, you were going to die, if not impaled on those solid steel steering wheels.
@baronvonnembles Ай бұрын
Those are not wrecks, they are unmitigated catastrophes! Hilarious how the men and boys crowded around to see what happened and get their picture taken.
@muttonchopsgayever 4 ай бұрын
1:33 I cant figure that one out
@coldsamon 4 ай бұрын
I did some research. Car is wrapped around the tree. Passenger side hit the tree. Photo was taken by Boston -Harold staff photographer Leslie Jones circa 1930.
@autoshotty 4 ай бұрын
Almost every vehicle has bald tires.
@jamesb.9155 4 ай бұрын
Some unpleasant ends for some occupants but none to be seen unlike some 1950's public safety videos...
@marsgal42 2 ай бұрын
1950s cars were as fast as present-day cars, but with zero safety features. 🤕
@car-diologist 4 ай бұрын
People believe older cars were built better and stronger. The reality is that they were simply death traps. If you were to take a Honda Civic from today into a head on collision with even the 40', 50', and 60's models, both cars would be totaled yet the Civics cab would with occupants would likely survive and the old car would be demolished, cab and all with fatalities. Older is farfrom better.
@michaelbenardo5695 4 ай бұрын
50s and 60s cars were not all bad. Some, like the GM cars with that X member frame with no side rails were pretty grim, but early 50s Chevys were actually pretty sturdy. Early 50s Mercurys and Lincolns were also good in that respect, as were Hudsons.
@car-diologist 4 ай бұрын
@michaelbenardo5695 I like classic cars and hope to own one someday soon. It's not about good or bad. It's about todays modern crash safety vs. back then. We have learned because of the classic vehicles, and with today's technology, vehicles are far better built today.
@dr.mangopolios3428 2 ай бұрын
The vintage cars wouldn't be demolished as their steel structure made them quite sturdy, but that is exactly what would get you killed.
@car-diologist 2 ай бұрын
@dr.mangopolios3428 If you watch videos of old vs. new, you'll see the so-called old steal sturdy vehicles have far more damage. The old cars not only calapsed at the point of impact, the cabs calapsed as well. So no, the old cars are not sturdy at all. I thought otherwise until I watched the proof. I was absolutely not expecting the results.
@Tinbender-zr4jd 4 ай бұрын
Looks like safety was not a priority.
@damoshort76 Ай бұрын
Were all cars bloody purple?
@marcolopez5672 4 ай бұрын
They all ended up being restored big block hot rods
@MAX-gk5qf 4 ай бұрын
how does people who restore such pictures know what color their clothes, cars, and signs are???
@Ericah81 4 ай бұрын
4:14 what the heck happened????😮😮
@richleskovec4075 4 ай бұрын
Bald tires on many of those
@garyhowtobluetoothjblheadp3583 4 ай бұрын
I wonder if anyone climbed out of those wrecks alive?
@lestatangel 4 ай бұрын
Back in the day you could actually wrap your car around a tree or light pole. Today your car will just disintegrate instantly Into a gazillion pieces. My guess is they were a bit sturdy before.
@seed_drill7135 4 ай бұрын
Your chances of survival in a crash are exponentially greater today than then. One reason (among many) is the crumple zones absorbing the force rather than transferring it through to the (unsecured) occupants.
@nonelost1 4 ай бұрын
1:26...Only one of those cars looked like it had crumple zones, with everything in front of the windshield demolished, yet the passenger area fully intact.@@seed_drill7135
@michaelbenardo5695 4 ай бұрын
Until the mid 30s, most car bodies consisted of a wooden framework with the steel panels tacked on to the wood.
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