# Crash

Crash or CRASH may refer to:

## Common meanings

* Collision, an impact between two or more objects
* Crash (computing), a condition where a program is abruptly forcibly terminated for performing an illegal operation.
* Cardiac arrest, a medical condition in which the heart stops beating
* Couch surfing, temporarily staying at another person's home
* Gate crashing, the act of entering an event without invitation
* Stock market crash, a sudden dramatic decline of stock prices
* Traffic collision, a vehicle hitting another object

## Arts and entertainment
### Film

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

### Television

* Crash (American TV series), an American drama based on the 2004 film
* Crash (Danish TV series), a Danish science-fiction series
* Crash (South Korean TV series), a South Korean comedy crime investigative series
* Crash (Welsh TV series), an English-language Welsh medical drama series
* Crashh, a 2021 Indian web series
* Çarpışma (transl. Crash), a 2018-19 Turkish TV series

### Publications

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

### Music
#### Bands

* Crash (South Korean band), a thrash metal band, who formed in 1991 from Seoul
* Crash (UK band), an indie rock band, from New York in the 1980s

#### Albums

* Crash (Billy "Crash" Craddock album) (1976)
* Crash (Dave Matthews Band album) (1996)
* Crash (Decyfer Down album) (2009)
* Crash (The Human League album) (1986)
* Crash (Kehlani album) (2024)
* Crash! (album), by guitarist Kenny Burrell (1963)
* Crash (Charli XCX album) (2022)

#### Songs

* "Crash" (Cavo song) (2009)
* "Crash" (Feeder song) (1997)
* "Crash" (The Primitives song) (1988)
* "Crash" (Royseven song) (2007)
* "Crash" (Gwen Stefani song) (2006)
* "Crash" (Have Some Fun), by TKA featuring Michelle Visage (1990)
* "Crash" (Usher song) (2016)
* "Crash", by Baboon from Something Good Is Going to Happen to You, 2002
* "Crash" by Delta Goodrem on her album Bridge Over Troubled Dreams 2021
* "Crash", by Shayne Ward from Obsession, 2010
* "Crash", by Nicola Roberts from Cinderella's Eyes, 2011
* "Crash!", by Propellerheads from Extended Play, 1998
* "Crash" , by Sum 41 from Screaming Bloody Murder, 2011

### Fictional characters

* Crash, a prehistoric opossum character in the Ice Age franchise
* Crash, an anthropomorphic puppet and main character in the Disney XD sitcom Crash & Bernstein
* Crash Bandicoot (character), the primary protagonist in the video game series of the same name

### Video games

* Burnout Crash!, a spin-off of the Burnout series
* Crash Bandicoot, a series of adventure video games
** Crash Bandicoot (video game), the first game of the series
* Hot Wheels: Crash!, a video game released in 1999 for Microsoft Windows

## Card games

* Crash (card game), a British card game
* CRASH convention, a convention in the game of contract bridge

## People

* Crash (graffiti artist), American artist John Matos (born 1961)
* Ray "Crash" Corrigan (1902–1976), American actor
* Billy "Crash" Craddock (born 1939), country music singer
* Darby Crash (1958–1980), punk rock musician
* Crash Davis (1919–2001), American baseball player who inspired the name of the movie character
* Crash Holly and Crash, ring names of American professional wrestler Mike Lockwood (1971–2003)

## Sports teams

* Indy Crash, a women's full contact football team in the Women's Football Alliance
* Iowa City Crash, a team in the Midwest Rugby League

## Other uses

* Crash (genus), a genus of fossil bandicoots published in 2014
* Crash cymbal, used in occasional drumming accents
* HMS Crash, British Royal Navy vessels
* Sugar crash, a supposed sense of fatigue after consuming a large number of carbohydrates
* Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums (CRASH), a unit of the Los Angeles Police Department
* Crash, (herd) of rhinoceroses
* Crash (fabric), a plain linen fabric used for towels
* Crash, slang for a drug comedown