Anchorless crash cushion apparatus, comprising in combination: a plurality of crash cushion elements including interconnected water-filled crash cushion elements and a forward element ; a vehicle capture structure operatively associated with said forward element operable to capture a vehicle frontally impacting the forward element , resist upward tilting of the impacting vehicle and substantially prevent ramping of the impacting vehicle over the forward element , the vehicle capture structure comprising a metal nose cap located at a front end of the forward element ; and a stabilizing structure; each of said crash cushion elements having an element front , an element back , an element bottom , an element top and element sides , characterized in the stabilizing structure including a midnose structure operatively associated with said plurality of crash cushion elements to resist relative rotation there between in both vertical and lateral planes during vehicle impact, said midnose structure engaging the element back of said forward element and engaging the element front of the adjacent crash cushion element , said midnose structure operable to contain and control debris from the forward element when collapsed by an impacting vehicle, and further operable during engagement thereof by the impacting vehicle to substantially evenly distribute compressive forces of the vehicle to downstream crash cushion elements and deter against backward tipping of the forward element, wherein said midnose structure is L-shaped and of metal construction, and wherein said midnose structure includes a vertical midnose member extending upwardly from a horizontal midnose member , said vertical midnose member positioned behind said forward element and in front of said adjacent crash cushion element, and said horizontal midnose member positioned under at least a portion of said forward element. a plurality of crash cushion elements including interconnected water-filled crash cushion elements and a forward element ; a vehicle capture structure operatively associated with said forward element operable to capture a vehicle frontally impacting the forward element , resist upward tilting of the impacting vehicle and substantially prevent ramping of the impacting vehicle over the forward element , the vehicle capture structure comprising a metal nose cap located at a front end of the forward element ; and a stabilizing structure; each of said crash cushion elements having an element front , an element back , an element bottom , an element top and element sides , characterized in the stabilizing structure including a midnose structure operatively associated with said plurality of crash cushion elements to resist relative rotation there between in both vertical and lateral planes during vehicle impact, said midnose structure engaging the element back of said forward element and engaging the element front of the adjacent crash cushion element , said midnose structure operable to contain and control debris from the forward element when collapsed by an impacting vehicle, and further operable during engagement thereof by the impacting vehicle to substantially evenly distribute compressive forces of the vehicle to downstream crash cushion elements and deter against backward tipping of the forward element, wherein said midnose structure is L-shaped and of metal construction, and wherein said midnose structure includes a vertical midnose member extending upwardly from a horizontal midnose member , said vertical midnose member positioned behind said forward element and in front of said adjacent crash cushion element, and said horizontal midnose member positioned under at least a portion of said forward element. <EOS>