Crash Chronicles 2 [Colorized]

[@stuntmanstu1]

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!

[@Smokeys911]

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.

[@larryambrose2660]

Even with cars safer than back in those days there are still more fatalities today. Too many cars on the road and too many people in this country now.

[@jreagins1]

​@@larryambrose2660Not true. Since 1975, the US population has increased by about 70% percent, but total traffic deaths are about 40% lower. Traffic deaths per billion vehicle miles travelled are about 90% lower. Those darn facts always ruin a good story.

[@eugenegilleno9344]

Completely agree.....that’s what Hot Rodding is all about ! 😁👍🏼

[@handyandy8671]

not "IF" but if they "WOULD" !

[@tincupnickleboythe1st700]

I wouldnt mind a 1969 Mustang 428 SCJ with ram air, fuel injection, duel exhaust with cats made out of steel with air bags in the front and modern seat belts, i think i would absolutley love that !!! It wouldnt meet mileage requirements per federal rules, but screw them, id have what i wanted, and i think most ppl would cough up the cheaper money for it too !!! 57 chevy ppl also !!! Pontiac, Oldsmobile

[@draggonsgate]

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 😞

[@trainliker100]

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."

[@johnnycigaro9872]

You didn't want to clash with some of those rear view mirrors either.

[@paulnicholson1906]

My first car had a full metal pointy dashboard. Not something you would want to meet in a crash.

[@JollyRed0045]

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.

[@ZacabebOTG]

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

[@KathrynsWorldWildfireTracking]

Yeah...psychotic musical choice here...

[@jakester455]

@@KathrynsWorldWildfireTracking It's called musical irony.

[@crazyeightsize]

I think it's the perfect music to watch old photos like this. There used to be channel on KZbin called "Yesterday Today" that would play this song over old time photos. This takes me back and it is real relaxing too!

[@KathrynsWorldWildfireTracking]

@@jakester455 Musical irony is clever. This is just poor taste. (Or, more often these days, bot-generated content.)

[@RC-Flight]

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

[@max57rich37]

Brake failure was a common thing back in the old days

[@bitethedevil]

Mostly were from the 1930's. Depression Era time

[@unowen9668]

Rubber was scarce in the 40s, the war machines needed it.

[@Lis2875]

Ya that right I noticed that too...

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

Balloons. A lot of balloons.

[@shortanoar]

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

[@geralderdek282]

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!

[@MemoryLN]

*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!*

[@nigel900]

“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…

[@thehighllama8101]

You'll be lucky if the transmission on an Altima lasts 5 years.

[@johnnyl321]

they're not built to. For that matter, how many 1991 Chevy Corsicas or Berettas do you see running around? Cars use a lot of planned obsolesence.

[@saraprva4172]

Not sure about America, but in Europe 20yr old cars quite common now, in the 60/70s they fell apart from rust

[@mikeh2006]

It's more related to rust. The old stuff just rusted. Manufacturers have only really got to grips with rust since roughly year 2000 or a little later. Perhaps helped further due to the fact loads of parts are now plastic.

[@carson27907]

My grandpa has an old car i think he said it was a model T or somthing he said model then a letter

[@Texeq]

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.

[@13Gangland]

Oh joy, cassette tapes AND a pair of speakers, what a time to be alive!

[@brucestaples4510]

@@13Gangland If you're gonna be sarcastic, at least get the facts right...he wrote "8-track tape deck". Have you ever tried sticking a cassette into an 8-track deck? Do you even know the DIFFERENCE between an 8-track and a cassette? Times change. AM. Then AM/FM. Then 8-track, cassette, CD, MP3, then a chip in your head so you don't even need all that tech in your vehicle. Yep! Future's lookin' rosy. Enjoy!

[@leewilliams9904]

​​@@13Ganglandit was a wonderful time no need to go to auto electrician and so little to go wrong, I had a beautiful hill man hunter english car 30yrs ago made in 70s ran like a dream and I could work on every part of that car, unlike today's car where break discs and oil change is all you can do at home

[@13Gangland]

@leewilliams9904 I don't care about modern cars. I care about fast cars. I have a 2006 Dodge Viper SRT10. I despise modern cars. I was only making fun of the op sounding thrilled talking about 8-tracks and adding speakers to a car. All cars old or modern deserve a Bluetooth stereo, no need for the "nostalgia" goggles to be kept on forever. The thing about old 70s muscle cars, or all 70s cars in general, where very clunky, super heavy, and motors were V8s, but only output at max 360-380Hp. We have surpassed what engines are capable of, even without modern technology.

[@13Gangland]

@brucestaples4510 Hahahah what a stupid response. You can keep that old vintage crap right as it as. Me personally, I need the Bluetooth Sony stereo with some 10"-12" subs in the back being blared by two 500 watt amps. We have surpassed wagon speakers.

[@roleplayingpain4349]

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

[@raagtop363]

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.

[@Calc_Ulator]

They certainly were built like a tank, but how will we want to define that? The engineering was never for collision in mind. It's clear as day when you look under the cars- no crosswebbing, just frame rails connected by a weak floorboard. You could get these cars to '70s level with a little additional strengthening in sections.

[@Calc_Ulator]

2:14 is a perfect example. A shell on two rails...

[@aaronwilliams6989]

And I was led to believe you couldn't wreck those cars when I was younger. That's what my dad would say.

[@drosera88]

@@Calc_Ulator It's not all about strength, at least when it comes to occupant safety. A sturdy car that holds up in a wreck can be a death trap. The reason new cars are totaled so easily is because they are designed to crumple and bend so that the people inside are subjected to a less sudden amount of G-forces in a wreck. Think about it like this, you can build a car like a tank, but there's a reason people who drive tanks wear helmets, its because a tank doesn't give in a collision.

[@jvmiller1995]

@@Calc_Ulator I took my 53 chevy truck to the frame. Boxed it added supports did 4 link rear mustang 2 front suspension power disk all the way around. SBC with 5 speed and all the good stuff but still looks factory. People always seam to forget we really had no real highway systems when most these cars was made and they was not intended to run 100mph with other cars all around them. It was not until the mid 50's Eisenhower started building the national highway system. Shortly after that is when safety started to improve in the 60's. But anyone that does not love the style and class has no clue.. Retro Mods are the way to go.

[@stevie-ray2020]

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

[@deboralee1623]

same thought here.

[@Gwen-f8c]

Beautiful hair those ...right...

[@tonydiesel3444]

That's a mannnn baby

[@Eudi2020]

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.

[@brandicox1857]

The picture shown at 1:19 is of the leading lady in law and order's mom. The red hair in photo is a wig, though the mother, her boyfriend, and the driver all died in the accident. Lady from law and order and her two siblings were lying down, asleep, in the back seat. They believe that's why they survived bc they were lying down. That's why she has that scar on her face. She was an actress or singer, if I'm remembering correctly. That's why big rigs have that one lower bar of metal with the reflectors on them. They're called Mansfield bars, I think, after the mother. I'm honestly too lazy and sleepy to go get the names. This is by memory. But you can look up why rigs have that lower bar now. It's to prevent people from being decapitated. Which is what happened to those in the front seat, or at least the mother. There's a few videos on KZbin on that accident. It's really sad anytime there's an accident and death.

[@CycolacFan]

@@brandicox1857the Mansfield crash occurred in a mid 1960s Chrysler and half the roof was torn off, this is an early 1950s Hudson. Don’t know if that’s a wig in the photo, a scalp or an entire corpse but it’s unpleasant.

[@anthonylewis679]

@@CycolacFan Pretty sure its a wig or there would be quite an amount of blood present.

[@freedomforever6718]

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

[@jreagins1]

All things being equal, modern cars will outlast the older cars. But, more effort is put into preserving those older cars because they're more stylish and have a lot more character.

[@freedomforever6718]

@@jreagins1, Modern cars are designed with obsolescence in mind. Plastic bumpers that are barely attached don't protect the vehicle. Endless electronic components that easily fail. The classic and vintage vehicles will easily survive being submerged in water. Not so with modern vehicles. You can pretend all you want but modern cars are overpriced junk compared to classic and vintage vehicles.

[@MickeyMousePark]

@@freedomforever6718 "Plastic bumpers that are barely attached don't protect the vehicle." Correct and they never were designed to protect the car ..they are designing to protect the DRIVER not the car by absorbing some of the impact.. In fact the current plastic bumper is only a cover there is a steel beam behind it and behind that 2 shock absorbers...

[@antonfarquar8799]

too true !!

[@freedomforever6718]

@@MickeyMousePark , You don't have a problem with designed obsolescence. Got it. Cars don't last as long as they used to on purpose. But just like Mickey Mouse you are all make-believe.

[@dianapippin6658]

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.

[@kenbakker3241]

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.

[@henryshockem9242]

Yup, I noticed that too.

[@1957mrbill]

You can thank WW2 for bald tires because most rubber went to support the war.

[@iflick7235]

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.

[@TheHistoryLounge]

Thanks, @iflick7235 - The music is a little odd, but it does seem to fit with this topic and photo selection. (I agree that it gets into your head!)

[@douglasolomon5191]

I really like the backing music to this video. I would like to know who it is

[@ebayerr]

@@douglasolomon5191 Intractable by Kevin MacLeod

[@TheHistoryLounge]

@@douglasolomon5191 Hi Douglas - The song from this video is called, "Intractable," by artist, Kevin MacLeod. (I'm glad you like it.)

[@jimmccauley9099]

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

[@Elizabeth-rq1vi]

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.

[@nonelost1]

Just remember, they were not vintage classics back then.

[@ThreenaddiesRexMegistus]

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. 👍🏻

[@bruceb5481]

I had 57 De Soto convertible. White with red interior.

[@02chevyguy]

Either a '56 Bel-Air (my birth year) or a '58 Impala.

[@Calc_Ulator]

Newer cars are so much better! I mean yeah like the 1991 Ford Sierra where the steering wheel would decapitate the head? Or 1997 Citroen Saxo that preferred to pulverize your legs like a bad piece of beef? Or 1986 Volkswagen Santana (and T3!) that likes to collapse the front end past all the way past the rear passenger doors? Or the early '80s Holden Commodore that played accordion the length of the vehicle?

[@ThreenaddiesRexMegistus]

@@Calc_Ulator true enough! I was referring to modern cars though. Generally the survivability is far greater than stuff that was around 25-30 years ago.

[@RickaramaTrama-lc1ys]

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.

[@henryshockem9242]

Yeah really, people mugging for the camera with big ol smiles. Sort of reminds me of people of today with their damn cell phones...

[@kramnull8962]

I knew a guy that had 4 or 5 shoe boxes of just Black and white DWI accidents and racing fatalities. That should explain a lot.

[@stevedickson5853]

They didn't have the likes of KZbin to gawp at like us lol

[@davidca96]

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.

[@johnnyc.holmes4251]

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.

[@kelvyquayo]

Apparently many people alive today are still affected by LEADED gasoline fumes.. and entire generations of people are “slightly” stupider..

[@lelia660]

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.

[@firestunt]

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

[@johnmakin4337]

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

[@patrickdolan-bd1we]

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.

[@Wooley689]

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

[@HappyHands.]

Remember the scare movies in Drivers Ed??

[@ZombiedustXXX]

Red Asphalt.

[@02chevyguy]

@@ZombiedustXXX Mechanized Death, Signal 30

[@whatsamattayu3257]

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

[@kr-pm1xg]

My favorite car is a 1968 Cougar.. I had one for 20 years.. I fixed it everyday.. But still..it remains a fond memory.

[@portnuefflyer]

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.

[@John-rz4cu]

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.

[@6omega2]

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

[@g-tall665]

4:36

[@carlblake5271]

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

[@paulw8356]

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

[@michaellandreth1392]

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

[@billiebobbienorton2556]

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 !

[@LuvMyRoadKingClassic]

Yes, I was gonna say...today if there is a wreck, "caution tape" is strung across the road 300 feet away and local news crews are zooming in with their cameras from behind the "tape". I understand this practice. We don't need a lot of people getting in the way of first responders doing their job.

[@GhostRangerr]

Wait until you learn about public executions in the 19th century & before

[@angusmurray3767]

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

[@Go4Corvette]

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.

[@aaronbrown6266]

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

[@grahammarston8019]

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

[@Grandizer8989]

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

[@thelyran]

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

[@Snarkapotamus]

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

[@bostonrailfan2427]

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

[@tugginalong]

These photos help you understand the need for design improvements to provide a safer automobile. Also, check out the tires. Most are slick. That’s probably why inspections became mandatory. (we do t I directions any longer but we did for decades.)

[@Gwen-f8c]

Did anyone see the photo of decapitated redhead at the 1:11 mark....Jesus Christ...

[@T_Burd_75]

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.

[@josephgaviota]

Yeah, I was wondering what that was.

[@deboralee1623]

so i'm not the only one who noticed -- and wondered about -- that item.

[@midsouthirish1680]

Might of been a blackout to cover up a wreck victim

[@30pvfd]

Amazed at how close the rubber neckers are

[@frankforrest1597]

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.

[@rowdyoutdoors5397]

That one had the lady’s hair hanging out of the car and looked like her head blurred 😳

[@DigbyOdel-et3xx]

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.

[@dieselrotor]

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

[@deweydodo6691]

Strange that I check the tread of the tires on these accidents , least half of the vehicles have bald tires.

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

Glad my parents taught me the correct way to drive - never been in an accident since I started driving in 1976!

[@fluke1172]

In 1976 I was 15 got my permit to drive before I turned 16 in July of that year. My first wreck was my dads 1973 gmc 350 engine in 1977. All down from there until I turned 22. I hope I don't miss any , but here i go, Blew the engine in my 71 charger 383 magnum . My 72 heavy chevy 400 small block wrecked 2 times. 1968 Pontiac tempest 400 big block 1976 Camaro, LT1 350. 1971 mach1 351 winedsor,. 1974 ford ltd 400 and a 1965 dodge dart 318. 1973 Oldsmobile cutlass 350 rocket .

[@shawnbottom4769]

You mean your driving has never caused an accident. It can still happen no matter how good you are.

[@catreader9733]

You might not be able to avoid being an a vehicular accident no matter how well you drive, but good skills and constant vigilance will help.

[@aaronwilliams6989]

@@shawnbottom4769 And it HAS happened to people like that.

[@aaronwilliams6989]

I wouldn't be careful not to brag if I were you

[@charlesbabcock1530]

Watching Mechanized Death in highschool freaked me out for awhile...

[@idontwantahandle]

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

[@Calc_Ulator]

Enjoy being cooked by your lithium batts boy. Oh and GPS tracked by the government and/or killed as they can control your car {NSA program- thanks Edward Snowden for exposing! True American} or which if they do not approve of your driving habits, now will also have the capacity to disable your vehicle [coming 2026 for the US]. I am averse to 1984 style of totalitarian living.

[@chunt5073]

Spikes on the steering wheels , long switches to poke you in the face .. no air bags 😮

[@lyonsdavid]

The Fashion & Clothing was just as interesting if not even more fascinating than the wrecked vehicles.

[@srj100]

Those doors in the opening Remington me on The People's Court. Now that's a wreck for ya.

[@nickhaag7803]

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

[@GhostRangerr]

Fake Junk food didn't exist & people used to walk more back then.

[@ramblergarage]

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

[@flawedexistence]

Yup! And the steel was super heavy and crumpled straight into the passenger cabin. No thanks. I'm happy with my aluminium and carbon fibre with passenger compartment crumple zones. Plue all the safety bells and whistles. Of course, my modern car can also reach speeds much, much higher than those clunky old steel rides. So I could still kill myself in it. It's just way harder to do so.

[@ramblergarage]

@@flawedexistence well guess what Amc had crumple zones and a unit body in the 50s.

[@AJwoodway]

I grew up in the 60’s on a very deadly section of 305w in Paducah Ky. I recall that no one wore seatbelts, drove way too fast and when those steel tanks crashed it was incredibly loud. Many times we would find one person in the car and several dead passengers 100-200 feet or more from the car. People romanticize the cars but they were unforgiving death traps.

[@redtra236]

If you crash at high speed in a modern car you're likely to die too though so regardless of what you drive being careful and not speeding/making unsafe maneuvers is the best way to keep yourself safe.

[@kramnull8962]

Just like today, it only takes 1idiot...

[@classicmoviesvault]

I totally agree with you that most viewers like the style of the older cars better.

[@ralphe5842]

The death rate per miles traveled was appallingly high then

[@stevie-ray2020]

Exactly! Inertia & internal injuries often meant occupants never made it to a hospital!

[@kramnull8962]

@@stevie-ray2020 You say hospital like it was actually a meaningful thing to go get staff infection and MRSA. Those doctors will hold your hand until you quit paying them. Once you stop paying them, they turn and walk the other way; where were they taking you?

[@superdragon9293]

In the 50s... 60s and 70s cars had the best styling...... im still to this day in love with older American V8's Pontiac...Buick... Oldsmobile.... Cadillac and Chevy...Chrysler and Ford...

[@philarchambault5767]

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

[@TheHistoryLounge]

I agree!

[@theantichrist4267]

That Duisenberg car that hit the street lamp , and fire hydrant 😮 was a costly one that car brand new was around $30,000 back then . That would be a million + dollar car even now in that wrecked condition.

[@FYMASMD]

Lots of people died in these cars. Lots!! Older cars have more style but they are obviously death traps.

[@gustavoperez5480]

I agree, I suppose people from those years took more precaution for driving than people from nowadays.

[@xxxxxx-tq4mw]

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

[@keegan773]

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

[@paulaharrisbaca4851]

I have several books about vintage car crashes. Not to mention Driver's Ed films, like "Red Asphalt" and "Signal 7".... they are still available om KZbin. Pretty gory stuff to this day, like the black guy who fell asleep at the wheel and sort of smeared his head across the pavement....

[@chrisantoniou4366]

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

[@Calc_Ulator]

Oh you watch 'Just Rolled In' too? I don't think you have *any* how bad shape most cars on the road are in. MIND boggling.

[@stevie-ray2020]

Also, cross-ply tyres didn't exactly have the same grip as modern radials either!

[@chrisantoniou4366]

@@stevie-ray2020 True, but we can excuse that on the basis that they weren't invented then.

[@chrisantoniou4366]

@@Calc_Ulator Yes I do watch "Just Rolled In" too, but I need to cut down due to RSI in my neck from constantly shaking my head! 😆 The scary thing for me is that even though I wouldn't drive any of the shitheaps on that channel, I am in many ways beholden to them because they share the road with me...

[@community1949]

All of these wrecks used to be in Look and Life magazines.

[@antonfarquar8799]

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

[@tamer1773]

It depends. A lot of states didn't require insurance back then. I believe Connecticut didn't require it until the late '60's, early '70's.

[@antonfarquar8799]

I'm not talking about liability coverage - the Imperial most assuredly had property insurance - the owner had it insured against loss or damage - each one of those was hand made to customer spec and it looks to be totaled. What is interesting is the quality of the street light that was knocked down - look at the base and the lenses on the shade - a real work of art. @@tamer1773

[@RENNER-SLOVAKIA]

The color of these photos is Beautiful

[@jesseserna8424]

I seen a real video of people being pulled out,cut out by fire department,police first responders etc. It showed real accidents at the scene some in color,and it showed very gruesome bloody scenes. Some of the people in the video wasn’t drunk they just made a bad mistake in their driving.I had to watch it with other people in a DUI class back in the 1980s. It was the period of middle 1950s to late 1960s.Now at 58 I still remember some parts very well.

[@ShayJaxson-m2z]

Red Asphalt, Mechanicized(sp) Death.

[@thecastille6825]

Despite the lack of safety features the cars yes they were unique you can tell the difference from one car to the next. I mean even in the 90s they still had a unique distinction between each country and they can go through and you can identify them and they still had improved safety features versus what they had back then which was no seat belts no airbags no crumple zones

[@myleftthumb2294]

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

[@majortolleson7976]

Well since you asked for comments, 75 years ago a haberdashery was a very important place. And a baseball cap was only used when you played baseball.... the cars were beautiful and stylish, but the upholstery, and whomever was sitting on it, came loose, and came flying out, if they werent crushed into the art deco steering wheel. Our cars today are designed to throw away after so many years, but all that plastic and airbags, and crumple zones and backup cameras, sure do make us safer!

[@JRCinKY]

Man, that classic at 7:11 is awesome. Sure would like to buy that wreck!

[@joeschlotthauer840]

Looks like a 1932 Duesenberg Model J long wheelbase.

[@JRCinKY]

I thought it was a Deuce but Thanks for the confirmation and reply.

[@toesuf94]

That car is NOT a Duesenberg Model J. That is a 1931 Chrysler Imperial! Beautiful automobile.

[@keithb9272]

What an absolute tragedy to see these old classics destroyed.

[@Rickshaw881]

Incredible photography!

[@misseselise3864]

hey besties, collision repair tech here. cars nowadays are built to absorb the force of the crash to reduce the risk of injury to passengers. older cars were not built that way- the passengers absorbed all the force of a wreck and the lack of seatbelts + airbags definitely didn’t help either. vintage cars may be more stylish than modern cars, but vintage cars are death traps. and for the record, modern cars are cheaper to manufacture & repair in the grand scheme of things

[@TheWalterKurtz]

Crashes were so much more stylish in the old days because of the way everybody dressed! Rolled a '69 three quarter ton Ford in '84 on The Dalton Hyw in Alaska. Wasn't wearing the lap belt. I got three surgically fused vertebrae in my neck out of it. Drove the truck three more years.

[@buixrule]

I guess back in 40's and 50's every wreck was an opportunity for a neighborhood photo shoot.

[@ronmann2755]

With the exception of the gas tanker all the cars had bald tires which could've contributed to the wrecks.

[@stevedickson5853]

If there was the war on in some of the pics rubber etc was hard to come by

[@jimb3093]

very relaxing, nice scenery.

[@user-sw7my6kp7g]

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

[@henryshockem9242]

Notice that most of the vehicles have bald tires. Almost every one shown. I have a 1967 Buick Wildcat. It's 20 feet long and is made of solid Detroit steel. It is built like a battleship and I'm sure it would crush any new car of today. But it still has the old drum brakes, so with that kind of weight rolling down the street you have to really pay attention to your speed. You cannot stop on a dime that's for sure. With the old classics, you really have to watch it and slow down. respect that old beast. It' like taking your Grandad out for a stroll, you wouldn't make him start sprinting around the park, you would hurt the old guy. So you go nice and slow and leisurley, and let the people admire that classic and you get plenty of thumbs up!

[@lecleland1]

If seatbelts were added along with disc brakes, the cars would be more comparable. However to judge the past by todays standards is unjust to the past as well as the present

[@kramnull8962]

It was then like it is today. The person that spends most of the money on an auto owns most of the road.

[@jimholmes2555]

I love the choice of background music.

[@brian70Cuda]

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

[@kawlkawl5]

They need to bring back the Old car's

[@patrickwolf5796]

I think the safety features in old cars like those was the sheer size and all steel. No fiberglass or plastic in the design. Seatbelts would have probably been a good thing though.

[@stevie-ray2020]

@@yuckfoutube2259 Exactly! Inertia & internal injuries often meant occupants never made it to a hospital!

[@redtra236]

@@yuckfoutube2259 Yeah but if it's too weak you can get crushed in a small accident too. Although they are less safe many people did survive some nasty crashes in cars from this era.

[@redtra236]

Now of course in 1953 you could buy a fiberglass body corvette lol

[@pughoneycutt1986]

About the seatbelts, I have known 5 people who were killed by seatbelts and 5 who lived because they weren't wearing them, and I don't know anyone who was ever saved by them or anyone who was killed that would have been saved by them. Makes me wonder how on earth could my experience be so different from what everyone else "BELIEVES "

[@redtra236]

@@pughoneycutt1986 The main value is preventing you from slamming in to hard surfaces and if you still do reduce the force you hit and and keeping you from getting ejected. But yeah I agree sometimes they do more harm than good like for example if you roll over a car and the roof collapses or its a convertible with no roll bar you're probably better off without it.

[@blacktoothgrin4348]

Cars back then were made from metal, unlike plastic cars today.

[@richardsobieck9660]

Many of those cars have bald tires.