Crash

Crash or CRASH may refer to:

Common meanings

• Collision, an impact between two or more moving objects
• Crash (computing), a condition where a program ceases to respond
• Cardiac arrest, a medical condition in which the heart stops beating
• Slang for the negative effect of a drug; the comedown
• Sleeping in an impromptu location
• Stock market crash, a sudden dramatic decline of stock prices

Film

• The Crash (film), a 1932 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 (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
• Crash (2008 documentary), a documentary on American economic history and the Great Recession by Michael Carroll.
• The Crash (2017 film), a thriller directed by Aram Rappaport
• "Crash" Davis, protagonist of Bull Durham, played by Kevin Costner

Television

• Crash (1984 TV series), a Danish science fiction series
• Crash (2008 TV series), an American drama based on the 2004 film
• Crash (2009 TV series), an English-language Welsh medical drama series
• Title puppet character in the series Crash & Bernstein

Books and magazines

• Crash (J. G. Ballard novel), the basis of the 1996 film
• Crash (Spinelli novel), by Jerry Spinelli
• Crash (magazine), dedicated to the ZX Spectrum home computer and published from 1984–1991
• Crash Magazine, French independent magazine

Music

Performers

• Crash (South Korean band), a thrash metal band
• Crash (UK band), an indie rock band
• Billy "Crash" Craddock (born 1939), country music singer
• Darby Crash (1958–1980), punk rock musician
• Crash (drummer), member of the Swedish hard rock band H.E.A.T

Albums

• Crash (Decyfer Down album) (2009)
• Crash (Dave Matthews Band album) (1996)
• Crash (The Human League album) (1986)
• Crash (Billy "Crash" Craddock album) (1976)

Songs

• "Crash" (Feeder song) (1997)
• "Crash" (Gwen Stefani song) (2006)
• "Crash" (The Primitives song) (1988)
• "Crash" (Royseven song) (2007)
• "Crash" (Cavo song)
• "Crash", a 2012 B.A.P song on the No Mercy EP
• "Crash!", a song by Propellerheads
• "Crash", a song by Anthrax from We've Come for You All
• "Crash", a song by Methods of Mayhem from Methods of Mayhem
• "Crash", a song by Mephisto Odyssey, featuring Static-X
• "Crash", a song by Aerosmith from Nine Lives
• "Crash", a song by Sum 41 from the album Screaming Bloody Murder
• "Crash", a song by Love Tractor

In video gaming

• Crash Bandicoot, various meanings relating to the video game series
• Hot Wheels: Crash!, a video game released in 2000 for Microsoft Windows
• Crash: Mind over Mutant, a 2008 video game
• Crash, a character in Crash 'n' the Boys: Street Challenge
• Crash, a character in Quake III Arena

CRASH

• Clean-Slate Design of Resilient, Adaptive, Secure Hosts (CRASH), a DARPA program
• Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums, a unit of the Los Angeles Police Department
• 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
• "Crash", a nickname of American Olympic pole vaulter Toby Stevenson
• Crash Davis (1919-2001), American baseball player who inspired the name of the movie character
• "Crash", a nickname for Gerald Wallace, forward for the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers
• Crash Holly and Crash, ring names of American professional wrestler Mike Lockwood (1971–2003)

Other uses

• Gate crashing, the act of entering an event without invitation
• A group of rhinoceroses
• Crash, a plain linen fabric used for towels
• HMS Crash, British Royal Navy vessels
• Indy Crash, a women's full contact football team in the Women's Football Alliance
• Iowa City Crash, an American National Rugby League club
• Crash (card game), a British card game

See also

• Sugar crash, a supposed sense of fatigue after consuming a large number of carbohydrates
• "Crashed", a song by Daughtry
• Crashing (disambiguation)
• The Crash (disambiguation)
• Crasher, several fictional characters in the Gobots toyline and cartoon, and Transformers series
• All pages with titles containing Crash
• All pages with titles beginning with Crash