Crash Chronicles 3 (Wrecks of the 1920s-1930s) [Colorized]
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- Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024
- In 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 RUclips 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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Notice how well dressed people were back then. Hats, coats, suits, button down shirts, slacks.
@navypatriot1016 simple & elegant, nothing like the absolute mutant like appearance some choose today.
And that's just the bums
And not a bunch of fat slobs.
Absolutely NO ONE LOOKING LIKE JOHN FETTERMAN😂
@@workingman9745 he was the one driving.
Almost a hundred years later...and people still haven't learned how to drive, here in Massachusetts. 😂
Here in Rhode Island too !!!!
Here in California too! They think that if it starts to rain, you are supposed to floor it.
So true😂
It's the same in every state, especcially the southern border states where there are billions of immigrants that have infested all the roads.
yep... some people are asshats behind the wheel
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
🤣🤣🤣
true
Yes look at their skulls wow.
Lol
I love how they dressed, but imagine having to wear those clothes in 90 degree heat with 90% humidity? How did they do it?
I’m glad they’ve made power and light poles safer now. They just jumped in front of cars back then.
And those trees are much safer these day's. Lol
safer for the 150-year-old oak trees which have bulked up over the years. @@davejenvey3598
Imagine going through the windshield before tempered glass was invented, be like going through a wood chipper.
And also the twisted, sharp jagged metal. As far removed from the safety of the womb as one can be!
Those that went through the wood chipper were called "glass necklaces."
They say vintage cars hold up better than modern cars, not by these photos, they look worse.
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.
No federal safety standards back then
The only people that make that claim are the ones that know nothing about vehicle safety standards.
"hold up" in that context means "last." As in without needing to be junked. Longevity.
This video shows a lack of durability, not longevity.
@@nthgth I still say fuel injection is more durable than carburetors
It is quite amazing how the trees and posts were magnetized in those days which attracted so may passing vehicles!!!!!!!?????
Note the lack of safety glass @ 7:33 ....... scary to think of the injuries that could cause.
Great video, looks really good colourised, thanks for presenting it!
I also noticed that. I used to work in the automotive industry and my last job was in automotive glass back in 2004. I cannot imagine being in a car accident with that type of glass. The injuries would be horrific.
Notice how many had bald tires .
Good observation.
Notice how all the tires, are worn, and miss matched.
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.
Where the phrase: Wad it up! came from.
Alexander Graham Bell is responsible for many of these. Darn telephone poles!
Massholes are still the worst drivers.
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.
It's like putting an engine in an empty box and running it. There is no safety involved.
All accidents happened in MA in the 1930 s
It looks like they didn't have any laws about driving on bald tires.
They may have, but, like today, it probably wasn't enforced. It sure isn't today.
Bet ya the cops drove on bald tires aswell LOL cheaper that way, since tires where expensive.
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.
The bodies consisted of a wooden framework with the steel panels tacked to the wood.
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
They were going fast all right that's probably a large part of why they crashed
@@richardpotter2288 Plus the booze.
Nah, the cars were very lightweight and the steel had low strength. The inner structures were often wood.
Interesting choice of music where all these collisions shown are most likely fatal
Nobody was injured in the making of this video.
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.
Timber framing turns to matchsticks upon impact.
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.
Amazing no blood anywhere.
Yep, it was air brushed out.
No seatbelts - everyone went flying out the window.
@@10thSC-Carrot-Brains That is the way it was back then.
This is why I never go to Massachusetts
I’m surprised by the amount of damage in these photos
I don’t think I would have wanted to be involved in any of those crashes
They all look very serious
Right? It’s like a simple fender bender these days would guaranteed be detrimental back then.
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.
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.
Jayne Mansfield died tragically, but she was not decapitated.
@@danielthoman7324 Did I say she was decapitated? Geez man, thanks for the info. 😮
@@redtra236 Perhaps, but something is still better than nothing.
@@danielthoman7324 She wasn't?
How come all these trees and poles keep getting in the way...
😁
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.
And 100 years later people from Massachusetts still can't drive.
It's alarming the amount of damage considering the lack of speed compared to modern cars
Those early cars just flew all to pieces when they hit something.
@@ontheroad5317 Good ol' days. Averaging 30mph on a road trip was doing great, roads not so great.
@@xxxxxxxx3476 steering wheels were solid, and steering columns did not collapse. There were instances of people nearly cut in half by the wheel.
Those things were not as slow as some might think...
Massachusetts has always had the worst drivers.
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.
Showing us that Massachusetts drivers have been terrible for almost 100 years.
No seat belts, no air bags, no protection.
There was a lot of closed casket funerals related to these pictures.
I am shocked looking at the Wrecks of the 1920's and 1930's.
People had class, style back then
Almost 100 years and drivers haven’t learned that speed kills!!! In Calgary, Alberta the most dangerous ones are from other countries…
At least we can safely say that none of these accidents were caused by texting and driving.
Strange how many people hit poles or trees. Cars these days are so much more robust.
Cable Brakes..1940sHydraulic.....My father's 1st job clean and adjust Cable Brakes..
The lack of safety devices such as seat belts, safety glass, functional door locks, collapsible steering columns, front brakes (In many cars until the mid '20's) all contributed to accidents. I've been involved with antique cars for over 40 years. When riding in cars from the 30's I always held the door to make sure it didn't open during turns. If not the door would fly open as you rounded a corner. Ford first offered seat belts in 1957 ad an option but it backfired as people thought their cars weren't safe because Ford offered seat beats! The feds instituted safety standards in 1968 with collapsible steering columns, parking lights, etc. So the driving was a problem but cars weren't built to survive a crash until very recently.
Amazing how much damage at low speeds
I had a 1936 Chevy the fastest it would go is about 55 top speed
This video makes me think of my Dad's mother who I never met.He was born in 1921 and she died in an auto crash when he was around 5 yrs old. I do not know the details as it wasnt something that was talked about. I dont think there was any scandal.Its just that it was long before my time and it had a deep impact on Dad and his father.I have often wondered why she had to die like that.
Colonial attire was elegant and every generation since down dresses to where we are now
Ouch !!! That's gonna leave a mark.
Oh I am digging these crazy sounds.
I noticed an ad on a building for Sheetrock which l didn't know existed then.
Thank you!
Old Cars, So Classy!
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
I absolutely love this stuff I wish they'd add the people names what they did or were going and how they were ended .. makes me all juiced
Utterly fascinating.
toujours bien ,et intéressent😃
so bad driving did start in massdholeachusetts. make sense
Hey revere Massachusetts my hometown
You could of driven on that street many times where that accident took place.
Even seatbelts wouldn’t have helped in those circumstances.
No jaws of life back then it took time to get people out when time was of the essence.
Most of the accidents occurred during the Depression when few people could afford new tires.
No cops or fire department just people looking.
Thank you, sir. Merry Christmas!🎄
Looks like an average cars and coffee carnage video. More so with all the people standing by.
Treads were optional on tires back then!
1:33 I cant figure that one out
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.
They weren't vintage when the photo was taken. They were just car wrecks.
So much for: they sure don’t build them like they used to and no one was injured in these accidents .
Looks like the air bags did not deploy
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!
Almost every vehicle has bald tires.
Had to be some grizzly scene's 😳
You got that wrong Pole collides with Car
Why is everyone standing around like it was a big ass whale someone caught on a cane pole?😅
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.
The Model T was a frail light-weight car made to be cheaply priced, so yes, you should be careful.
violent accidents, yet no seat belts and no safety glass and no blood??
No cops had radar guns back then;
However can count one thousan one one thousan two between evenly spaced poles to get aproxment speed..
Great video, but the music is way to loud.
Ummm…….. turn your speaker down! There was no commentary while the video was playing LOL!
funny wife said we get in a crash we are done, I told here at least we have the upbeat music.
WELL looking at these wrecks, its a good thing they didn't have seat belts back then, dont u agree??
It's funny that most are looking at the camera, not many pictures being taken then!
Cool!
Just about every single car I seen in this video had bald tires
Those pre-1930s cars just exploded like a paper bag! Not much to em!
These early cars must have been made out of tin.
I did not see deployed airbags on a single wreck.
No jaws of life back then!
Reminds me of Drivers Ed sans the dead bodies.
YES! People back then had pride in their appearance.
There wasn’t much leisure wear also, besides their underwear (boxers & tshirt).
Sadly I see too many people today going out looking like slobs in their underwear of big shorts & tshirts. No class.
Automobiles were extremely dangerous then for occupants.
No give of energy like in today’s crashes.
They obviously didn't have ABS back then or power steering either.
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.
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.
@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.
The vintage cars wouldn't be demolished as their steel structure made them quite sturdy, but that is exactly what would get you killed.
@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.
I thought these were taken today lol
Not much strength in wood-covered tin .
Like a good neighbor state farm is there
It looks like these cars did have crumple zones. Only problem was they were weak and in the wrong places.
The Original "Rubber-Neckers"
Aka, Ambulance Chasers , Wonder How Many Were Lawyers..Lol
Looks like safety was not a priority.
Some unpleasant ends for some occupants but none to be seen unlike some 1950's public safety videos...
1950s cars were as fast as present-day cars, but with zero safety features. 🤕
Great video. Find book “Car Crashes” by Kirkpatrick many great photos in Orange County area. Thank you.
Do you mean _Car Crashes & Other Sad Stories_ by Jennifer Dumas (Author) and Mell Kilpatrick (Photographer)?
Yep. That’s the book. It’s a keeper. Thank you. Photographs that tell a story.
@@johnmitchelljr OK, great. Thanks for recommending.
Simply put; what a mess !!!!
And these cars were not following one car length behind at 70-80mph
Cars speeds were slow, so do you know the FATALITY STATS of this era?
Does anybody really wish they lived in this era?
I certainly do. It would be far better for me than the current America.
@@coldsamon I can respect your comment
Sure! I wouldn’t be driving the cars especially seeing what can happen to the people in them.
Honestly wouldn't mind