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

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, 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

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

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