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.
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.
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
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.
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.
Really interesting but sad to see those amazing cars so wrecked . I used to restore vintage cars but I think those are just a bit too far gone ! Thankyou .
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.
The occurrence of speeding telegraph poles during the 1930s in America reached an almost unbelievable 4 a day . The police at the time were shooting speeding poles on site... 😂
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.
Holy cow!! What were cars made of back then, tin foil?!!! I don't know how fast these cars could go, but yikes!!! Also, we're all of these wrecks fatalities, minus the one stated driver survived. Great video!! Thank you!! 😊❤
Many car bodies were built around wooden frames until the early '30's. Most roofs had fabric inserts that covered the wooden frame. Notice how the roofs on the sedans are collapsed. G.M. invented the 'turret top' or all steel top in 1935? This helped strengthen the structure. However lack of any safety devices didn't help.
You always have great videos. A big thumbs up. These old cars remind me of the 1960s area when I used to watch the driver's ed videos in school. Some are pretty gory too. Anyway, have a good weekend. Keep making the great videos.
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 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
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
Ha, hah! A lot of people have opinions on this particular song. Some hate it, and some really like it. For me, it somehow seems to be an appropriate fit for these scenes.
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.
@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.
Some of the cars had a metal bar along the back of the front-seat, so that backseat passengers could use it to get in and out of the car. Imagine slamming your head into the bar in a car accident? And the backseats looked like a box seat with no seatbelts and the windows were pane glass, not safety glass. These cars were horribly dangerous.
![Crash Chronicles (Wrecks of the 1940s -1950s) [Colorized]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Puzwb-qFHWg/mqdefault.jpg)
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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.
Wie immer sehr eindrucksvolle aber auch traurige Bilder in einer top Qualität, mit der bekannten angenehmen Musik im Background.
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.
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
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.
Cool jazz tune down memory lane here.
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.
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
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
Notice how all the tires, are worn, and miss matched.
great pictures, thankyou for sharing them
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?
@@zephrancochrane7271these pictures look some were at night and some possibly in the afternoon
Driving car then was like an adventure. Lucky if you get yourself (and others) safe. Posers in those pictures are epic 😂
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.
Its very sad to see so many nice old classics which were destroyed or ruined...
Thanks for puting these together. Very interesting sudy of early automotive construction.
The upbeat music with the tragic scenes is what caused me to hit the like button.
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.
Back in those days everyone wanted to be in the picture posing with the wrecked car.
How come all these trees and poles keep getting in the way...
😁
Really interesting but sad to see those amazing cars so wrecked . I used to restore vintage cars but I think those are just a bit too far gone !
Thankyou .
The trucks at 3:29 & 5;03 looked like they lived to b driven another day. They would have been restorable but recovery would have been difficult.
nahhhh a little bit of duct tape and a quick buff would fix it lol
@@vulcandawg7623 "Pimp my Ride" hahaaha
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.
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?
The occurrence of speeding telegraph poles during the 1930s in America reached an almost unbelievable 4 a day . The police at the time were shooting speeding poles on site... 😂
Notice how many had bald tires .
Good observation.
That has to be the most interesting choice of music......
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.
Holy cow!! What were cars made of back then, tin foil?!!! I don't know how fast these cars could go, but yikes!!! Also, we're all of these wrecks fatalities, minus the one stated driver survived. Great video!! Thank you!! 😊❤
Some of them were just parked cars that got hit by something or fell into a hole so I doubt it
No one pictured in this video survived.
They were made out of steel for the most part, most could do 70 mph just fine.
Many car bodies were built around wooden frames until the early '30's. Most roofs had fabric inserts that covered the wooden frame. Notice how the roofs on the sedans are collapsed. G.M. invented the 'turret top' or all steel top in 1935? This helped strengthen the structure. However lack of any safety devices didn't help.
It's like putting an engine in an empty box and running it. There is no safety involved.
I am shocked looking at the Wrecks of the 1920's and 1930's.
The music makes it look like fun. As if they weren't all gruesome fatalities..
You always have great videos. A big thumbs up. These old cars remind me of the 1960s area when I used to watch the driver's ed videos in school. Some are pretty gory too. Anyway, have a good weekend. Keep making the great videos.
All accidents happened in MA in the 1930 s
Thank you!
Interesting choice of music where all these collisions shown are most likely fatal
Alexander Graham Bell is responsible for many of these. Darn telephone poles!
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.
I’m surprised by the amount of damage in these photos
Strange how many people hit poles or trees. Cars these days are so much more robust.
Man, they really had a lot of bad drivers in Massachusetts..
To be honest, nothing has changed....they still drive like crap 😂.
Still do!
And 100 years later people from Massachusetts still can't drive.
You wouldn't believe it. Nothing has changed since 1930. They still drive the same. Their skills have not improved.
Massholes are still the worst drivers.
No seat belts, no air bags, no protection.
"They don't make them like they used to". I am glad for that lol.
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.
What is the name of the background music in this video?
toujours bien ,et intéressent😃
Almost 100 years and drivers haven’t learned that speed kills!!! In Calgary, Alberta the most dangerous ones are from other countries…
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.
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.
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.
I noticed an ad on a building for Sheetrock which l didn't know existed then.
Does anyone know what the music is in this video?
Intractable by Kevin Macleod. 😊
Wow alot of those crashes were probably at high speeds, especially the Pole or tree ones
Oh I am digging these crazy sounds.
There was a lot of closed casket funerals related to these pictures.
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.
Cars still aren't built to survive a crash. They are designed so the occupants survive a crash. The car is expendable.
So this video shows that nobody in Massachusetts knows how to drive
Utterly fascinating.
Wow! All those people watching this on TH-cam @ 120 ish years young.
Nobody was injured in the making of this video.
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!
Colonial attire was elegant and every generation since down dresses to where we are now
they still drive like that in mass.
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
Who does the music? I like it.
Didn’t have car safety checks back then 😳
Showing us that Massachusetts drivers have been terrible for almost 100 years.
People had class, style back then
This is why I never go to Massachusetts
What is the name of the music, I own a 1931 ford Model A and this tune fits.
Alot of these people suffered significant injury or death in accidents that today they'd easily walk away from.
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
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.
Cable Brakes..1940sHydraulic.....My father's 1st job clean and adjust Cable Brakes..
At least we can safely say that none of these accidents were caused by texting and driving.
Thank you, sir. Merry Christmas!🎄
Old Cars, So Classy!
Ouch !!! That's gonna leave a mark.
if the cars had TTTE-style faces then that would make these pictures a LOT darker
love the music
Ha, hah! A lot of people have opinions on this particular song. Some hate it, and some really like it. For me, it somehow seems to be an appropriate fit for these scenes.
I like it to
Great video, but the music is way to loud.
Ummm…….. turn your speaker down! There was no commentary while the video was playing LOL!
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.
Jeeeesh, you REALLY did not want to get into a side impact back then...
Some of the cars had a metal bar along the back of the front-seat, so that backseat passengers could use it to get in and out of the car. Imagine slamming your head into the bar in a car accident? And the backseats looked like a box seat with no seatbelts and the windows were pane glass, not safety glass. These cars were horribly dangerous.
Sounds like a modern school bus. The idea with them is that they are safe because they are big and yellow.
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What happened to the occupants of the cars involved in the accidents?
Hmmm. No blood anywhere. Nice touch ups on the negatives.
Treads were optional on tires back then!
I thought these were taken today lol
Arthur Fellig or "Weege" Born in Austria, makes most of those pictures!!
Looks like an average cars and coffee carnage video. More so with all the people standing by.
A lot of bald tires.
Cool!
Well when you messed up there wasn't no second chance to say im sorry ! Can I do it again tomorrow !
So much for: they sure don’t build them like they used to and no one was injured in these accidents .
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
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.