Collision Collection

The Right Spirit by William Heath Robinson
Christmas is sure to be a success if one keeps smiling on all occasions. The right and seasonable way of behaving in an unexpected encounter

Tottenham Hotspur vs. Sheffield United, F. A. Cup Final, 1901
Photograph of the 1901 F.A. Cup Final between Tottenham Hotspur and Sheffield United held at Bolton. The Cup was won by Tottenham

GLC-LFB Road traffic accident (RTA)
A collision between a bus and car resulted in the bus careering into a terraced house and a response by all the emergency services

Hoffmann / Johnny Head Air
THE STORY OF JOHNNY HEAD-IN- AIR Johhny collides with a dog

Breakdown lorry from Lambeth fire station in action
The breakdown lorry, from Lambeth fire station, being deployed to move a lorry involved in a serious accident with the OXO lorry in the distance

The 24 hour race at Le Mans, France for the Rudge-Whitworth Cup: a huge collision at night. From front to back: Bentley car no.1 with Leslie Callingham (1888-1960) thrown clear

Train collision, Maze Hill Station, SE London
Train collision and derailment at Maze Hill Station, SE London, 4 July 1958. Close-up of the point of impact. Date: 1958

Titanic / Southampton 1912
A bad omen: as the Titanic leaves Southampton, the steamer New York accidentally breaks its moorings. Captain Smith stops Titanics engines and a collision is avoided

End of the Titanic
Artists impression of the final moment of the ill-fated White Star Line passenger liner, RMS Titanic, turning onto her end before plunging forward into the water

The Spanish Steamer Murillo

RMS Olympic, signed First Class dinner menu
RMS OLYMPIC, rare signed First Class dinner menu for Titanic's sister Olympic dated September 20th 1911. This is an important date in many respects principally Olympic collided with Royal Naval

WW2 - British Plane Colliding With An Italian
A WW2 children's short story illustration showing a collision between British and Italian aircraft. Date: circa 1940s

WW2 - Plane Collision
A WW2 children's short story illustration showing a British WW2 Supermarine Spitfire colliding at the wing with a German aircraft. Date: circa 1940s

White Star Line, RMS Olympic, handwritten postcard
White Star Line, RMS Olympic, collection of Titanic passengers Richard and Stanley May. Rare book postcard written by Richard May on board RMS Olympic on September 20th 1911

White Star Line, RMS Olympic, Chief Officer Wilde letter
White Star Line, RMS Olympic, handwritten letter from Chief Officer Henry Tingle Wilde on board Olympic dated 14th September 1911, only six days before her collision with HMS Hawke. Date: 1911

White Star Line, RMS Olympic, top of on board stationery
White Star Line, RMS Olympic, top of a piece of on board stationery dated September 20th 1911, the day of the Hawke collision incident, from May brothers personal archive of shipping items. Date: 1911

Small archive of May brothers personal ephemera
White Star Line, RMS Titanic, May Collection. Small archive of personal ephemera relating to Titanic passengers Richard and Stanley May

White Star Line, RMS Olympic, abstract of log
White Star Line, Collection of Titanic passengers Richard and Stanley May. Extremely rare RMS Olympic abstract of log for the first voyage after the Hawke collision incident, No

White Star Line, RMS Olympic - four postcards, including a Rapp real photo of Olympic after collision with HMS Hawke, and a Walton colour card of launch

RMS Olympic and HMS Hawke, Daily Mirror cuttings
RMS Olympic and HMS Hawke after collision, Daily Mirror cuttings, 22 September 1911. Date: 1911

Cruiser Hawke
The ship, Hawke, after she had collided because of sea change. HMS Hawke, launched in 1891, was the seventh British warship to be named Hawke. She was an Edgar-class protected cruiser

Shop Wrecked By Car
Wreckage to a corner shop in Thornton Heath, caused by a four-seater saloon car. The car had swerved to avoid children playing in the road. Nobody was seriously hurt. Date: 1931

BAe Jetstream 31 OY-SVP City of Skive
British Aerospace Jetstream 3102 OY-SVP City of Skive (msn 626, ex G-31-626, D-CONU and G-LAKJ), of Sun Air. This aircraft was written off and scrapped after a ground collision with a GPU at Kastrup

HMS Seagull, minesweeper
HMS Seagull was a Sharpshooter-class torpedo gunboat, converted to be a minesweeper. She was built at Chatham Dockyard from 1888-1891

Lockheed L-100 Hercules 9J-RCY (msn 382-4109, Model 382B-1C), of the Zambian Government, leased to Zambian Air Cargo, at Lusaka Airport with the #3 engine removed

Fouga CM. 170 Magister MT-20
Belgian Air Force - Fouga CM.170-1 Magister MT-20 (msn 277), of the Diables Rouge (Red Devils) aerobatic display team. This aircraft crashed at Brustem on 20 Jun 1968 after mid-air collision with

Vickers 806 Viscount G-APIM (msn 412), of British European Airways. Damaged beyond repair during a ground collision with Shorts 330 G-BHWT, on 11 January 1988. Date: 1971

COLLISION IN A TUNNEL
Three die when the Bale express collides with a local train in the Pommeraie tunnel, failing to see lights warning that a single-track system is in operation Date: 9 May 1898

Aeritalia G. 222TCM MM62144 - 46-98
Aeronautica Militare - Aeritalia G.222TCM MM62144 - 46-98 (msn 4086), of 46 Brigata Aerea, at the Royal International Air Tattoo - RAF Fairford on 24 July 1993

Aeritalia G. 222TCM MM62130 - RS-51
Aeronautica Militare - Aeritalia G.222TCM MM62130 - RS-51 (msn 4037), of RSV (Reparto Sperimentale Volo - Experimental Flight Unit)

Douglas AD-4N Skyraider F-AZDP (MSN 7452, ex 124146). Involved in a mid-air collision with P-51D 44-72218 at Duxford on 10July 2011. Landed safely with missing wing segment, but P-51D was destroyed

North American T-39N Sabreliner N314NT - 165522
United States Navy - North American T-39N Sabreliner N314NT - 165522 (msn 282-28, NA-265-40 Sabreliner 40), of VT-86, on the apron at NAS Pensacola, Florida

A horse-bus clashes with a horse-cab in 1853. Bussy: "Why don t you move on there
A horse-bus clashes with a horse-cab in 1853. Bussy: " Why don t you move on there?" Cabby: " Why didn t you tell us you were a coming? We wouldn t a bin ere at all!" Date: 1853

Regency gentleman with cudgel on a thoroughbred horse, while another loses his wig on a galloping steed. A Bit of Blood. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Thomas Rowlandson after an illustration

Irish gentleman in his cell, Dublin prison, 1821
Irish gentleman in his cell with other inmates, Dublin prison, 1821. Captain Blake introduces a ragged exciseman. Sheriffs Prison - Introducing Swan the Exciseman

Stop Me and Buy One - ice cream cartoon
" Well...I suppose we d better buy one." An ice cream vendor has a collision with a couple in an open top sports car, but his day can only get better

EGYPT WRECK - 5
The SORIMA salvage team, led by Giovanni Quaglia, aboard their ship the Artiglio with the first ingots of gold raised from the wreck of the SS Egypt

Ling-Temco-Vought A-7A Corsair II 152674b
United States Navy - Ling-Temco-Vought A-7A Corsair II 152674b (msn 292, base code XE, call-sign 16 ), of VX-5 at Los Alamitos Naval Air Station, in California, on 29 July 1967

United States Marine Corps - McDonnell Douglas F-4N Phantom 152284 (msn 1065, unit code MG, call-sign 12 ) of VMFA-321 Built as McDonnell F4H-1 Phantom 152284 and redesignated F-4B-23-MC in 1962

Midland Railway Collision - Disaster - (Scotch Express - Collision of twoAMidland Railway
Midland Railway Collision - Disaster - (Scotch Express - Collision of twoMidland Railway trains with a third, in fog), Cudworth, Barnsley, Yorkshire, England. Date: 1905

Fleet Super Bonanza N174SV
Fleet Super V Bonanza N174SV (msn SV115) (donor aircraft msn D-422 built in 1947). In the late 50s Bay Aviation (formerly Oakland Airmotive produced a twin-engined conversion of the V-tailed Beech)

Death and His Brother Sleep, Shelley. (See Major Marindins Report to the board of Trade on the Railway Collision near Eastleigh)

Submarine A3 - sunk at Spithead in collision with HMS Hazard
A-class Submarine HMS A3 - sunk at Spithead in collision with HMS Hazard with the loss of all 14 lives on 2nd February 1912 - The HMS Hazard

Capture of the Algerian corsair xebec L Uccello by the Genoese galleys Taggia and San Giorgio on August 11, 1788 near San Remo. Engraving. ITALY. LIGURIA. Genoa. Pegli. Navy Museum

Bus crash in Cannon Street, City of London
LFB Special Services attending a bus crash in Cannon Street, City of London, on 21 April 1959. The bus, which was travelling eastwards (right to left)

LCC-LFB bus crash, Walworth Road SE17
London firefighters, London ambulance service and Metropolitan Police attend the scene of crash between two London Transport buses in South London near the Elephant and Castle

Wreckage of the Flying Scotsman
On the morning of April 14th the Flying Scotsman - the London to Aberdeen express from Kings Cross - came into collision with the engine of a goods train outside Burntisland Station, Fifeshire. 1914

Railway Collision, Trent Junction, Gainsborough, England
Railway Collision, Trent Junction, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England. Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway. Date: 1900s

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