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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
crash barrier
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ And the family blames a faulty motorway crash barrier.
▪ It came down against the crash barrier.
▪ It ploughed off the motorway, behind the motorway bridge crash barrier, and into the concrete upright.
▪ Now the council is waiting for the car parks firm to solve the crash barrier problem.
▪ They blame his death on a faulty motorway crash barrier.
▪ William Farrell had seen a Renault 25 car parked beside a crash barrier as he drove past.
Wiktionary
crash barrier

n. A barrier on the side of a road, to keep vehicles on the road.

WordNet
crash barrier

n. a strong protective barrier that is erected around a racetrack or in the middle of a dual-lane highway in order to reduce the likelihood of severe accidents

Usage examples of "crash barrier".

He reached the far crash barrier and joined O'Hare who was standing some little way apart from the others.

After the last of those shots he crossed to the west side of the bridge, sat on the crash barrier and lit a ruminative cigarette.

Deirdre had a minicam trained on the weird assembly by the crash barrier.

Moving was like trying to operate a marionette from the inside -- I swayed and pitched from side to side, using a line of parked cars as a combination handrail and crash barrier.

In this era of the car bomb, the front entrance and the courtyard are closed most days, and the building is ringed by old Bureau automobiles as an improvised crash barrier.

The main gate was little more than a hole in the fence barred by a crash barrier that carried a small, almost unobtrusive, Boot-strap corporate logo.

I am happy to report that every pilot got down safely although one did sort of bend his prop around the crash barrier.

Hitting the crash barrier out at Squantic Hills is not like hitting a feather pillow, either.