Impact attenuator
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An impact attenuator, also known as a crash cushion, crash attenuator, or cowboy cushion, is a device intended to reduce the damage to structures, vehicles, and motorists resulting from a motor vehicl
A water-filled attenuator, as seen in Auckland, New Zealand
Fitch barriers in Canada
A telescoping crash cushion near Tanforan Shopping Center in San Bruno, California
A truck-mounted attenuator (TMA) in New Zealand
1955 Le Mans disaster
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On 11 June 1955, a multi-vehicle collision occurred during the 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans in Sarthe, France, resulting in the deaths of an estimated 82 to 84 people. The disaster occurred at the Circuit
Impact attenuator
…plastic barrels, usually yellow-colored with a black lid. The "Fitch Highway Barrier System" was invented by race car driver John Fitch after the 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans race when his co-driver Pierre Levegh rear-ended Austin-Healey driver Lance Macklin at high speed, launching Levegh's car through the air and into the…
Police and bystanders searching for survivors in the aftermath of the crash
Le Mans Memorial Plaque