crash barrier

English

A crash barrier

Noun

crash barrier (plural crash barriers)

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

Synonyms

• traffic barrier

Related terms

• catch fence
• guardrail

Translations

barrier on the side of a road

• Danish: autoværn n
• Dutch: vangrail (nl) m or f
• Faroese: bilverja f, vegstokkur m
• Finnish: reunakaide, suojakaide, turvakaide; (one preventing head-on collisions) keskikaide (fi)
• French: glissière de sécurité (fr) f
• German: Leitplanke (de) f, Schutzplanke (de) f, Leitschiene (de) f (Austria)
• Italian: guardrail (it) m, barriera di protezione f, barriera protettiva f, barriera di sicurezza f, barriera stradale f, barriera di contenimento f, guardavia (it) m or f (rare), sicurvia (it) m or f (rare), guardastrada (it) m or f (rare), guidovia (it) m or f (Switzerland, rare)
• Polish: bariera energochłonna f
• Spanish: guardarraíl m, quitamiedos (es) m, quitavidas m (peyorative), bionda f
• Swedish: vägräcke (sv) c