crumple zonenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkrʌm.pəl ˌzəʊn/us/ˈkrʌm.pəl ˌzoʊn/UKa part of a car that is designed to crumple easily in an accident and so protect the people inside from being hit too hard:
The car has front and rear crumple zones and two side-impact protection bars.
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The exterior of vehicles
- brake light
- bull bar
- bumper sticker
- hazard (warning) light
- inner tube
- Klaxon
- licence plate
- license plate number
- offside
- petrol cap
- radial
- retread
- roll bar
- roof
- roof rack
- side mirror
- splash guard
- stepney
- wing
- wing mirror
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