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Chris -- 2025-05-10
“A hit-on collision†sounds like something that should happen in a singles bar at 1:55 AM. Unfortunately, most of the writers referring to “hit-on collisions†are talking about something a good deal more tragic. The reshaping is a bit awkward semantically, but it might be helped along by another phrase that can sometimes be used in the same context: being “hit dead-on.†I first took note of this a couple years ago, but at that time there were only about three hits; today there are at least 8 or 9 out there. Examples:
He died from a hit on collision in DAD.
http://allthingssookie.com/weres.htm
[DAD appears to be fan-slang for the Charlaine Harris novel Dead as a Doornail.]
They met with a hit on collision with a lorry and had died on the spot.
http://content.msn.co.in/MSNContribute/ … 2181a83236
A 7 year old child riding a quad bike killed in a hit on collision on a quiet road in Essex.
http://www.ktdodge.com/index.php/2007/12/
My husband and I were traveling some years back, and you know, on our way to visiting a friend living in California, we had a hit on collision.
http://www.anaps.bravelog.com/entry/22469
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