2008 Australian TV series or program
| Crash Investigation Unit | |
|---|---|
| Presented by | Damian Walshe-Howling |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| No. of episodes | 21 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Rachel Antony |
| Running time |
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| Production company | Greenstone TV |
| Original release | |
| Network | Seven Network |
| Release | 27 August 2008 (2008-08-27) – 25 July 2011 (2011-07-25) |
| Related | |
| SCU: Serious Crash Unit | |
Crash Investigation Unit is an Australian factual television series on the Seven Network hosted by Damian Walshe-Howling. The series premiered on 27 August 2008.
About The Show
The series follows the Metropolitan Crash Investigation Unit in Sydney to uncover the causes behind a car crash. The program is similar to New Zealand's SCU: Serious Crash Unit, which has previously aired on Seven to strong ratings.
On 22 September 2008, Channel Seven confirmed it had commissioned a second series of Crash Investigation Unit.
Episodes
| Series | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 9 | 27 August 2008 (2008-08-27) | 22 October 2008 (2008-10-22) | |
| 2 | 12 | 3 March 2010 (2010-03-03) | 25 July 2011 (2011-07-25) | |
Season 1 (2008)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Redfern" | 27 August 2008 (2008-08-27) | |
| A motorcyclist is killed in a collision at a busy intersection. But when the other vehicle leaves the scene, Crash Investigators must go searching for their suspect. | ||||
| 2 | 2 | "Marsden Park" | 3 September 2008 (2008-09-03) | |
| A grandmother leaves her local bingo hall, but she will never make it home; the lives of a young man and a truck driver are irrevocably changed as a result. | ||||
| 3 | 3 | "Kogarah" | 10 September 2008 (2008-09-10) | |
| A woman sends her car hurtling down a footpath, bowling over a dozen innocent pedestrians. The Crash Investigation Unit sifts through the carnage on a busy Sydney street looking for answers to this nightmarish crash. | ||||
| 4 | 4 | "Summer Hill" | 17 September 2008 (2008-09-17) | |
| A young driver is unlikely to survive after a late night crash that kills his passenger. With the help of extraordinary CCTV footage, the CIU explore what could have caused his car to spin out of control. | ||||
| 5 | 5 | "M5" | 24 September 2008 (2008-09-24) | |
| While rush hour commuters fight traffic trying to get home, one man is fighting for his life after a pile-up in Sydney’s M5 tunnel. The C.I.U is under pressure to map the underground scene as quickly as possible to get the road re-opened, but with seven vehicles involved, it’s not easy. | ||||
| 6 | 6 | "Fairfield" | 1 October 2008 (2008-10-01) | |
| A seemingly straightforward crash is not as it seems when a child is severely injured. The Crashies help solve the mystery by replicating the accident at the RTA’s specialist Crash Lab. | ||||
| 7 | 7 | "Jennifer Franco" | 8 October 2008 (2008-10-08) | |
| Jennifer Franco is struck by a taxi in the early hours of 20 February 2007 on Gwawley Parade, Miranda. She sustains critical head and limb injuries, as well as psychological trauma as a result of the crash. | ||||
| 8 | 8 | "Auburn" | 15 October 2008 (2008-10-15) | |
| A cyclist has little or no chance against an 11-tonne truck, so when a young father is killed riding near his home, the Crash Unit must piece together events leading up to the tragedy. | ||||
| 9 | 9 | "Haberfield" | 22 October 2008 (2008-10-22) | |
| A van inexplicably crosses a median strip into the path of oncoming traffic, with devastating consequences. The C.I.U explore whether it was human or mechanical error that caused the crash. | ||||
Season 2 (2010–11)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 1 | "Not My Time to Go" | 3 March 2010 (2010-03-03) | |
| One of Kylie Minogue's old friends dies in a car crash believed to have been caused by a drunk driver | ||||
| 11 | 2 | "Driving Lesson" | 10 March 2010 (2010-03-10) | |
| Police investigate the death of a teenager who died in a car crash while out joyriding, with some claiming that texting at the wheel was the reason for the tragedy. | ||||
| 12 | 3 | "Normanhurst" | 17 March 2010 (2010-03-17) | |
| Police try to find out who was responsible for a crash that resulted in the death of a woman who, having become a grandmother for the first time, was en route to a baby shower. | ||||
| 13 | 4 | "Budgewoi (Left for Dead)" | 24 March 2010 (2010-03-24) | |
| Police consider whether a driver fled the scene of a car crash that left his best friend in a serious condition. | ||||
| 14 | 5 | "Kenthurst (On the Verge)" | 31 March 2010 (2010-03-31) | |
| Police become suspicious of a man who tried to assist the passengers of a car that careered off a rural trail. | ||||
| 15 | 6 | "Punchbowl (Light Wait)" | 7 April 2010 (2010-04-07) | |
| Two young drivers blame each other for a collision that occurred on a Saturday night. | ||||
| 16 | 7 | "MT Druitt (Industrial Dispute)" | 14 April 2010 (2010-04-14) | |
| A driver claims to have no memory of being in a car crash that killed his colleague, as he awakes from a coma. | ||||
| 17 | 8 | "Richmond Road (B-Double Trouble)" | 21 April 2010 (2010-04-21) | |
| A driver claims to have no memory of being in a car crash that killed his colleague, as he awakes from a coma. | ||||
| 18 | 9 | "Spencer (Middle of the Road)" | 27 April 2010 (2010-04-27) | |
| Police try to work out who was to blame for a rural crash in which a motorbike split in two. | ||||
| 19 | 10 | "Pymble (Flyover)" | 11 July 2011 (2011-07-11) | |
| Sergeant Peter Jenkins steps in after a five-car pile-up results in a young man's death. | ||||
| 20 | 11 | "Wedderburn (Causeway)" | 18 July 2011 (2011-07-18) | |
| The unit's Grant Holman uses all his professionalism when, following an accident involving two vehicles, the distraught sister of a dead driver disputes the other driver's story. | ||||
| 21 | 12 | "Kurrajong" | 25 July 2011 (2011-07-25) | |
| Documentary following New South Wales police officers as they try to uncover the cause of fatal incidents. | ||||
References
- "Serious Crash Unit – SCU". Greenstone TV. 13 August 2008. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- Knox, David (13 August 2008). "Car crash telly". TV Tonight. Retrieved 20 August 2008.
- Knox, David (13 August 2008). "Car crash telly". TV Tonight. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
- "The Tribal Mind", Sun-Herald, retrieved 28 April 2008