The series follows the Metropolitan Crash Investigation Unit in Sydney to uncover the causes behind a car crash.[3] The program is similar to New Zealand's SCU: Serious Crash Unit, which has previously aired on Seven to strong ratings.[4]
On 22 September 2008, Channel Seven confirmed it had commissioned a second series of Crash Investigation Unit.[citation needed]
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.
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"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.
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"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.
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"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.
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"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.
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"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.
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"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.
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"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.
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"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)
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No. in season
Title
Original air date
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"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
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"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.
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"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.
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"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.
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"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.
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"Punchbowl (Light Wait)"
7 April 2010 (2010-04-07)
Two young drivers blame each other for a collision that occurred on a Saturday night.
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"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.
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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.
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"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.
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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.
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"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.
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"Kurrajong"
25 July 2011 (2011-07-25)
Documentary following New South Wales police officers as they try to uncover the cause of fatal incidents.