Car Accident Dream Meaning

Dreaming of a car accident usually comes from a fear of losing control of your life, or from dread of a sudden change. The car here stands for the course of your life, and the accident means something has suddenly blocked that course and stopped things from going to plan. Who was driving and what the accident was like reveal much of the meaning.

• Crashing while you are driving

  You have started to doubt your own decisions, and somewhere inside you feel you are heading the wrong way.

• An accident while someone else is driving

  This dream comes from unease that control over some part of your life has passed into someone else's hands.

• Brakes that do not work

  This is a very familiar dream. It speaks of a feeling that you do not have the power to slow the pace of your life.

• Walking away unhurt after an accident

  This points to relief. The situation may not be as bad as your fear made it seem.

• Dreaming of accidents again and again

  There is a warning sign you keep ignoring while awake. Perhaps you are neglecting a risk to your health, a relationship or your work.

Frightening as this dream is, its main message is usually caution: slow down a little and take another look around you. Just as you have to drive carefully on the road, the pace of your life needs checking now and then.