Vehicle ramming attacks (VRAs), characterized by the use of a vehicle as a weapon to intentionally ram into people and/or other vehicles, are a popular attack choice of lone-wolf terrorists and anyone else seeking to cause significant harm. This visualization of terror- and non-terror-related VRAs worldwide between 2000 and 2025 demonstrates how successful attacks may create a contagion effect, causing spikes in subsequent attacks. Furthermore, it examines the general characteristics of these attacks.
Hodgen et al. (Sun,) studied this question.