precrash

adjective

pre·​crash ˌprē-ˈkrash 

variants or pre-crash

: existing, occurring, or done before a crash (such as a car crash or an economic crash)

precrash scenarios used to increase safety technology

precrash unemployment rates

… index of 110 junk bonds showed that prices were almost back to their pre-crash levels.

—Ford S. Worthy

Word History

First Known Use

1930, in the meaning defined above