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South Korean crime-action drama Crash is returning for a second season, bringing back its original cast for a wider investigation into increasingly sophisticated traffic-related crimes. The new season, titled Crash 2: Road of Fury, held its production presentation in Seoul on Nov. 10 ahead of its premiere Nov. 16 on cable network ENA.
The returning cast includes Lee Min-ki, Kwak Sun-young, Heo Sung-tae, Lee Ho-chul and Moon Hee, reprising their roles as members of the Traffic Crime Investigation team, known as TCI.
National investigations and more ambitious action
The first season, which aired in 2024, followed the TCI team at Namgang Police Station as it investigated crimes such as road rage and drunk-driving accidents. It reached a peak nationwide rating of 6.6%, according to Nielsen Korea, making it ENA’s second-highest-rated drama, behind Extraordinary Attorney Woo.
In the new season, the team becomes a regional investigative unit under South Korea’s National Office of Investigation, expanding its operations from a local police station to cases across the country. Its targets include perpetrators of larger-scale and more sophisticated violent crimes involving vehicles.
Director Park Joon-woo, who also helmed the first season, said the new episodes would explore crimes emerging from contemporary developments such as artificial intelligence and autonomous driving. The production has also expanded its vehicle-based action sequences, featuring buses, electric vehicles and a water-cannon truck. Park said 46 vehicles were damaged during filming, up from 40 in the first season.
Original cast returns, with NCT’s Jisung joining
Lee Min-ki returns as Cha Yeon-ho, a highly intelligent investigator with a background at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). Lee said the cast had hoped for a second season and revealed that his character begins driving in the new episodes. He also joked that he was surprised by how naturally he handled action scenes involving a small electric car.
Kwak Sun-young reprises her role as team leader Min So-hee, whose signature vehicle remains a Hyundai Grandeur sedan. Heo Sung-tae, who plays team chief Jung Chae-man, said the new season would devote considerable attention to events following his character’s wife's hit-and-run case.
Park Jisung, a member of K-pop group NCT, joins the cast as rookie police officer Ji Dae-se. Park previously appeared as a child actor in the 2011 television drama A Tree With Deep Roots and the 2012 film Unbowed. He described the series as his first acting project since becoming an adult, saying he initially felt nervous but received strong support from the director and his veteran co-stars.
Crash 2: Road of Fury premieres Nov. 16 on ENA and will also be available through KT's Genie TV and Disney+.
A ratings target and a concert promise
The cast and production team have set their sights on surpassing the 8.1% peak rating achieved by ENA's drama Scarecrow. Park promised to organize a mini-concert with the cast if the new season beats that figure. Park Jisung suggested that the actors could even release music together.
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