Signs of damage from getting a vehicle on board (5)
I believe the answer is:
scars
'signs of damage' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with contact as well as being verbs in their -s form.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'getting a vehicle on board' is the wordplay.
'getting' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'a vehicle' becomes 'car' (car is a kind of vehicle).
'on board' becomes 'ss' (I've seen this in other clues).
'car' placed into 'ss' is 'SCARS'.
'from' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for scars that I've seen is " Marks left by wounds".)