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An '''accident''' is a collision between a vehicle and a person or another vehicle. About 48,000 Americans are killed each year in car accidents. [[Air travel]] is much safer, with only about a hundred fatalities per year on average (most years there are no [[airliner]] crashes).
An '''accident''' is an unintended event, often (but not always) with harmful results. The opposite of an accident is a planned, deliberate act.
==Transport Accidents==
With respect to transport, an accident is a collision between a vehicle and a person or another vehicle. About 48,000 Americans are killed each year in car accidents. [[Air travel]] is much safer, with only about a hundred fatalities per year on average (most years there are no [[airliner]] crashes).