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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. |
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| + | 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). | ||
Revision as of 11:28, April 6, 2008
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).