An accident is a specific, unexpected, unusual and unintended external action which occurs in a particular time and place, with no apparent and deliberate cause but with marked effects. It implies a generally negative outcome which may have been avoided or prevented had circumstances leading up to the accident been recognized, and acted upon, prior to its occurrence.

Experts in the field of injury prevention avoid use of the term 'accident' to describe events that cause injury in an attempt to highlight the predictable and preventable nature of most injuries. Such incidents are viewed from the perspective of epidemiology - predictable and preventable. Preferred words are more descriptive of the event itself, rather than of its unintended nature (e.g., collision, drowning, fall, etc.)

Accidents of particularly common types (auto, fire, etc.) are investigated to identify how to avoid them in the future. This is sometimes called root cause analysis, but does not generally apply to accidents that cannot be deterministically predicted. A root cause of an uncommon and purely random accident may never be identified, and thus future similar accidents remain "accidental."

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Mon Aug 23 16:43:53 2010

How many car accidents are there in Canada per year?
Q. I'm having trouble finding out the statistics for the number of car accidents each year : ( I'm trying to figure out if the number of car accidents have increased or decreased as each year pass. If anyone could help me out with a website that shows this information, i'd really appreciate it!
Asked by david - Sat May 15 22:20:17 2010 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. There are about 160,000 road accidents in Canada every year. According to the Transportation Safety Board approximately 2800 to 2900 people are killed on Canadian roads each year...
Answered by UCANTCME - Sun May 16 08:39:46 2010

How do drunk drivers seem to always walk away from accidents without a scratch?
Q. How do drunk drivers seem to always walk away from accidents without a scratch whle killing/seriously hurting the people in the other car?
Asked by Paul M - Wed Jan 2 18:50:51 2008 - - 6 Answers - 0 Comments

A. I've always heard that it was because the sober person tenses up just before impact, making the injuries much worse (or causing death). The drunk guy doesn't have a clear-enough mind to have that tensing-up reaction, so they end up coming out ok. Sad, isn't it?
Answered by gravytrain - Thu Jan 3 02:50:20 2008

Who do more accidents teens or senior citizens?
Q. Who do more accidents teens or senior citizens? What are the actual causes for the accidents.Are there any online courses to prevent from these accident.If there, please suggest me some online courses.
Asked by Sindhichris - Wed Apr 14 06:02:56 2010 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments

A. 30,567,000 drivers 65 years of age and older involved in 1,350,000 accidents 12,906.000 drivers 16-20 years of age involved in 2,770,000 accidents. There are many online courses (defensive driving) that are all over the internet, just search out defensive driving for your state...
Answered by UCANTCME - Wed Apr 14 06:10:41 2010

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