accident
An unexpected event with negative consequences occurring without the intention of the one suffering the consequences, and (in the strict sense) not directly caused by humans.
Other meanings
casus; such unforeseen, extraordinary, extraneous interference as is out of the range of ordinary calculation.
A collision or crash of a vehicle, aircraft, or other form of transportation that causes damage to the transportation involved; and sometimes injury or death to the transportation's occupants or bystanders in close proximity.
“There was a huge accident on I5 involving 15 automobiles.”
Related words
- accident insurance
- accident and emergency
- accident blackspot
- accident neurosis
- accident rate
- accidentality
- accidentary
- accidently
- accidentologist
- accidentology
- malaccident
- nonaccident
Word history
From Latin "accidēns".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “accident” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.