accidental death
Fatal mishap occurs
Accidental death is death resulting from an unintended event rather than natural causes, suicide, or homicide.
Insurance policies often distinguish accidental death from other causes, sometimes paying additional benefits: The policy includes accidental death and dismemberment coverage.
Legally, the term matters for investigations and death certificates.
- casualtyPerson harmed in disaster
- inquestFormal death cause inquiry
- misadventureUnfortunate incident or accident
- fatalityDeath from accident
- autopsyMedical examination after death
coroner's report · occupational hazards · safety regulations · unintentional · double indemnity · carelessness · demise · mortality · reckless conduct · act of God · victim · morgue · tragedy · mishap · grief · shock · fall · sudden
- mortalitydeceased, mortality, mortality rates, dying, dead
- accidentsmishap, collision, car crash, motorcycle crash, fumble
- insuranceinsurance, coverage, auto insurance, life insurance, home insurance
- death causesnatural causes, homicide, murder, suffocation, strangulation
- autopsy findingstoxicology, histopathology, tissue samples, lividity, rigor mortis
- deathficfatal injury, deathbed scene
accidental deathhomicide
Causing another's death
murder · suicide · intentional killing · assassination · premeditated murder
death, accident, incident, accidental, accidentally, accidents, incidental, incidentally, incidence