automobile accidents

Vehicular crash events

Automobile accidents are collisions involving motor vehicles—cars, trucks, motorcycles.

The phrase appears in insurance policies, legal documents, and news reports.

In everyday speech, people more often say car accident or car crash.

The term covers everything from fender benders to fatal multi-vehicle pileups.

Related

emotional trauma · speeding · anti-lock brakes · mechanical failure · airbags · police reports · lawsuits · witness statements · at fault · drunk driving · blood alcohol · fatigue · blind spot · insurance adjusters · rehabilitation centers · fatalities · wrongful death · tow trucks

Opposites
outcome

automobile accidentsroad safety

Preventing highway harm

defensive driving · safe driving · traffic safety · collision avoidance · near misses

intentionality

automobile accidentsvehicular homicide

Causing death by driving

vehicular assault · vehicular manslaughter · demolition derbies · demolition derby

event type

automobile accidentsnon-events

Unremarkable, overhyped occurrences

Family

automobile, automobiles, autos, automatic, automation, automate, automated, automatically, automating

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG