fatal accident
Lethal mishap occurs
A fatal accident is an accident that results in death.
The phrase appears frequently in news reports and official statistics: Three people died in a fatal accident on the highway.
It applies to workplace incidents, vehicle crashes, and other unintended events where someone is killed.
The term is somewhat redundant in casual speech—if you're describing a specific death, you might simply say someone died in an accident.
- human errorMistakes by people
- deathCessation of life
- coronerPublic death investigator
- mechanical failureEquipment stops working properly
- brake failureLoss of deceleration ability
drunk driving · hit and run · safety training · cause of death · grief · negligence · workplace injury · blood · collision · wrongful death · autopsy · litigation · police report · investigation · next of kin · toxicology · life support · regulations
fatal accidentclose call
Disaster narrowly averted
fender bender · near miss · scrape · lucky escape · narrow escape
fatal accidentmurder
Deliberate unlawful killing
homicide · assassination · manslaughter · execution · premeditated murder