pedestrian accident
Walker struck incident
A pedestrian accident is a collision between a vehicle and a person on foot.
The term appears in traffic reports, insurance claims, and legal contexts: The intersection has seen three pedestrian accidents this year.
Though technically neutral, it often implies the pedestrian was struck by a car rather than at fault.
- crosswalkMarked street-crossing zone
- collisionForceful contact between objects
- jaywalkingIllegal pedestrian crossing
- right of wayLegal passage privilege
- sidewalkPaved pedestrian pathway
traffic · traffic light · hit-and-run · injury · personal injury · ambulance · intersection · blind corner · driver · victim · streetlight · curb · impact · witness · brake · speeding · fatality · negligence
- accidentsmishap, collision, car crash, motorcycle crash, fumble
- dangersdanger, peril, hazard, risk, menace
- crash forensicscrash scene, collision, skid marks, point of impact, debris field
- harmharming, injury, hurting, abuse, injuring
- injury claimspersonal injury, injury claim, injury settlement, insurance claim, bodily harm
pedestrian accidentfender bender
Minor vehicle collision
rear-end collision · head-on collision · motorcycle crash · traffic accident
pedestrian accidentnear miss
Narrowly averted incident
close call · pedestrian safety · traffic safety · safe passage
pedestrian, accident, pedestal, pedicure, impediment, impede, expedite, expedition, expedient