Car accident

Car accidents are unintentional damaging events involving automobiles. Car accidents can damage one or more autos, people, or structures. Car accidents—also called traffic accidents, auto accidents, road accidents, road traffic accidents (RTA in many police forces' terminology) and motor vehicle accidents—cause thousands of deaths and hundreds of thousands of disabilities each year.

See also

• Unsafe at Any Speed
• Defensive driving
• Crash test dummy
• vehicle extrication
• Roadside memorial
• List of road accidents
• In case of emergency