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.

Types of accidents

Car accidents fall into several major categories (whose names are self-explanatory):

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• Rear-end collisions
• Side collisions
• Rollovers
• Head-on collisions
• Single-car accidents
• Automobile-assisted suicide
• Pile-ups
• Level crossing accidents

Collisions can occur with other automobiles, other vehicles such as bicycles or trucks, with pedestrians, and with stationary structures or objects, such as trees or road signs.

Related Topics:
Bicycle - Truck - Pedestrian - Tree - Road sign

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In a collision between two cars, the occupants of a car with the lower mass will likely suffer the greater consequences. See: crash incompatibility.

Related Topics:
Mass - Crash incompatibility

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