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• Car accident — A car accident is a road traffic incident which usually involves one road vehicle colliding with, either another vehicle, another road user, or a stationary roadside object, and which may result in injury or property damage. Terminology Phrases… …   Wikipedia

• car — W1S1 [ka: US ka:r] n ↑fog lamp, ↑headlight, ↑indicator, ↑mirror [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: car carriage (14 19 centuries), from Anglo French carre, from Latin carrus] 1.) a vehicle with four wheels and an en …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• accident */*/*/ — UK [ˈæksɪd(ə)nt] / US [ˈæksɪdənt] noun Word forms accident : singular accident plural accidents 1) [countable] a crash involving a car, train, plane, or other vehicle a fatal accident on the motorway between Paris and Lyons He was killed in a car …   English dictionary

• accident — 01. Please report any [accidents] immediately to the office. 02. Car [accidents] are the leading cause of death among young people in this country. 03. Shirley broke her neck and a couple of ribs in a terrible car [accident], but luckily didn t… …   Grammatical examples in English

• accident — ac|ci|dent [ æksıdənt ] noun *** 1. ) count a crash involving a car, train, airplane, or other vehicle: a fatal accident on the expressway between Plainview and Westbury He was tragically killed in a motorcycle accident. The accident was caused… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Accident (film) — Infobox Film | name =Accident caption = director = Joseph Losey producer = Joseph Losey Norman Priggen writer = Harold Pinter (screenplay) based on the novel by Nicholas Mosley starring =Dirk Bogarde Stanley Baker Jacqueline Sassard music = John… …   Wikipedia

• accident — noun (C) 1 by accident in a way that is not planned or intended: I met her quite by accident. 2 a situation in which someone is injured or something is damaged without anyone intending them to be: have an accident: Ken s had an accident at work… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• accident*/*/*/ — [ˈæksɪd(ə)nt] noun [C] 1) a crash involving a car, train, or other vehicle The accident was caused by ice on the road.[/ex] 2) an unexpected event that causes injury or damage He was killed in a climbing accident.[/ex] I didn t mean to break the… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• Car handling — and vehicle handling is a description of the way wheeled vehicles perform transverse to their direction of motion, particularly during cornering and swerving. It also includes their stability when moving in a straight line. Handling and braking… …   Wikipedia

• Car surfing — (also known as urban surfing) is a form of acrobatics (or an illegal stunt if performed in public traffic) in which passengers of moving vehicles perform various stunts, including hanging out of the car or surfing on the hood (bonnet), trunk… …   Wikipedia

• Accident on the Rampe de Laffrey (2007) — Infobox bus accident title=Accident on the Rampe de Laffrey caption=View of the accident site, with the destroyed wall and tire tracks from the bus still visible date=9:30, July 22, 2007 location=Vizille, Isère bus= vehicles= pax= deaths=26… …   Wikipedia