Car Accidents

What is a car accident? | Types of accidents | Causes of accidents | Legal issues | Accident prevention

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.

Worldwide, car accidents kill an estimated one million people each year (a 2002 statistic).