Motor Vehicle Collision
A Motor Vehicle Collision is a vehicle collision that involves a motor vehicle.
- AKA: Traffic Collision, motor vehicle traffic collision (MVTC), auto accident, car accident, car crash, car smash, car wreck, motor vehicle collision, (MVC), road accident, road traffic accident (RTA), road traffic collision (RTC), road traffic incident (RTI), road traffic accident.
- Context:
- It can range from being a Motor Vehicle Collision with Second-Party Damage to a Motor Vehicle Collision without Second-Party Damage (that can result in a Motor Vehicle Collision Insurance Claim).
- It can (often) result in Major Bodily Trauma.
- Example(s):
- Counter-Example(s):
- a Motor Vehicle Theft.
- a Bicycle Collision.
- a Personal Assault.
- an Act of God.
- See: Root Cause, Autonomous Vehicle.
References
2015
- (Wikipedia, 2015) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_collision Retrieved:2015-10-4.
- A traffic collision, also known as a motor vehicle collision (MVC), traffic accident, motor vehicle accident, car accident, automobile accident, road traffic collision, road traffic accident, wreck, car crash, or car smash occurs when a vehicle collides with another vehicle, pedestrian, animal, road debris, or other stationary obstruction, such as a tree or utility pole. Traffic collisions may result in injury, death and property damage.
A number of factors contribute to the risk of collision, including vehicle design, speed of operation, road design, road environment, and driver skill, impairment due to alcohol or drugs, and behavior, notably speeding and racing. Worldwide, motor vehicle collisions lead to death and disability as well as financial costs to both society and the individuals involved.
Road injuries resulted in 1.4 million deaths in 2013, up from 1.1 million deaths in 1990. About 68,000 of these occurred in children less than five years old. Almost all high-income countries have decreasing death rates, while the majority of low-income countries having increasing death rates due to traffic collisions. Middle-income countries have the highest rate with 20 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants, 80% of all road fatalities by only 52% of all vehicles. While the death rate in Africa is the highest (24.1 per 100,000 inhabitants), the lowest rate is to be found in Europe (10.3).
- A traffic collision, also known as a motor vehicle collision (MVC), traffic accident, motor vehicle accident, car accident, automobile accident, road traffic collision, road traffic accident, wreck, car crash, or car smash occurs when a vehicle collides with another vehicle, pedestrian, animal, road debris, or other stationary obstruction, such as a tree or utility pole. Traffic collisions may result in injury, death and property damage.
- (Wikipedia, 2015) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/traffic_collision#Terminology Retrieved:2015-10-4.
- Traffic collisions can be classified by general type. Types of collision include head-on, road departure, rear-end, side collisions, and rollovers.
Many different terms are commonly used to describe vehicle collisions. The World Health Organization use the term road traffic injury, while the U.S. Census Bureau uses the term motor vehicle accidents (MVA), and Transport Canada uses the term "motor vehicle traffic collision" (MVTC). Other common terms include auto accident, car accident, car crash, car smash, car wreck, motor vehicle collision (MVC), personal injury collision (PIC), road accident, road traffic accident (RTA), road traffic collision (RTC), road traffic incident (RTI), road traffic accident and later road traffic collision, as well as more unofficial terms including smash-up, pile-up, and fender bender. Some organizations have begun to avoid the term "accident". Although auto collisions are rare in terms of the number of vehicles on the road and the distance they travel, addressing the contributing factors can reduce their likelihood. For example, proper signage can decrease driver error and thereby reduce crash frequency by a third or more. That is why these organizations prefer the term "collision" to "accident". In the UK the term "incident" is displacing "accident" in official and quasi-official use. [1] [2] However, treating collisions as anything other than "accidents" has been criticized for holding back safety improvements, because a culture of blame may discourage the involved parties from fully disclosing the facts, and thus frustrate attempts to address the real root causes.
- Traffic collisions can be classified by general type. Types of collision include head-on, road departure, rear-end, side collisions, and rollovers.
- (Wikipedia, 2015) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_collision_types Retrieved:2015-10-4.
- Road traffic collisions generally fall into one of four common types:
- Lane departure crashes, which occur when a driver leaves the lane they are in and collide with another vehicle or a roadside object. These include head on collisions and run-off-road collisions.
- Collisions at junctions include rear-end collision and angle or side impacts.
- Collisions involving pedestrians and cyclists
- Collisions with animals
- Although other types of collision do occur. Rollovers are not very common, but lead to greater rates of severe injury and death. Some of these are secondary events that occur after a collision with a run-off-road crash or a collision with another vehicle.
If several vehicles are involved, the term 'serial crash' is often used. If many vehicles are involved, the term 'major incident' may be used.
- Road traffic collisions generally fall into one of four common types: