accident noun
1 unexpected event that causes damage/injury
adjective
bad , dreadful ( esp. BrE ) , horrible , horrific ( esp. BrE ) , major , nasty , serious , terrible , tragic , unfortunate
deadly ( AmE ) , fatal
a fatal road ~
minor , slight , small
bizarre , freak
Their boat sank in a freak ~.
hit-and-run
industrial , nuclear
auto ( AmE ) , automobile ( AmE ) , bike , car , highway ( AmE ) , motor ( BrE ) , motorbike ( BrE ) , motorcycle , motor-vehicle , road , traffic
The woman was involved in a road traffic ~. ( BrE )
aircraft , airplane ( AmE ) , plane ( esp. AmE )
boating , climbing , hunting , riding , skiing
verb + accident
be involved in , have , meet with ( BrE ) , suffer
She met with an ~ while skiing in Colorado.
cause
avoid , prevent
survive
recover from
accident + verb
happen , occur , take place
accident + noun
black spot ( BrE )
victim
prevention
investigation , report
rate , statistics
preposition
in an/the ~
phrases
an ~ involving
He was badly hurt in an ~ involving two cars and a van.
an ~ waiting to happen (= a situation which is likely to become dangerous)
the scene of the ~
The ambulance took only six minutes to reach the scene of the ~.
2 sth not planned in advance
adjective
mere , pure , sheer
By pure ~ he had come across the very man who could solve the mystery.
happy
historical
preposition
by ~
We met by ~ at the airport.
phrases
an ~ of birth ( esp. BrE )
an ~ of history
It's just an ~ of history that the city became part of the Soviet Union.
be no ~ that …
It is no ~ that men fill most of the top jobs.
by ~ or design
It happened, whether by ~ or design, that Steve and I were the last two people to leave.
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