Car ‘Accident’ or Car ‘Crash’? Advocates Push to Change Semantics
Historically, state statutes governing roadway negligence by default use the word 'accidents' to describe roadway incidents. However, safety advocates are pushing legislatures to stop trivializing the word 'accident' by recognizing that most traffic collisions are caused by human error, and, therefore, should be referred to as 'crashes.' Almost all crashes stem [...]