traffic accident
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftrafficandaccident
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traffic
noun[U]
uk/ˈtræf.ɪk/us/ˈtræf.ɪk/
the number of vehicles moving along roads, or the amount of aircraft, trains, or ships moving along ...
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accident
noun
uk/ˈæk.sɪ.dənt/us/ˈæk.sə.dənt/
something bad that happens that is not expected or intended and that often damages something or ...
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(Definition oftrafficandaccidentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoftraffic accident
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Suppose the case involved atrafficaccident.
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It was a very serious roadtrafficaccident.
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Unconsciousness, amnesia and psychiatric symptoms following roadtrafficaccidentinjury.
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Outcome in consecutive emergency department attenders following a roadtrafficaccident.
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Shock may also be due to trauma such as following a roadtrafficaccident.
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This was a patient with a head injury, who was intubated at the site of atrafficaccident.
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You are involved in atrafficaccident.
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This soldier died from injuries received in atrafficaccident.
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The roadtrafficaccidentstatistics requested are not available.
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However, involvement in a realtrafficaccidentwhere one's life is in danger will most likely trigger threat simulations about similar situations.
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For example, the average risk estimate to die in atrafficaccidentwas 16.05% for oneself and 17.15% for another person.
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Two of the other deaths were from ischaemic heart disease, one due to septicaemia, and one the result of a roadtrafficaccident.
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As long as people sustained very serious injuries and the vehicle was irreparably damaged, a motortrafficaccidentwould still be fatal even if no one died.
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What if four people had been injured in atrafficaccident, rather than one?
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The total cost of the roadtrafficaccidentbadger survey to date is £218,000.
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Through creating additional fogs and mists, the lake may create additionaltrafficaccidentrisks.
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I want to emphasise the importance of the roadtrafficaccidentsurvey.
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The latest available information for all roadtrafficaccidentcases is given in the table.
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There were four breathalysing cases that night and a roadtrafficaccident.
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Momentum can have an effect in a bad roadtrafficaccident.
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Alas, thetrafficaccidentfigures in our county are not untypical.
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That is in a country that has the besttrafficaccidentrecord in the world.
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Could a nuclear explosion be initiated as a result of a serious roadtrafficaccident?
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He died in atrafficaccident.
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She died 1988 in atrafficaccident.
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