traffic collision

collocation in English

meaningsoftrafficandcollision

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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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collision
noun
uk
/kəˈlɪʒ.ən/us
/kəˈlɪʒ.ən/
an accident that happens when two vehicles hit each other ...
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(Definition oftrafficandcollisionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This includestrafficcollisioninvestigation, issuing warning tickets and citations for traffic violations, and finding, arresting, and processing impaired drivers.
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They are not the primary responder to a roadtrafficcollision, despite carrying hydaulic cutting equipment.
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Crumple zones are designed to absorb the energy from the impact during atrafficcollisionby controlled deformation.
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He died in atrafficcollisionin 1994.
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These harnesses are marketed as reducing the risk of injury to a pet that is riding in a vehicle during atrafficcollision.
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A monitoring center receives the live video in real time, and serves as a dispatcher if there is atrafficcollisionor some other disruptive incident or road safety issue.
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In 1994, she was a passenger in the back of a car which was involved in atrafficcollision, breaking her back and neck, as well as further internal injuries.
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Rescuers had to free him with hydraulic tools upon releasing him from atrafficcollision, but his injuries proved fatal after being taken to the hospital.
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Clearly, the public interest in the disclosure of information on the discharge of dangerous waste into rivers and waterways or the results of traffic collisions will be high.
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Overall, more than half of the agricultural fatalities were due to four machine-related causes: machine rollovers, machine runovers, machine entanglements and traffic collisions.
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The net confining luggage to the loadspace in case of emergency braking and minor traffic collisions.
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Second to this were accidental injuries (mainly traffic collisions) accounting for 12 percent of disability, followed by communicable diseases at 10 percent.
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Benefits include smoother traffic flows, more reliable journey times, fewer road traffic collisions, and reduced noise and harmful vehicle emissions.
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Traffic collisions may result in injury, death, vehicle damage, and property damage.
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By the late 1920s, railroad-highway intersections were becoming a serious source of travel delays and traffic collisions.
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The organisation may also respond to incidents witnessed in active duty such as road traffic collisions.
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It may carry heavy-duty cutting equipment for use at road traffic collisions or other transport incidents.
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The company also assisted in adding cars for traffic collisions and masses of people for evacuations from several government buildings.
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Examples of common causes in humans are traffic collisions and diving into shallow water.
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The iron railing, added in 1877, was removed and new granite curbing was added to protect the monument from traffic collisions.
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