traffic incident

collocation in English

meaningsoftrafficandincident

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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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incident
noun
uk
/ˈɪn.sɪ.dənt/us
/ˈɪn.sɪ.dənt/
an event that is either unpleasant ...
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(Definition oftrafficandincidentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftraffic incident

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The bottleneck model can be applied to real-world bottleneck situations such as those resulting from a roadway design problem or atrafficincident.
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In the season premiere he arrived at the house last because he was detained by police for atrafficincident.
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Road conditions can be specifically defined towards individual lane conditions, as opposed to general road conditions, such as to identify atrafficincidentin a particular lane.
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The system monitors police messages as entered in real time into the police logging system, and looks for reports about traffic incidents which might be of relevance to other motorists.
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The time of magistrates gets more and more taken up with traffic incidents.
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Indeed, that is what happened in the road traffic incidents with which we dealt earlier.
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That is inherently a dangerous situation, which is likely to cause road traffic incidents.
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Every summer, problems arise with people who have been stopped by the police, for major or minor traffic incidents, who do not have their documents with them.
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He mentioned road traffic incidents.
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Both the beginning and ending interchanges of this corridor are quite unusual in design and are often operating at above full capacity, leading to frequent traffic jams and traffic incidents.
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