vehicle accident

collocation in English

meaningsofvehicleandaccident

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vehicle
noun
uk
/ˈvɪə.kəl/us
/ˈviː.ə.kəl/
formal
a machine, usually with wheels and an engine, used for transporting people or goods, especially ...
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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 ofvehicleandaccidentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofvehicle accident

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We would be putting motorvehicleaccidentvictims in a class apart.
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The first point to be made here is that the average time taken to settle a claim for compensation following a motorvehicleaccidentis around two years.
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A motorvehicleaccidentin any circumstances can be traumatic, all the more so if it involves personal injuries.
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It is important to remember that some vehicles have come to grief as a result of avehicleaccidentand have been notified as a total write off.
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For example: the patient had neck pain "status post" a motorvehicleaccident.
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During the move she was in a motorvehicleaccidentthat left her father seriously injured.
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Left pulmonary contusion following a motorvehicleaccidentinvolving a pedestrian.
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Avehicleaccidentfatality was reportedly seen walking out of the ambulance.
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The patient received the implant due to a motorvehicleaccidentin 1978.
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Two died in avehicleaccidentduring a convoy-escort task.
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She later died of her wounds from thevehicleaccident.
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In 1998 a seriousvehicleaccidentleft him with severe nerve damage and pain.
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The fallen tree resulted in avehicleaccidentbut the driver was unharmed.
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However, the most frequent cause by far is motorvehicleaccidentfollowed by falls.
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She is a paraplegic as a result of a motorvehicleaccident.
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Once he met with a motorvehicleaccidentand was hospitalized for six months.
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Leito was involved in a motorvehicleaccidentin 1973, and suffered partial memory loss as a result.
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Land-based squads can be involved with motorvehicleaccidentrescue, vertical rescue, river rescue and dive rescue.
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