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Post by KikiPea on Dec 24, 2015 4:27:03 GMT
I usually say wreck, but I have said both.
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akathy
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Post by akathy on Dec 24, 2015 5:28:14 GMT
Accident
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Post by krazykatlady on Dec 24, 2015 6:05:33 GMT
Wreck or accident
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Post by gar on Dec 24, 2015 7:35:41 GMT
Definitely car crash (UK) or an accident.
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Post by wellway on Dec 24, 2015 8:17:40 GMT
I would say car crash (UK) and what you call MVC we call RTA (road traffic accident).
People do say I'm wrecked meaning I'm shattered.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2015 8:24:12 GMT
I say TC or collision, leftover from my dispatcher days. DH knows the radio codes too so to him I say 1180, 1181, 1144, etc.
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Post by JoP on Dec 24, 2015 8:30:15 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2015 9:08:54 GMT
Car crash or accident here. I only associated the word wreck with a ship generally. I have to disagree here mcscrapper not all accidents fall into that belief. As an example... what about the accidents when a tree unexpectedly falls on your car, what about a situation where to avoid a child who has ran out in front of your car? Rather than hit that child you take avoiding actions and something else is in the way causing a collision? Unexpected mechanical failure on the vehicle? Unexpected heart attacks? They are all Motor Vehicle Collisions but none of them are out of choice so by definition they are accidents. |
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Post by bothmykidsrbrats on Dec 24, 2015 9:19:08 GMT
I say accident.
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Post by BarbaraUK on Dec 24, 2015 9:32:44 GMT
Car crash or accident here. I only associated the word wreck with a ship generally. I have to disagree here mcscrapper not all accidents fall into that belief. As an example... what about the accidents when a tree unexpectedly falls on your car, what about a situation where to avoid a child who has ran out in front of your car? Rather than hit that child you take avoiding actions and something else is in the way causing a collision? Unexpected mechanical failure on the vehicle? Unexpected heart attacks? They are all Motor Vehicle Collisions but none of them are out of choice so by definition they are accidents. All our Emergency Services in the UK now use the term Road Traffic Incident (RTI) instead of RTA @dottyscrapper.  They changed some time ago using the exact reasoning as given by mcscrapper above......that there is no 'accident' with vehicles as someone drove carelessly, too fast etc. Took me ages to get used to that! I usually say 'accident' though. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2015 9:46:29 GMT
Car crash or accident here. I only associated the word wreck with a ship generally. I have to disagree here mcscrapper not all accidents fall into that belief. As an example... what about the accidents when a tree unexpectedly falls on your car, what about a situation where to avoid a child who has ran out in front of your car? Rather than hit that child you take avoiding actions and something else is in the way causing a collision? Unexpected mechanical failure on the vehicle? Unexpected heart attacks? They are all Motor Vehicle Collisions but none of them are out of choice so by definition they are accidents. All our Emergency Services in the UK now use the term Road Traffic Incident (RTI) instead of RTA @dottyscrapper . They changed some time ago using the exact reasoning as given by mcscrapper above......that there is no 'accident' with vehicles as someone drove carelessly, too fast etc. Took me ages to get used to that! I usually say 'accident' though. Oh I know they use that term here BarbaraUK but some of them are genuine accidents whatever they want to call them officially. I do think " Incident" is a better description than "accident" same way as the MVC is, but I don't agree with the blanket reasons they class the word " accident". Now if they said some or even most collisions are not accidental then that would be different. |
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Post by mollycoddle on Dec 24, 2015 10:48:52 GMT
Hmmm, I think that I say crash or accident. I tend to think of a wreck as not involving injuries-except to the car. "He wrecked his car." He's fine, the car is not.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2015 10:52:27 GMT
Wreck...maybe due to that's what the guys all call them.
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Post by peabay on Dec 24, 2015 12:18:34 GMT
Accident or wreck.
Never crash.
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Post by Jockscrap on Dec 24, 2015 12:22:30 GMT
They are two distinct things in my world. A car crash (or accident) is the collision itself, and the wreck is the mangled up metal that results from the crash - 'He had a car crash and the tow truck came to move the wreck off the road'.
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Post by nysparkle on Dec 24, 2015 12:56:51 GMT
I say accident too.
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Post by anxiousmom on Dec 24, 2015 13:10:06 GMT
Accident, crash, wreck...use them all. When my youngest was little he called it car boo-boos. That still gets used randomly.
Accidents do happen-what do you call when you are minding your own business, waiting your turn at a red light and BAM! someone rear ends you. How is that a choice on your part? All you are doing is hanging out waiting for light to turn green? Maybe the rearender made a choice to be distracted or drive to fast or their foots slips off the brakes, but it you didn't do something that caused it. For you, it IS an accident.
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Post by cyndijane on Dec 24, 2015 13:14:47 GMT
Usually accident.
I would use wreck or crash in other ways- but to point in out, or answer my children's questions, I would use the term "accident". |
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Post by anonrefugee on Dec 24, 2015 13:50:10 GMT
Mostly accident. I would use crash as in "he crashed into my car". I would use wreck as in "what a wreck". Same here! But from now on I'll add a fourth, CarBQue!!! |
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Post by craftsbycarolyn on Dec 24, 2015 13:57:29 GMT
wreck
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Post by Sharon on Dec 24, 2015 14:04:42 GMT
Wreck
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Post by Dalai Mama on Dec 24, 2015 14:10:30 GMT
Collision or accident.
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Post by sharlag on Dec 24, 2015 14:12:59 GMT
I should have made this a poll to see if it's a regional preference. Probably is, don't you think?
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Post by leannec on Dec 24, 2015 14:27:17 GMT
Usually I say accident ... sometimes I'll say crash ...
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Post by Debbie on Dec 24, 2015 14:35:34 GMT
I say accident.
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Post by raindancer on Dec 24, 2015 14:52:18 GMT
Car crash or accident here. I only associated the word wreck with a ship generally. I have to disagree here mcscrapper not all accidents fall into that belief. As an example... what about the accidents when a tree unexpectedly falls on your car, what about a situation where to avoid a child who has ran out in front of your car? Rather than hit that child you take avoiding actions and something else is in the way causing a collision? Unexpected mechanical failure on the vehicle? Unexpected heart attacks? They are all Motor Vehicle Collisions but none of them are out of choice so by definition they are accidents. I agree. There is a root cause and crashes are a result of something, not accidental. Accidents absolve manufacturers, departments of transportation, etc. Of issues that could have prevented the crash. Public health workers also intentionally do not use the term accident. Even in the scenarios you describe there is likely a way to dig deeper. |
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Post by River on Dec 24, 2015 14:52:56 GMT
Accident and Wreck.
I say "xxx has been in an accident" soon after it happened or "xxx has wrecked his car" a day or so later.
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Post by cecilia on Dec 24, 2015 15:19:50 GMT
I usually say accident or wreck.
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Post by leezer26 on Dec 24, 2015 15:34:04 GMT
Accident.
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Post by disneypal on Dec 24, 2015 15:35:21 GMT
Car Wreck
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