I thought this as well, and was about to comment to the paper about updating their terminology. Then I saw this is an article from 2014. I think using the word

I thought this as well, and was about to comment to the paper about updating their terminology. Then I saw this is an article from 2014. I think using the word “accident” would be less likely today. There has been a real effort to change terminology. NYT even had an article about this in May of 2016.