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(In the U.K. at least) Accident seems to have fallen out of favour as calling something an accident would suggest there’s no blame, which is not normally the ca
by dan1234 6y ago
(In the U.K. at least) Accident seems to have fallen out of favour as calling something an accident would suggest there’s no blame, which is not normally the case (definitely not in the case).
As an example, car crashes are now referred to as RTIs (road traffic incident), where they were RTAs when I was young.
- donaltroddyn 6y agoInteresting. In Ireland, they're referred to as RTCs (collisions), although still referred to as accidents in law. Never come across RTI before.
- agurk 6y agoI've never understood this logic as typical usage of the word accident means something wasn't _deliberately_ caused, not that no-one was at fault. I'm sure you could find some collisions that were caused deliberately (insurance fraud for example) but I'd be surprised they occurred so frequently to be worth changing the word.
- kqr 6y agoInteresting. My favourite safety expert, Nancy Leveson, uses "incident" to refer to conditions that could easily lead to accident. E.g. driving on the wrong side of a road is an incident. Doing it and colliding with someone is an accident.