Types of Car Accidents

Car accidents fall into several major categories (whose names are self-explanatory):

* Rear-end collisions
* Rollover accidents
* Head-on collisions
* Single-car accidents
* Pile-up accidents
* Railroad crossing accidents

There are many types of car accidents. Collisions can occur with other automobiles, other vehicles such as bicycles or trucks, with pedestrians, and with stationary structures or objects, such as trees or fences.

The result of a front-end or rear-end collision; many cars are built to include crumple zones to absorb impact in these accident.  The occupants have a better chance of survival.  Whiplash is a common injury in the rear-end collision.

The result of a side collision; most cars are not as structurally sound side-to-side as they are front-to-back and damage can be more severe to the vehicle and the occupant than at the same speed in a rear-end or front-end collision.

In a collision between two cars, it has been shown that the occupants of the car with the lower mass will likely suffer the greater consequences.

Types of Car Accidents News

• British GP Practice Patter. Crash.Net Via Yahoo UK Ireland Sport
It was a big crash, but thats part of the game and I have had much worse accidents in my career. I didnt see any flags and I had approached the corner in the usual way, and then I totally lost control of the car under braking. I tried to slow down, but the impact was still pretty violent Felipe Massa.
• British GP: Ferrari Friday Practice Report Motorsport.com
A rather niggly Friday for Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro. This morning there was Felipe Massas accident, when he lost control of the car under braking going into turn 7, because of oil dropped on the racing line by Alonsos car.
• DHS Says Accidents, Deaths Inevitable KOCO 5 Oklahoma City
OKLAHOMA CITY Days after two Oklahoma foster children died in separate incidents and in the face of a lawsuit filed against the state agency, a Department of Human Services spokesman said Tuesday that accidents and deaths involving children are inevitable.
• Niggly Friday For Ferrari Auto Moto 365
It was rather a niggly Friday for Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro here at the Silverstone circuit today when this morning they had Felipe Massas accident
• British GP: Practice Notes Ferrari Pitpass
British GP: Practice notes Ferrari

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