(grammar) The accidents or inflections of words; the rudiments of grammar. / The rudiments of any subject.

plural of accidence

Susceptible to accidents or mishaps.

An incident, especially one that is harmful, occurring under highly unusual and unlikely circumstances.

plural of freak accident

(UK) A region of a highway where there has been several accidents in the past; especially one with signage to make drivers aware.

(idiomatic) A fact, situation, or personal characteristic, which may be desirable or undesirable, resulting from the circumstances into which a person was born, and which is therefore entirely beyond their control.

plural of accident of birth

(chiefly Britain, New Zealand) The department of a hospital that deals with injuries and medical emergencies.

A collision on a road, typically involving one or more motor vehicles, but also including cyclists and pedestrians knocked down by vehicles.