Road Accident Types
Road traffic collisions generally fall into one of four common types:
- Lane departure crashes, which occur when a driver leaves the lane they are in and collide with another vehicle or a roadside object. These include head on collisions and run-off-road collisions.
- Collisions at junctions include rear-end collision and angle or side impacts.
- Collisions involving pedestrians and cyclists
- Collisions with animals
Although other types of collision do occur. Rollovers are not very common, but lead to greater rates of severe injury and death. Some of these are secondary events that occur after a collision with a run-off-road crash or a collision with another vehicle.
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