An '''accident''' is a specific, identifiable, unexpected, unusual and unintended external [[action]] which occurs in a particular [[time]] and place, without apparent or deliberate cause but with marked effects. It implies a generally negative [[Probability|probabilistic]] outcome which may have been avoided or prevented had circumstances leading up to the accident been recognized, and acted upon, prior to its occurrence. | An '''accident''' is a specific, identifiable, unexpected, unusual and unintended external [[action]] which occurs in a particular [[time]] and place, without apparent or deliberate cause but with marked effects. It implies a generally negative [[Probability|probabilistic]] outcome which may have been avoided or prevented had circumstances leading up to the accident been recognized, and acted upon, prior to its occurrence. |