Organizational Support:
Accident - An online magazine about accidents in America
NY Families for SafeStreets - Crash Not Accident
NY Families for SafeStreets - Crash Not Accident
Media and Blogs:
Bruce Butler Styleguide - For Reporting on Driving and Traffic Issues
Minnesota HometownSource.com - Ask a Trooper: Why is it a 'crash' and not an 'accident'?
Montreal Gazette - Are accidents waiting to happen really accidents?
Safety Driven - Accident or Collision?
Slate - It’s Never a “Bicycle Accident”
StreetsBlog LA - Was That an Accident?
Capitol Fax - AAA wants us to stop calling car crashes “accidents”
The South African - "Crash" vs. "Accident" - End the Language of Denial
Car and Driver - Is a Crash Ever an Accident?
Ottowa Citizen - These Aren't Mere 'Accidents"
LAist - The Way We Talk About Crashes Is Evolving
Forbes - Crash Not Accident: Better Road-Safety Reporting Could Save Lives
Justice Speakers - Traffic Crashes: They’re Not “Accidents”
LAist - The Way We Talk About Crashes Is Evolving
Forbes - Crash Not Accident: Better Road-Safety Reporting Could Save Lives
Justice Speakers - Traffic Crashes: They’re Not “Accidents”
Houston Chronicle - Why we need to change the way we talk about traffic deaths
TeenSafe blog - What's the difference between a crash and an accident?
ETA Insurance - Words are powerful. Choose them carefully
Traffic Injury Research Foundation (TIRF) - Let's Talk About Crashes
The Age - Crime, not 'accidents', often drives preventable road carnage
Bicycling Magazine - Take the #CrashNotAccident Pledge to Change How We Report Bike Deaths
JD Supra - Should we say car crash or car accident? The language we use to classify auto collisions can be important
The Chronicle of Higher Education - Crash or Accident?
Bike NWA - #CrashNotAccident - Reframing the narrative of car bike collisions
WNCN - N. Carolina - When Vehicles Collide, What is it Called?
Driving You Crazy (Podcast) - When is a Crash Not an Accident?
Psychology Today - Accident vs. Crash - The Issue of Responsibility
Minnesota Dept. of Public Safety - Crashes Aren't Accidents
The New York Times - It’s No Accident: Advocates Want to Speak of Car ‘Crashes’ Instead
HuffingtonPost - We've Been Brainwashed Into Saying "Car Accident"
Science Magazine - Disregarding Risk Does Not Equal an Accident
Nautilus - How Language Helps Erase the Tragedy of Millions of Road Deaths
Kansas City Star - That Wreck Was No Accident
New York Magazine - Don’t Call a Car Crash an ‘Accident’
National Public Radio - When Cars Collide, Safety Advocates Say It's No 'Accident'
Reading Eagle - Accident or crash? There's a difference
SFMTA - No "Accident": Why Language Matters in Making Our Streets Safer
TransAlt - Get #CrashNotAccident in the AP Stylebook
Missourian - Crash or accident? MoDOT emphasizes crucial difference
Bike Portland - Dear Fellow Journalists: This is why you should use #CrashNotAccident
Bike Pittsburgh - Why We Say Crash Not Accident - Remembering Mark Popovich
Reclaim Magazine - Accidentally On Purpose
Wired - Stop Calling My Daughter's Death a Car Accident
CityLab - Why we say 'car accident, and why we need to stop
BoingBoing - Car Accidents Aren't Accidents
BoingBoing - Car Accidents Aren't Accidents
Gizmodo - There Are No Accidents
Alabama DUI Prosecutor - Word Choice Matters: Crash vs. Accident
Arizona Bike Law - Was that an accident, or a crash?
Alabama DUI Prosecutor - Word Choice Matters: Crash vs. Accident
Arizona Bike Law - Was that an accident, or a crash?
Driving Under The Influence - Blog - A word on words: Accidents
Health Literacy Lab - Crash vs Accident: not just tomāto vs tomáto
Health Literacy Lab - Crash vs Accident: not just tomāto vs tomáto
Quoted - The A-word: Is there no such thing as a car“accident”?
DriversEd.com - Why we use crash, not accident, when talking about collisions.
Automotive Collision - Are Collisions and Crashes Still an Accident?
Watertown Daily Times - "Accident" versus "Crash - Is there a difference?
Living Streets Alliance - Accidents vs. Collisions
CityLab - It's no 'accident': NYPD changes the way it take about traffic deaths
Bike Law - Bicycle crashes are not "accidents"
DriversEd.com - Why we use crash, not accident, when talking about collisions.
Automotive Collision - Are Collisions and Crashes Still an Accident?
Watertown Daily Times - "Accident" versus "Crash - Is there a difference?
Living Streets Alliance - Accidents vs. Collisions
CityLab - It's no 'accident': NYPD changes the way it take about traffic deaths
Bike Law - Bicycle crashes are not "accidents"
Bicycling.com - Call it a crash, not an accident
Streets Are For Everyone - The Struggle To Change The Language of A Society
BBC - Audio Debate - Should accidents be called 'collisions'?
NY Times - 'Collision' replacing 'accident' for NYPD
University of California, Merced - How people talk about car accidents
Healthy Communities - Crash! On how we need to change how we talk about car crashes
Planetizen - Does it matter if we call crashes "accidents"?
Philebrity - Traffic Deaths Aren't "Accidents"
Jamestown Sun - Getting Rid of "Accidents"
Northland News Center - Officials on a mission to change how we refer to car crashes
The Car Connection - Stop talking about 'accidents', start talking about 'collisions'
Purcell Enterprises - The Semantics of an "Accident"
The NewsWheel - This Was No Accident; This Was a Crash
MADD - Ditching the "A" Word
The Traffic Calming Blog - Was it Really an Accident?
Podcasts:
Philly Bike Coalition - Crash Not Accident
Streets Are For Everyone - The Struggle To Change The Language of A Society
BBC - Audio Debate - Should accidents be called 'collisions'?
NY Times - 'Collision' replacing 'accident' for NYPD
University of California, Merced - How people talk about car accidents
Healthy Communities - Crash! On how we need to change how we talk about car crashes
Planetizen - Does it matter if we call crashes "accidents"?
Philebrity - Traffic Deaths Aren't "Accidents"
Jamestown Sun - Getting Rid of "Accidents"
Northland News Center - Officials on a mission to change how we refer to car crashes
The Car Connection - Stop talking about 'accidents', start talking about 'collisions'
Purcell Enterprises - The Semantics of an "Accident"
The NewsWheel - This Was No Accident; This Was a Crash
MADD - Ditching the "A" Word
The Traffic Calming Blog - Was it Really an Accident?
Podcasts:
Philly Bike Coalition - Crash Not Accident
Counter Arguments:
Reason.com - Crashes Caused by Negligence Are Still Accidents
Mother Jones – Crash vs. Accident doesn’t seem like it matters much
Slate – Activists want to replace accident with crash. Not so fast
Sun Sentinel - No longer will accidents happen
Sun Sentinel - No longer will accidents happen
Studies/Research:
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