What is Accident?
[[File:Accidents.svg|thumb|300px|Incidence of accidents in [[Denmark]], sorted by activity and age]] An '''accident''' is when something goes wrong when it is not meant to. Physical accidents are things like [[collision]]s, [[injury|injuries]], and [[Fall (motion)|falling]]. Non-physical accidents are things like telling someone a secret without meaning to, forgetting something important, or deleting an important [[computer]] [[Computer file|file]]. [[Car accident|Road accidents]] kill thousands of people each month in the United States, and thousands each week in the world. They injure more thousands each week. The majority involve a [[car]] but there are also many [[bus]], [[truck]] and [[bicycle]] accidents. Aircraft crashes, ship sinkings and other transport accidents also attract much attention. Injuries from accidents, however, are more numerous at home than elsewhere. They attract less attention because only a few people are hurt at a time. Often, accidents are [[wikt:investigation|investigated]] so that we can learn how to avoid them in the future. Sometimes by studying an accident we can discover new things, for example [[penicillin]]. Most of the deaths resulting from injuries are caused by [[fire]] accidents. Thus, accidental fires are one of the leading causes of unintentional deaths. The main cause of death in fire incidents is burning, but inhalation of smoke and [[toxic]] gas causes death as well. Often the cause of the fire is very simple and unexpected, such as forgetting a candle near something [[flammable]], defect in the hardware, or old electrical wires. So most of the large fires are caused by simple reasons.<ref>{{cite web|website=lawyers and settlements|title=Fire Accidents|url=http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/lawsuit/fire_accident.html#.VQG7IhDF8Yd|accessdate=12 March 2015}}</ref> == Work accidents == Industrial accidents such as [[Mining|mine]] cave-ins and the [[West Gate Bridge]] collapse also kill and maim many workers. The [[Bhopal disaster]] killed thousands, mostly no