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accident

Definition:
An unexpected occurrence, failure or loss with the potential for harming human life, property or the environment. (Source: TOE / HMD)
narrower terms
accident source
  environmental accident
  major accident
  technological accident
  traffic accident
  work accident
related terms
disaster
  health hazard
Scope note:
scope note is not available
Groups:
RISKS, SAFETY
Themes:
disasters, accidents, risk
human health
Other relations:
Has broader match
EuroVoc: risk prevention
Has close match
UMTHES: Unfall
Wikipedia article
Accident
Arabic: حادثة
Basque: istripu
Bulgarian: Злополука (инцидент)
Catalan: accident
Chinese: 事故
Croatian: nesreća
Czech: havárie
Danish: uheld
Dutch: ongevallen
English (US): accident
Estonian: õnnetus
Finnish: onnettomuudet
French: accident
German: Unfall
Greek: ατυχήματα
Hungarian: baleset
Irish: tionóisc
Italian: incidente
Latvian: negadījums
Lithuanian: nelaimingas atsitikimas
Maltese: aċċident
Norwegian: ulykke
Polish: awaria
Portuguese: acidentes
Romanian: accident
Russian: авария
Slovak: havária
Slovenian: nezgoda, nesreča
Spanish: accidente
Swedish: olyckor
Turkish: kaza
Ukrainian: аварія
Concept URL: <http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/25>