Single-vehicle collision

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A single vehicle collision or single-vehicle accident is, as the name implies, a type of collision in which only one vehicle is involved. The normal inference is that the cause is operator error.

Single vehicle collisions are particularly evident among motorcyclists and young males (two groups with a significant overlap). The dominant cause is excessive speed. Some roads are particularly notorious for these crashes, leading to them being termed "dangerous roads". This is a questionable terminology, as it is not usually the road per se which is dangerous.

The term single-vehicle collision is not generally used unless the rider/driver and passengers of the vehicle are the only ones injured: although in some cases innocent bystanders (e.g. pedestrians or cyclists) can also be hurt or killed, the term single-vehicle accident is unlikely to be used to describe such collisions.

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