ABSTRACT
A traffic accident on a public road may involve a single road vehicle (e.g. a vehicle which skids and overturns), or it may involve a vehicle in a collision (e.g. between a vehicle and one or more vehicles, a pedestrian, an animal, and/or fixed object). In this context a public road includes footways, road vehicles can be motorised vehicles (including mopeds, motorscooters, motorcycles, and invalid tricycles) or pedal cycles, and the accident may involve an injury to a person (fatal, serious, or slight) or damage only to property.
