Usage Note
Accident covers traffic accidents (un accident de voiture), workplace incidents, and unforeseen events. The phrase par accident means by accident or accidentally, equivalent to accidentellement. The adjective accidenté means damaged (a car) or hilly/uneven (terrain).
Examples
"Il y a eu un accident sur l'autoroute."
Natural Translation
There was an accident on the motorway.
Literal Translation
There is been an accident on the-motorway

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