We can classify the types of accidents in a generalized way as follows:

It is any accident that directly affects an individual causing some type of Damage.

The accident affects the structural integrity of material assets such as houses, cars, cell phones, computers, pieces of art, collectibles, etc.

The type of accident that involves damage to third parties includes the previous two, since it is the damage caused to a person and/or their belongings as a result of the unintentional actions of another person.

Within which we can include the following classification:

There are accident models. See.[4]​.

In recent years, a campaign has emerged to change the name of traffic accidents, indicating If it can be prevented, it is not an accident,[5] applied mainly in legislative areas. It seeks to assign more responsibility for the damage caused to drivers and their actions, changing its name to Traffic Accident. This occurs because in popular knowledge, the word accident is related to a fortuitous event and as such, there is a tendency not to blame the driver so much and to determine the cause as given by external conditions.

Although the approach of this campaign is valid, the definition given is not consistent with the definition of an accident used in other sciences such as Engineering or Safety and Hygiene.") In these, the accident is seen as a consequence of prior negligence, and responsibility is given not for the event that occurred but for not having duly taken into account the risk factors and not having foreseen the damage that they could cause.

We can classify the types of accidents in a generalized way as follows:

It is any accident that directly affects an individual causing some type of Damage.

The accident affects the structural integrity of material assets such as houses, cars, cell phones, computers, pieces of art, collectibles, etc.

The type of accident that involves damage to third parties includes the previous two, since it is the damage caused to a person and/or their belongings as a result of the unintentional actions of another person.

Within which we can include the following classification:

There are accident models. See.[4]​.

In recent years, a campaign has emerged to change the name of traffic accidents, indicating If it can be prevented, it is not an accident,[5] applied mainly in legislative areas. It seeks to assign more responsibility for the damage caused to drivers and their actions, changing its name to Traffic Accident. This occurs because in popular knowledge, the word accident is related to a fortuitous event and as such, there is a tendency not to blame the driver so much and to determine the cause as given by external conditions.

Although the approach of this campaign is valid, the definition given is not consistent with the definition of an accident used in other sciences such as Engineering or Safety and Hygiene.") In these, the accident is seen as a consequence of prior negligence, and responsibility is given not for the event that occurred but for not having duly taken into account the risk factors and not having foreseen the damage that they could cause.