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Accident
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Definition: An incident at a specific time and place in which a loss occurs.

Examples: At 3:00 p.m., in front of the shopping center, a car backed into another car. Both parties examined their vehicles and there was no damage, therefore no accident was reported because a loss did not occur.

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