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The word "accident" is generally inappropriate in this context. For example, it's banned from FHA and NHTSA communications [0] among others because it implies that the incident was random or unpreventable. This article is talking about incidents that can be prevented and were narrowly avoided as opposed to "accidents".

The FAA and the NTSB continue to use "accident", but they're somewhat unique in that and they have very specific technical definitions that don't match popular connotations.

[0] https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/newsroom/crash-not-accident

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"Near collision" has some currency, as in this prize-winning photograph.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950_Pulitzer_Prize#/media/Fil...