To race with the damaged part would only cause an accident.

Everyone called that an accident too, but my mother's second husband caused it.

The accident, he said, could have no effect or cause a delay of a few days.

However, several accidents have caused her to worry about being able to open on time.

The accident caused the pair to miss most of the season.

This accident caused a red flag of over 10 minutes.

But a serious accident can cause far more than purely physical damage.

On October 17, 2006 an accident caused the death of one person and injury to more than 100 others.

The scare and near accident which follows cause a bit of a situation with the police.

That accident caused about half of the station's power to fail.