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colisionar por alcance

English translation: rear-end collision

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Spanish term or phrase:colisionar por alcance
English translation:rear-end collision
Entered by: A Hayes (X)

16:16 Jul 17, 2002
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Spanish term or phrase: colisionar por alcance
rear end collision? o simplemente "collision"?

certificado de un accidente para presentar ante compañía aseguradora.

Ministerio del Interior.
ESPAÑA

"...pasajeros del autobús que sufrió accidente de circulación en el kilómetro 78'000 de la carretera N-I, al colisionar por alcance contra un vehículo articulado..."

Tengo otra pregunta relacionada con los km para algun(a) español(a) que ande dando vueltas por ahí, pero la voy a mandar por separado.

Gracias.
A Hayes (X)
Australia
Local time: 12:37
rear collision
Explanation:
HTH

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Note added at 2002-07-17 16:21:58 (GMT)
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\"COLLISION TYPE

COLLISION WITH ANIMAL: Collision between vehicle and animal.

REAR COLLISION: Collision between two vehicles travelling in the same direction on the same road. First vehicle has a rear collision point, other vehicle has a frontal collision point (E, F).\"

Taken from:

http://europa.eu.int/comm/transport/home/care/glossary_en.ht...


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Note added at 2002-07-17 16:23:44 (GMT)
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\"Reduction in the number of traffic accidents
In the case of the rear-collision warning system installed on Rte. 25 (Meihan National Highway), the number of traffic accidents decreased in the warning system section by 53 percent (from 15 accidents/year to 7 accidents/year), while the number of traffic accidents including property damage accidents is increasing in the part of Seki-cho, Mie Prefecture, where no rear-collision warning system has been introduced.\"

Taken from:

http://www.jice.or.jp/itschiiki-e/benefits/html/t3-05.html


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Note added at 2002-07-17 16:25:55 (GMT)
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Here you´ll find it just as you suggested:

http://www.jice.or.jp/itschiiki-e/benefits/html/05-13.html

Thanks again Russell
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Leonardo Parachú
Local time: 23:37
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rear collision


Explanation:
HTH

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Note added at 2002-07-17 16:21:58 (GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

\"COLLISION TYPE

COLLISION WITH ANIMAL: Collision between vehicle and animal.

REAR COLLISION: Collision between two vehicles travelling in the same direction on the same road. First vehicle has a rear collision point, other vehicle has a frontal collision point (E, F).\"

Taken from:

http://europa.eu.int/comm/transport/home/care/glossary_en.ht...


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Note added at 2002-07-17 16:23:44 (GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

\"Reduction in the number of traffic accidents
In the case of the rear-collision warning system installed on Rte. 25 (Meihan National Highway), the number of traffic accidents decreased in the warning system section by 53 percent (from 15 accidents/year to 7 accidents/year), while the number of traffic accidents including property damage accidents is increasing in the part of Seki-cho, Mie Prefecture, where no rear-collision warning system has been introduced.\"

Taken from:

http://www.jice.or.jp/itschiiki-e/benefits/html/t3-05.html


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Note added at 2002-07-17 16:25:55 (GMT)
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Here you´ll find it just as you suggested:

http://www.jice.or.jp/itschiiki-e/benefits/html/05-13.html

Thanks again Russell

Leonardo Parachú
Local time: 23:37
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 433
Grading comment
Thank you, all!!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Russell Gillis: It is more common to say "rear-end collision" (as munchkin suggests).
2 mins
  -> ty Russell
agree  Rick Henry: or depending on th formalness of the doc, could just be rear-ended.
15 mins
  -> ty Rick
agree  Сергей Лузан: "rear-end(ed) collision"
1 hr
  -> ty so much Sergey
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