Does language matter when discussing issues affecting use of roads?

[DaveReading]

I disagree. They are almost always ONE OF SEVERAL CAUSES.
(and more than 90% are indeed accidents - which doesn't mean I want the press to use that language, when they have workable guidelines to avoid it).

It might be worth taking a leaf out of the aviation accident investigation playbook. Typically, an accident will have one or more "primary causes" and often any number of "contributing factors".

 

[Ajax Bay]

5 WHYs and RCA ftw