BTW, they're not "accidents"; accident implies that it just sort of happened and couldn't have been avoided when 99.9% of the time someone did something stupid. It's "crash" or "collision" now. I still catch the a-word coming out of my mouth now and then.
Interesting that you say that. I hear the same messaging a lot from the War On Cars podcast. Their point is the term "accident" is (unconsciously) used by the public and the media to minimize liability/responsibility of car drivers, to the detriment of the rights of pedestrians and cyclists to equal/fair use of public infrastructure.