If you were involved in an automobile accident, how would you
describe it in 30 words or less?  The New York Police
Department's annual report has some examples, taken from an
insurance company publication, of how others handled the question.

-> "The guy was all over the road.  I had to swerve a number of
times before I hit him."
-> "I collided with a stationary truck coming the other way."
-> "An invisible car came out of nowhere, struck my vehicle,
and vanished."
-> "The telephone pole was approaching fast.  I was attempting
to swerve out of its path when it struck my front end."
-> "The indirect cause of this accident was a little guy with
a big mouth."
-> "I pulled away from the side of the road, glanced at my
mother-in-law and headed over the embankment."
-> "The pedestrian had no idea which direction to go, so I ran
over him."
-> "I saw the slow-moving, sadfaced old gentleman as he bounced
off the hood of my car."
-> "The other car collided with mine without giving warning of
its intentions."
-> "I was backing my car out of the driveway in the usual manner
when it was struck by the other car in the same place it had
been struck several times before."
-> "To avoid hitting the bumper of the car in front, I struck
the pedestrian."
-> "Coming home, I drove into the wrong house and collided with
a tree I don't have."
-> "I was on my way to the doctor with rear end trouble when my
universal joint gave way causing me to have an accident."

The police department obtained the list of descriptions from an
insurance company publication and included it in the report.
A spokes-women for the department said that list was taken from
actual responces filed by drivers.