| English | French |
| accident gravity scale | échelle de gravité des accidents |
| Accident Reporting and Guidance Operational System | système opérationnel de notification d'accidents et d'aide à la prise de décisions |
| Accident Reporting and Guidance Operational System | système ARGOS |
| accident source | source d'accident |
| Committee for the Adaptation to Scientific and Technical Progress of the Directives on Major Accident Hazards of Certain Industrial Activities | Comité pour l'adaptation au progrès scientifique et technique des directives visant les risques d'accidents majeurs de certaines activités industrielles |
| Control of Major-Accident Hazards | maîtrise des dangers liés aux accidents majeurs |
| Convention of the Transboundary Impacts of Industrial Accidents | convention sur l'impact transfrontière des accidents industriels |
| Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents | Convention sur les effets transfrontières des accidents industriels |
| environmental accident An unexpected occurrence, failure or loss, with the potential for harming the ecosystem or natural resources | accident écologique |
| environmental accident | accident écologique |
| environmental accident | accidents écologiques |
| environmental accident | accident environnemental |
| liability for marine accidents Subjection to a legal obligation, such as financial recompense or ecological reparations, for any harm or damage inflicted on persons, property or the environment in the course of commercial or recreational activity in, on or near a sea | responsabilité pour les accidents en mer |
| liability for marine accidents | responsabilité pour les accidents en mer |
| major accident An unexpected occurrence, failure or loss beyond normal or specified levels with the potential for harming human life, property or the environment | accident majeur |
| major-accident hazards of certain industrial activities | risques d'accidents majeurs de certaines activités industrielles |
| major-accident prevention policy | politique de prévention des accidents majeurs |
| major-accident reporting system | système de notification des accidents majeurs |
| major industrial accident hazard | risque d'accident industriel |
| maximum conceivable accident | accident maximum concevable |
| maximum conceivable accident | accident le plus grave imaginable |
| maximum credible accident | accident le plus grave imaginable |
| maximum credible accident | accident maximum concevable |
| nuclear accident An event occurring in a nuclear power plant or anywhere that radioactive materials are used, stored, or transported and involving the release of potentially dangerous levels of radioactive materials into the environment | accident nucléaire |
| OECD Guiding Principles for Chemical Accident Prevention, Preparedness and Response | Principes directeurs de l'OCDE pour la prévention, la préparation et l'intervention en matière d'accidents chimiques |
| postulated accident condition | accident concevable |
| Protocol on civil liability and compensation for damage caused by the transboundary effects of industrial accidents on transboundary waters | protocole sur la responsabilité civile et l'indemnisation en cas de dommages causés par les effets transfrontières d'accidents industriels sur les eaux transfrontières |
| shipping accident An unexpected incident, failure or loss involving a vessel or its contents in the course of commercial transport that poses potential harm to persons, property or the environment | accident de navigation |
| shipping accident | accident de navigation |
| site of accident | lieu d'accident |
| technological accident An unexpected incident, failure or loss occurring through the application of practical or mechanical sciences to industry or commerce that poses potential harm to persons, property or the environment | accident technologique |
| technological accident | accident technologique |
| traffic accident An unexpected incident with potential for harm occurring through the movement or collision of vessels, vehicles or persons along a land, water, air or space route | accident de la route |
| traffic accident | accident de la route |
| Vienna Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident | Convention de Vienne sur la notification rapide des accidents nucléaires |
| work accident Accident occurring in the course of the employment and caused by inherent or related factors arising from the operation of materials of one's occupation | accident du travail |
