人身事故(じんしんじこ)

じんしんじこ
noun
accident involving injury or death; person hit by a train
transportation
1. accident involving injury or death to a person
an accident in which a person is injured or killed; heard most often in train announcements, and in road-traffic usage as opposed to a property-damage accident
人身事故(じんしんじこ)で電車(でんしゃ)が遅(おく)れている。
The train is delayed because of an accident involving a person.
人身事故(じんしんじこ)のため、運転(うんてん)を見合(みあ)わせております。
Service is suspended due to an accident involving a person.
中央線(ちゅうおうせん)で人身事故(じんしんじこ)が発生(はっせい)しました。
An accident involving a person occurred on the Chuo Line.

Etymology

人身(じんしん) (person, human body) + 事故(じこ) (accident)

Usage

In Japan, this term is commonly heard in train announcements when service is disrupted. It is a euphemism that may include suicide cases, though it covers any accident involving a person on the tracks. In road-traffic usage, 人身事故(じんしんじこ) (someone injured or killed) is contrasted with 物損事故(ぶっそんじこ) (property damage only), and the difference matters for police reports and insurance.

COMMON EXPRESSIONS (train announcements):

(Service is suspended because of an accident involving a person)

(There are delays because of an accident involving a person)

Related words

Related Words

Antonym: 物損事故(ぶっそんじこ) (property damage accident)
Related: 遅延証明(ちえんしょうめい) (delay certificate)
Related: 振替輸送(ふりかえゆそう) (alternative transportation)
Related: 運転(うんてん)再開(さいかい) (resumption of service)
Related: ホームドア (platform screen door)
Related: 交通事故(こうつうじこ) (traffic accident)
Compare: 追突事故(ついとつじこ) (rear-end collision)
Compare: 物損(ぶっそん) (property damage)
Compare: 自損(じそん) (self-inflicted damage)
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Added 2026.1.27 12:47 · Revised 2026.10.13 4:13
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