American Sign Language:  "accident"

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The right sign for "accident" depends on your meaning.
If you are talking about a mishap or a mistake, then you might want to use a variation of the sign for "MISTAKE."
If you are talking about two people bumping into each other then you might want to use a variation of the sign for "MEET."
If you are talking about two cars crashing into each other you might want to use classifiers to demonstrate what happened.
 

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Accident as in "two cars crashed" is done by using the "CRASH" sign.
 

CRASH:
This sign is "loosely" based on "CL:3" type handshapes.  But if you observe the sign done at high speed during signed conversations you'll notice that the handshape starts as a "modified 5" handshape that turns into an "S" shape.  But again, it is easy to see the CL:3 roots of this sign.
 

CRASH: 

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Accident as in "I made a mistake" or "Whoops!" 

MISTAKE (error / wrong / "plans didn't work out")

 

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