Accident Analysis & Prevention provides wide coverage of the general areas relating to accidental injury and damage, including the pre-injury and immediate post-injury phases. Published papers deal with medical, legal, economic, educational, behavioral, theoretical or empirical aspects of transportation accidents, as well as with accidents at other sites. Selected topics within the scope of the Journal may include: studies of human, environmental and vehicular factors influencing the occurrence, type and severity of accidents and injury; the design, implementation and evaluation of countermeasures; biomechanics of impact and human tolerance limits to injury; modelling and statistical analysis of accident data; policy, planning and decision-making in safety.

事故分析和預防提供了與意外傷害和損害有關的一般領域的廣泛覆蓋，包括傷害前和傷害后的立即階段。發表的論文涉及醫療、法律、經濟、教育、行為、理論或經驗方面的交通事故，以及其他地點的事故。該雜志范圍內的選題可能包括：對影響事故和傷害發生、類型和嚴重程度的人、環境和車輛因素的研究；對策的設計、實施和評估；影響的生物力學和人對傷害的耐受限度；模擬和統計分析事故數據；安全政策、規劃和決策。