This is the 13201st most frequent Swedish word.
trafikolyckan
"The traffic accident."
Here, 'trafikolyckan' is used as the subject of the sentence, referring to a specific event that impacted transportation flow.
Trafikolyckan orsakade lång kö på vägen.
The traffic accident caused a long queue on the road.
In this sentence, 'trafikolyckan' acts as the context for a temporal clause, setting the timeframe of the described action.
Efter trafikolyckan kom ambulansen snabbt till platsen.
After the traffic accident, the ambulance arrived quickly at the scene.
Here, 'trafikolyckan' is used generically to refer to traffic accidents that might happen, serving as an object in the sentence.