In marine insurance, a vessel striking another vessel or floating object but not a stationary object. The collision clause insuring a ship’s legal liability is known as the Running Down Clause. See BOTH TO BLAME CLAUSE.
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The violent encounter of two objects. In Marine Hull liability insurance a distinction is drawn between “collision” with vessels and “contact with fixed objects” such as piers, wharves and fastened buoys, the latter not being covered by collision clauses.