houve um acidente

Houve um acidente no cruzamento.

There was an accident at the intersection.

Parece que houve um acidente.

It looks like there was an accident.

— O Serviço de Entregas da Kiki (1989)

Houve um acidente ao lado da estrada.

There was an accident by the side of the road.

Houve um acidente.

There has been an accident.

— Cidade dos Sonhos (2001)

Houve um acidente lá.

There was an accident there.

— Cidade dos Sonhos (2001)

Ouço de pessoas diferentes que houve um acidente, que foi o Donnelly.

I hear from different people that there was an accident, and that it was Donnelly.

— Senna (2010)

Ligamos de um telefone público, só para ver se houve um acidente.

We called from a public phone, just to see if there had been an accident.

— Cidade dos Sonhos (2001)

Houve um acidente na oficina.

There was an accident in the workshop.

— O Operário (2004)