The number of accidents that occur at a busy intersection in one month is an example of a Poisson random variable.

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Poisson random variables model the number of occurrences of rare events in a fixed interval of time or space, where the events happen independently at a constant rate. The number of accidents at a busy intersection in a month is an example of such a random variable that follows the Poisson distribution.

The Number of Accidents That Occur at a Busy Intersection