Also means
accident-affected
Usage Note
Siniestrado derives from siniestro (disaster, accident) and is used in insurance and news language to describe a person or property affected by an accident or natural disaster — el vehículo siniestrado, los siniestrados del terremoto. As a noun it refers to victims of such events. It does not mean merely 'damaged' in a trivial sense; it implies a formal insurable event.
Examples
"El vehículo siniestrado fue retirado de la vía."
Natural Translation
The damaged vehicle was removed from the road.
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