WHILE DRIVING HOME WITH MY WIFE IN HER 2009 TOYOTA CAMRY LE AND APPROACHING A TRAFFIC CONTROLLED INTERSECTION THAT WAS STILL SOME DISTANCE AWAY, WE SUDDENLY TRAVELED THE DISTANCE TO THE INTERSECTION VERY QUICKLY AND BY THE TIME I WAS ABLE TO SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN, WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION. THE RESULT WAS A COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE CROSSING THE INTERSECTION. THE OTHER VEHICLE WAS NOT SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED, BUT OUR VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS. THANKFULLY, THERE WERE NO INJURIES. AT THE TIME, THE MOST REASONABLE EXPLANATION APPEARED TO BE INCLEMENT WEATHER; [IT HAPPENED DURING A STRONG RAIN STORM]. WE ASSUMED THAT WHAT SEEMED LIKE A VERY RAPID TRAVERSING OF DISTANCE AND THE UNRESPONSIVENESS OF THE VEHICLE WAS DUE TO POOR VISIBILITY AND SLIPPAGE. YET I REMEMBER REMARKING TO MY WIFE THAT THE VEHICLE HAD APPEARED TO ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN, BUT I HAD NO WAY OF CONFIRMING THIS. I AM NOW CONVINCED THAT THIS WAS ACTUALLY THE CAUSE. *TW