Question 151221
Yes, this is a good answer. The key point is in the last sentence: "one does not [necessarily] cause the other." Which is to say, association in formal statistics just describes events that seem to relate, however, there is no evident relationship between the events.

As an example (similar to yours), let's say the number of car accidents is high during snow storms. In addition, people are very likely to wear winter clothing in such conditions. Can we say that car accidents and wearing winter clothing cause one another? Certainly not. The seeming cause would, of course, be snow storms (and the cold...).