Category: Car Accident

Throughout the summer season, children and teens are especially prone to sustaining certain types of injuries, such as overheating in cars and car accidents from teen driving. According to the American Automobile Association (AAA), rates of teen car crashes have gone up more than 10% in the last year alone. Over ½ of these accidents[…]

The Governors Highway Safety Association and the Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility recently released startling statistics on the rise in drugged driving fatalities. According to their latest research, 43 percent of all driving fatalities reported in 2015 were caused by drugged drivers compared to 37 percent caused by drunk drivers. The latest study was the[…]

A lawsuit alleging that Tesla’s autopilot feature is “dangerously defective” was recently filed in California. Nearly 47,000 Tesla Model X and Model S owners who allege that Tesla misled them about the capabilities of the enhanced autopilot system are pursuing the suit in federal court. Not only is Tesla facing serious claims that it has[…]

A car accident is a traumatic event, but when a vehicle rolls over during the course of an accident, the injuries can be catastrophic. While rollovers only occur in a small percentage of crashes, they account for approximately 30 percent of all fatalities. SUVs, passenger vans, trucks, and commercial vehicles are more prone to rollovers[…]

Nearly 30,000 pedestrians died through 2010 and 2015, and all as a consequence of being hit by vehicles on roadways. The Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) notes that pedestrians make up 15% of all traffic fatalities annually. With numbers as high as these, it is clear that not enough preventative and protective measures are being[…]