Category: Car Accident

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[…]

With technological advances being made at a shockingly fast rate, it may come as no surprise that driverless, or robot cars, are already on American roadways. The real question is, who is to blame if a driverless car crashes? If a person is injured in a vehicular accident but cannot hold another driver accountable, then[…]

A recent surge in traffic fatalities is garnering the attention of government officials. In October, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced a new partnership with the Federal Highway Administration (FHA), the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and the National Safety Council (NSC). Together, the agencies will work[…]

As winter temperatures drop, car accidents caused by snow and ice rise. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration, over 6,000 people are fatally injured and 445,000 suffer personal injuries in weather related car accidents each year in the United States. Snow, ice, freezing rain, high winds, and low visibility all contribute[…]