According to USA Today, there was a slight decrease in automobile accident deaths from 2016 to 2017, however the number of auto accident fatalities still remained higher than the number in 2015. In fact, according to the National Safety Council, fatalities resulting from auto accidents exceeded 40,000, for the second year in a row. It is important to note that these numbers are…
An auto accident can, unfortunately, happen at any time, no matter how good a driver you are. Across the nation, about 37,000 people die in car collisions each year. In addition to fatalities which result from car accidents, another 2.35 million Americans are injured or disabled from car collisions. Drivers between the ages of 16 and 20 have a particularly high risk of…
A recent study done by AAA regarding fatal automobile collisions found that although most drivers worry about being in a fatal accident involving another driver—usually a head-on collision—in fact, most lethal accidents are solo crashes involving only one car. Most adult drivers (96 percent) fear they will be hit by a driver running a red light, a driver who is driving the wrong…
Fatalities for children age 12 and under due to an auto collision has decreased somewhat over the past ten years. That’s a very good thing. But surprisingly, there were still more than 9,000 children who died in a car collision during that same time period, according to the CDC. What is even more distressing, while the overall rate of children who were not…
Attorneys that are representing victims of trucking accidents often face considerable challenges when proving negligence. One of those challenges is collecting valuable evidence before it is lost or accidentally destroyed by the trucking company. One of the most critical pieces of that evidence is the Electronic Control Module (ECM) or the “black box”, and that is why preserving the black box after a…
Distracted driving kills. In fact, according to the CDC, approximately 9 people are killed and more than 1,000 injured in distracted driving crashes each and every single day in the United States. Yet, in 2017, Colorado relaxed its texting and driving laws, even as Colorado officials warned about an “epidemic of distracted driving” in the state. The new law, SB 27, increases the…
