Wrong-way driving collisions are among the most dangerous and commonly fatal types of crashes that occur. This is because more often than not, due to their inherent nature, wrong-way crashes are often head-on collisions. According to the Insurance Information Institute, in 2015 head-on collisions were responsible for 10.2% of the total crash fatalities in that year, despite the fact that they only represented…
According to data from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, drivers who use both marijuana and alcohol are more likely to engage in potentially dangerous driving behaviors, such as distracted or aggressive driving, speeding and intentionally running red lights, than drivers who only use one, or don’t use either of those substances. As AAA director of traffic safety advocacy and research, Jake Nelson…
April is Distracted Driving Awareness month, a time when several organizations, including the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the National Safety Council, join together to remind us all about the very real dangers of distracted driving, and ask that we all pledge to practice safer driving behaviors. And this year, it couldn’t come at a better time. Because according to a recent…
A fatal collision between a semi trailer truck and a pedestrian occurred at the intersection of Tejon Street and Las Vegas Street, earlier this week. According to the Colorado Springs Police Department, the collision occurred around 9 a.m. on the morning of March 24th, when two men, one of them identified as 49-year-old Colorado Springs resident Jerry Flores, were crossing South Tejon Street,…
An apparent failure to yield accident in Black Forest at the end of February, resulted in two fatalities after a vehicle was T-boned in an intersection. According to the Colorado State Patrol, the collision occurred around 9:30 a.m. on the morning of Sunday, February 28th, when a 2004 Saturn driven by a 24-year-old Colorado Springs male, collided into the passenger side of a…
On March 3rd, the American Society of Civil Engineers released their 2021 Report Card for American Infrastructure, and while the report had some good news, there are still major problems. The American Society of Civil Engineers is a professional body headquartered in Virginia, that represents civil engineers around that world. Founded in 1852, it’s the oldest national engineering society in the United States,…
March is Brain Injury Awareness Month, and the Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) has announced that the theme for the annual observation of this serious affliction for the next three years, will be “More Than My Brain Injury”. The More Than My Brain Injury campaign seeks to help educate the general public about the struggles involved in living with a brain injury….
KRDO Newschannel 13 released a special report earlier this month, where they identified the most dangerous intersections in Colorado Springs. The Colorado Springs Police Department provided KRDO with a list of the city intersections that had the largest numbers of motor vehicle accidents for the year 2020. This data included the number of accidents that resulted in a fatality or injury of any…
Weather has been a big news topic this month, after large parts of the country got pummeled by severe and intense winter storms. In Texas, an uncharacteristic cold storm killed 26 people, caused pipes to burst and left millions of people without water or power. With the expectation that the United States will continue to see extreme weather events in the future, due…
US Drug Test Centers, an established national drug testing company, released a report looking at the rates of drunken driving in the United States, in which they ranked each state for how big a problem DUI behaviors are, and Colorado did not fare well. The report focused on data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, from the United States Department of…
