In Colorado Springs, residents are right to worry about pedestrian safety. In recent years, pedestrian accidents are on the rise, especially in certain areas of the city. The Colorado Springs Police Department believe that this increase in pedestrian accidents is the fault of both drivers and pedestrians, who are simply not looking out for one another. Drivers in Colorado Springs don’t pay close…
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…
A research analysis was released this month from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety and AAA Colorado, looking at the data on all motor vehicle collisions that occurred in the United States between the years 2009 to 2018, and the results were troubling. According to data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, pedestrian traffic fatalities across the country were up around 53%…
The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety released the results of it’s Traffic Safety Culture Index, and the findings included data that confirms what many had already suspected: men are more likely to engage in aggressive driving behaviors than women. The nationally representative survey of more than 2,700 U.S. motorists, is an annual survey conducted by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, and these…
