According to recent estimates by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), there was a marginal decrease (0.2 percent) in fatal car accidents in 2022 as compared to 2021. The good news is that the third quarter of 2022 represented the second straight decline in…
If you’re injured in a car accident, you may quickly find yourself in the emergency room. Whatever your injuries or how severe they may be, you aren’t likely to be thinking as clearly as usual. Your stress response will have been activated in the accident,…
You were in a car accident. You had to take time off work to recover. Can you be reimbursed for your lost wages? Typically, yes, as long as someone else was at fault for the accident. Talk to Your Car Accident Attorney for Help If…
According to estimates from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), traffic fatalities have increased in 2022. In the first quarter of the year, the administration estimated that 9,560 people died in traffic crashes, which is an increase (7 percent) over the 8,935 fatalities projected…
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently published its most recent data on self-driving car crashes. The data includes information collected on vehicles with driver-assistance systems and autonomous technologies. Overall, these vehicles were involved in nearly 400 crashes in the last year. New Data…
The Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA)—a nonprofit organization promoting traffic safety—recently projected some sobering statistics when it comes to pedestrian fatalities on America’s roadways. Meanwhile, data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) show that traffic fatalities reached a 16-year high in 2021. GHSA…
On May 23, 2019, Wisconsin parents filed a new personal injury lawsuit against Snap, Inc., makers of the Snapchat “Speed Filter” application. They claimed that the app encouraged reckless driving, and contributed to a deadly crash that killed three teenage boys. Snap has been fighting…
Four people were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries on January 28, 2022, after the Frick Park Bridge in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, collapsed. Six others suffered from minor injuries. Previous inspection reports indicate that the bridge was in poor condition for the last couple of…
Did you know that December is National Drunk, Drugged Driving Prevention month? President Biden just proclaimed it so this year. According to a press release issued by the White House on November 30, 2021, during the month of December, “we reaffirm our commitment to preventing…
As winter tightens its grip and the roads become icy and slick, accidents are bound to happen. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, 24 percent of weather-related vehicle crashes occur on snowy, slushy, or icy pavement each year, while 15 percent happen during snowfall…
