Car Accidents

Multiple agencies, advocate groups, and government agencies about traffic and safety driving concern the consistent rising of drivers involved in car accidents in the last decade. In average statistics, more than 38,000 people die every year due to crash along U.S. roadways, this equates to a significant rate of 12.4 deaths per 100,000 people in U.S. and another 4.4 million, either road user or not, sustain injuries linked to car accidents that requires medical attention. Car accidents are unexpected but preventable form of adverse phenomenon, it doesn’t exclude a specific age group as it is one of the leading cause of death of people in U.S. among age group of 1-54.

Which damages range from the intensity and involvement of factors mentioned normally. But aside from these controllable and preventable factors, one of the most diappointing fact regarding the occurrence of accidents is that traffic violation results to more than 30% of accidents that occur each year. It is concerning as there are estimated 1.3 million people die annually due to road traffic crashes due to these factors combined.

A huge perk as someone working in a company is the privilege granted to use their company vehicles as you can utilize that car for personal travel as well and save money each year, but along with that level of convenience entails a great responsibility that weighs on that specific employee granted with the privilege. As driving a company vehicle has its drawbacks when exposed to risks and it is understandable how vehicle crashes are one of the most cause of deaths in U.S. and in addition, the data according to an RoadSafe, there are estimated three million company cars on the road each year and 1 of 3 of these car is involved in an accident each year as well.

During holidays, especially Christmas Day and Independence Day for example, the number of cars present along american roads are doubled or tripled than usual traffic flow as most people tend to celebrate it out on a trip or visiting family from places to be together on that specific holiday, this could also mean that the tendency of car crash occurrence in that specific time frame or the whole season.

In car accidents, there is always one side that should be liable for the accident that has escalated but it is also true that there are road accidents that doesn’t have to involve at-fault party but the act of negligence is still there. For an example, emergencyt related vehicles who have been in contact or has caused an error between a vehicle that has no issues at all and resulted in an accident, may it be major or minor, can be a potential case that would fall under concern of Sudden Emergency defense.

Car accidents are caused by multiple external and internal factor which could result in different types of accident. Among all types of car accident, rollover accident is an extreme form of road accident and requires a lot of external and internal issues for it to occur. Specifically, a rollover car accident is an extreme type of crash in which a vehicle flips over onti its side or roof. According to researches and observations, rollovers were said to have higher fatality rate compared to other forms of vehicle collisions due to its form.

In U.S. roads, there are collective rules to follow when you are a road user. These rules were established to maintain orderliness and harmony among road users such as drivers, pedestrians, and other citizens who uses the road.

In road, there is no small or huge law that one could omit as a driver as all of them are essential to maintain safety among other road users as well as the driver himself. One “insignificant” law that most forgot to abide and consider its less reprimandation received in the last decade is the reckless switching of lanes. According to statistics, more than 30% of all crashes happen caused by short notice change of lane or reckless lane changing habit by american drivers or veer off the road.

Just think how big is the trucking industry in the U.S. where everything involves logistics as products come inside and outside the country which are transported by land mainly by trucks. In fact, trucking companies, warehouses, and private sectors in the U.S. employs more than 8.9 million people in trucking-related jobs and almost half of them (3.5 million) were truck drivers. In addition, an association concerned to trucking and trucks statistics estimates that there are more than 15 million trucks operate in the U.S. which is a significant figure that made up majority of vehicles running and using american roads.

From our previous blogs, it is known that all forms of weather condition can drastically affect drivers’ experience and decision-making while driving and staying safe along road. One weather condition that offers a lot of risk as well that rivals winter is foggy weather which are common on high places and depending on weather, could appear in most states as well.

Though, traffic-related government agencies are aware of such risks during foggy weather and has imposed few countermeasures and caution through signages and traffic safety guidelines to minimize the risk of occurrence of a car accident. Unfortunately, even some drivers who drive carefully, there are those drivers who behave recklessly or has low skills to avoid an accident amidst foggy weather.

Even after few years, car accident has been consistently involved in the list of leading causes of death in United States. According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), car accidents has recorded more than 173,000 deaths in 2019 alone, seconding to heart disease and cancer with combined numbers of more than 1 million recorded death.