Vehicle Accidents

As summer is approaching to arrive, weather is expected to be significantly warmer in the States and so experts expect that there will be an increase numbers of motorcyclists along roads. As this is true, it is also a fact that the more number of specific vehicle present in the roadway, there will be more chances of them to be involved in a road crash specifically motorcycle related crashes.

In May 2013, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released a policy on automated vehicles wherein they have setted levels to define automation levels 0 up to 4. Automation levels increases from non-automated up to a fully automated vehicle at level 4.

In this blog, we are going to discuss these levels and what does a vehicle charaterized as according to its automation level for people to understand it and utilize this small knowledge to their injury claims involving automated vehicles.

A fatal accident happened in the state of Ohio that had happened around 12:30 p.m. in the area of 4th Street NW and Harrison Avenue NW.
According to the police authorities, they received a call around 12:15 p.m. from a man who said his van for work was stolen located from the 600 block of WC Henderson Street NW and after few moments following the call, the van owner called back and said his vehicle was located at 4th Street NW and Lawn Avenue NW.

On our previous blogs, we have cleared up those risks and hazards sprout up once an individual take his/her vehicle along road together with another road users. These risks are usually classified as mechanical, environmental, and human errors which could lead to either minor and/or major accidents and is determined through the factors being in play.

Usually, these risks stem from any form of negligence which are all preventable. One of these driving dangers that is caused by negligence is drunk driving, one of the world’s leading cause of car accidents and has recorded devastating fatalities and permanent injuries. As in 2016, almost 10,500 drivers have died in alcohol-related crashes, which equatest to contributing of 28% of total traffic crash related deaths in United States. Among all of those numbers of fatalities linked to impaired driving 214 (17%) were children aged 0 to 14 years old out of the more than 1,200 deaths recorded in the same year.

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.

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.

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.

During this holiday season, people around streets and road users are doubled due to work and school breaks and the trend of groceries and giving gifts to celebrate Christmas Day and New Year. Given this, the risks of sustaining injuries in multiple means tend to double as well including environment risks that could result in falls, electrocution, and burns and road risks such as vehicle crash.

All ages are excited to go out for this wonderful season, especially teens, where they were known to be involved in multiple accident in the recent years, not talking inauspiciously. But according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there were almost 2,400 teens aged 13-19 years old were killed and estimated 258,000 teens sustained minor and/or major that were treated in emergency departments caused by involvement in motor vehicle crashes.