Car Accident

Deadly Car Accidents Sharply Increase across the U.S., Data Reveals Despite advancements in vehicle safety technology, the rate of fatal auto accidents in the U.S. has increased over the past year, according to federal data. In fact, as the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has...

Time Limits for Car Accident Claims in Missouri & Illinois After a car accident happens , crash victims only have a limited amount of time to pursue financial recovery via a car accident case. This time frame is known as the statute of limitations, and it differs from state to state. Filing an...

Driving & Roadway Travel Expected to Change Dramatically Over the Coming Decades, Study Reveals Over the coming decades, how we get around on the roads – and how many miles are being driven on U.S. roads – will dramatically change, according to the latest predictions from KPMG 1 . “I’m not sure...

Bringing attention to the incidence and impacts of traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) , National Brain Injury Awareness Month spans the month of March. While various organizations are sponsoring public education campaigns to destigmatize TBIs and inform TBI survivors of their support options in the...

Are Driving Safety Apps Making Motorists Safer? Technology and software are positioned to potentially play a prominent role in the way your driving experience will be in the future. While technology may affect the way vehicles handle, it may even be changing motorists’ driving experience – helping...

Adjusting a vehicle’s mirrors before driving and driving defensively are two ways to reduce your risk of getting into blind spot motor vehicle accidents. Picking up from Blind Spot Motor Vehicle Accidents (Part 1) , the following provides some more information regarding traffic accidents that occur...

2015 Ends with 11% Increase in Traffic Death Rate in Missouri After a few years of steadily declining traffic fatalities in Missouri, last year, there was a dramatic jump in the death rate, as officials report that 853 people were killed in fatal crashes in Missouri in 2015. This reportedly marks...

A St Louis personal injury lawyer discusses whether self-driving cars may be safer than conventional vehicles. As Google and others continue to develop self-driving vehicles, the safety of these vehicles has been a growing concern among some parties, with the central issue being whether self-...

Buckle Up No Matter Where You Sit in a Vehicle, IDOT Urges Although more than 95 percent of drivers in Illinois are reportedly buckling up, seatbelt usage among back seat passengers is still “lagging behind,” according to the Illinois Department of Transportation ( IDOT ). In fact, a recent IDOT...

Eighteen pedestrians have been hit and killed in St. Louis so far in 2015, representing more than then the number of pedestrian fatalities that occurred in St. Louis in 2013 and 2014 combined. As safety officials scramble to try to reverse this trend and protect all travelers on St. Louis roads,...