Vehicle accidents occur on a daily basis. Luckily, most of them are minor and do not result in serious injuries. However, some crashes can be quite severe and may cause permanent physical harm or death to the driver or passengers. Children need to be secured in a car seat to protect them from serious injury…
The number of pedestrian accidents continues to rise. When a vehicle strikes a pedestrian, the victim may be seriously injured or killed. Recently, a Bay Park man was struck by a vehicle while walking across the street. The vehicle did not stop, and the police continue to look for the driver. Witnesses provided a description…
A bicyclist will receive a settlement of more than $4 million from the city after suffering a serious injury on a San Diego sidewalk. The man suffered severe injuries to his head and spine due to a fall caused by uneven sidewalk pavement in Del Cerro. The San Diego city council voted to settle a…
Vehicles are equipped with a number of safety devices that are designed to help decrease the likelihood of accidents and injuries. Turn signals have been in use on cars for almost a century. When a car did not have a working turn signal, drivers were required to use hand signals to indicate turns. Even though…
A motorcyclist died after getting into an accident with a pickup truck. The crash happened along a stretch of State Road 79 in Santa Ysabel. The motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. CHP officers were on the scene investigating the circumstances that caused the fatal crash. Motorcycle Fatalities Continue to Rise…
Distracted driving is one of the most common causes of serious accidents with injuries. Wireless phones are often to blame for causing drivers to take their eyes off the road. A new law is now in effect prohibiting the use of handheld electronic devices. Drivers are not allowed to hold their phone or electronic device…
Wrong way drivers often cause serious accidents like the one that occurred recently in La Jolla. The driver in the crash was allegedly driving the wrong way on Torrey Pines Road when he crashed head-on into another vehicle. Both drivers were seriously injured and were trapped in their vehicles. Luckily, they both survived the accident,…
Construction projects are a necessary part of a functioning and developing society, but working in the construction industry can be dangerous. Some serious and often fatal accidents occur on construction sites. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI), fatalities in the private construction industry were up 9% in 2014…
Vehicle accidents are quite common, prompting the need for parents, educators, and others, to be concerned about school bus safety. School bus accidents are not common, but when they do occur, they may cause devastating injuries. A recent school bus accident in Tennessee resulted in the death of five children, and many more injuries. It…
Truck and car features are always improving in order to provide drivers with increased road safety. When you purchase a vehicle you probably do not give much thought to the headlights. After all, electric headlights have been standard equipment on cars since the early part of the 1900s. However, headlights have quite a bit to…
