Car Accident Blog

Seat belts save lives!  Even though there have been numerous studies showing that wearing a seat belt reduces the risk of serious injury and death in a car accident, many people still do not wear their seat belts. According to Chris Caruso from Automotive Safety Counseling, the United States has the lowest rate of seat belt use in the developed world. From 1975 through 2014, wearing seat belts saved 330,507 lives; however, another 378,983 lives would have been saved if everyone wore a seat belt. One contributing...

The Sacramento Bee is reporting that The Elk Grove Police Department is investigating a motorcycle crash at Laguna Park Drive, just south of Laguna Boulevard. A motorcyclist was apparently driving south on Laguna Park Drive when the driver of a four-door sedan traveling in the opposite direction made a left-hand turn in front of the rider. The driver of the sedan and the two children in the vehicle went to the hospital, but did not appear to be injured. The motorcyclist was also transported to the...

Driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs is illegal in California as it is in all 50 states. A conviction of drunk driving carries the potential for fines, jail, probation, revocation of your driver’s license, and other punishments. If a driver causes a drunk driving accident, the punishment may be more severe, especially if the accident results in severe injuries. The driver also faces the potential for a civil lawsuit filed by the accident victim and/or the victim’s family. Therefore, a drunk driver faces...

Last month a three-car crash shut down a portion of Sacramento’s Broadway between 42nd and 43rd Streets for hours as crews worked to free people for the wreckage and clear debris from the road. Investigators worked for hours trying to determine what caused the three vehicles to collide on the rain-slicked road. Firefighters had to cut one driver out of the mangled vehicle. According to reports, no alcohol or drugs were found in the cars and the weather made it difficult to determine the direction...

When you think about a motor vehicle accident, you usually think about two or more cars crashing, a commercial truck colliding with a passenger vehicle, or an accident involving a motorcycle. You typically do not think about a motor vehicle accident involving an airplane but anything can happen. A skydiving plane crashed hitting a pickup truck on its way to the ground. The plan clipped the rear of the truck before it entered a vineyard and flipped over on Highway 99 in Lodi, CA. Thankfully, no one...

Even though the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) report a slight decrease in pedestrian accidents from 2012 to 2013, even one pedestrian accident is too many for the family of the accident victim. Pedestrians are virtually unprotected in a collision with a motor vehicle. The pedestrian takes the full impact of the accident; therefore, the driver of the vehicle is rarely injured in a pedestrian accident. Common injuries sustained by pedestrians in a motor vehicle accident include:...

Insurance companies are in business to make money. Paying large personal injury claims is contradictory to that objective; therefore, insurance companies try everything within their power to limit their liability. Insurance companies train their insurance adjusters to use certain tactics designed to obtain information that can be used against you to lower the amount of compensation the insurance company must pay for your personal injury claim. Below are three of the most popular tactics used by insurance adjusters in personal injury cases. Tactic Number 1:...

What Is A Pain And Suffering Journal? Have you been injured in a DUI accident? Did you fall in the grocery store because of a wet floor? Did a reckless driver collide with your bicycle causing a crash? If so, you may be entitled to compensation under California’s personal injury laws. Whenever a person is injured due to another person’s reckless, careless, or negligent acts or behavior, that person is entitled to be reimbursed for his or her economic and non-economic losses. You can help your...

There are many dangerous driving decisions that driver make each day as they travel on our roads and highways. Dangerous driving decisions result in thousands of deaths and injuries each year. Do not fall victim to dangerous driving decisions like these. Distracted Driving Distracted driving has become a serious problem in California and throughout the United States. In fact, distracted driving has become almost as big of a problem as drunk driving. According to Distraction.Gov, 3,154 people died during 2013 due to accidents caused by distracted...

Why is a Truck’s Black Box so Important in a California Truck Accident Case? Have you been injured in a truck accident in California? Have you lost a loved one in a California commercial truck accident? If so, you need an attorney who understands that truck accidents cannot be handled in the same way as an accident involving passenger vehicles. Some attorneys do not have the experience necessary to represent your interests in the best possible manner. For example, if an attorney is not familiar...