Articles Posted in Car Accidents

Many people automatically put on a seatbelt when they get in a car. It wasn’t always this way. And while seatbelts save lives, seatbelts are not always perfect. As seatbelt use has increased, the fatality rate for car accidents has declined. In 1994, just under 60 percent of motorists wore seatbelts. That year, the fatality…

Drivers fall asleep at the wheel all the time. Sometimes, no one gets hurt, like a recent driver in Upstate New York discovered asleep at the wheel at a traffic light.  But accidents happen. Each year, driver fatigue causes 100,000 car accidents nationwide. That’s one accident every five minutes. Sleeping driver accidents result in roughly…

What is the safest place to ride in a car? Is the driver more likely to survive a car crash? Or are you safer riding in a vehicle as a passenger? Depends on where you are in a car. If you’re riding in the back seat, you’re much safer than the passenger riding in the…