Category: Auto Accidents

This June marks National Safety Month. National Safety month is an annual awareness campaign with the primary goal of limiting different kinds of preventable injuries, like ones that happen on our roadways, in our workplaces, and in our homes. Unintentional injuries are one of the leading causes of death in the United States, and the[…]

In a recent move to limit potentially dangerous contact resulting from the coronavirus pandemic, the Pennsylvania Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) will now be allowing drivers to renew their licenses online or through the mail. Usually when someone needs to renew his or her license, they have to go to the DMV to take a[…]

The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) reports that approximately 30 people die in drunk-driving crashes every day. Despite the fact that the number drunk-driving crashes has fallen steadily over the past three decades, more than 10,500 people still die in tragic and preventable accidents each year. How Alcohol Impairs Drivers: Blood Alcohol Concentration Alcohol[…]

According to the U.S. Fire Administration, approximately 1,300 people are injured and 345 more die each year in vehicle fires. A typical vehicle fire occurs due to a combination of conditions. A poorly maintained car might not catch fire by itself, but when it gets into an accident, a fire may break out. More than[…]

More than 275,000 people are injured each year in auto accidents involving distracted driving, and nearly 3,000 of distracted driving crashes are fatal, according to the National Safety Council (NSC). All these tragic accidents could have been prevented, had drivers focused on the road. The NSC first designated April as National Distracted Driving Awareness Month[…]