Category: Car Accidents

All modern cars are equipped with airbags that are designed to keep the driver and passengers safe in the event of an accident. However, some researchers think that these may not actually be helping to reduce the amount of car accident injuries in California, as they are intended to do. The reason for this isn’t…

Chain-reaction collisions are often devastating. These incidents can lead to significant injuries and extensive property damage and involve many different parties at one time. In these scenarios, recovering compensation can be challenging for crash victims because of how difficult it can be to determine liability. In order to prove what happened in a chain-reaction collision,…

The families of three people are mourning the deaths of loved ones following a fiery crash in California. According to police, the crash occurred early in the morning on a recent Sunday in late January. The car accident happened on a U.S. highway after the victims’ vehicle left the roadway. Police were called to the scene of a vehicle…

If you were involved in a serious car accident, you probably ended up hospitalized and you might have undergone numerous surgeries to help put you back together. As the initial shock of the accident began to wear away, you probably felt a mixture of emotions, including feeling grateful to be alive, while at the same…

Most people are generally aware of what steps to take following a car accident, including checking to make sure everyone at the scene is okay, calling the police to report the accident, and meeting with a personal injury lawyer to discuss your compensation options. But recently, the Yahoo! auto blog Motoramic featured several steps to…

A sudden crash can change a person’s life in an instant by leading to injuries that can affect his or her ability to function normally. In some cases, a car accident occurs as a result of the negligence of a driver. One multiple-vehicle accident in California recently resulted in injuries to multiple individuals. The fiery…

Do you like to listen to heavy metal or punk rock while you drive, rather than jazz or classical music? If so, some researchers believe that you could be more likely to get into a car accident in California. They have found that faster music increases the odds that a crash will occur. In fact,…

One vehicle accident recently took the lives of two people in California. Police said the car accident occurred when a person who may have been under the influence went over the middle line of a road and struck an automobile head-on. Both of the occupants of the car that was struck, a 19-year-old man and…

Excluding the occasional backseat driver, it has probably been a while since you have had your driving skills critiqued. However, if you are an OnStar customer, that might soon change. The company is set to begin offering a program to customers that would provide a detailed driving assessment at the end of a three-month testing…

One of the most basic rules of the road is to leave enough room between your car and the car ahead of you so that if the car ahead of you suddenly stops you have enough time to apply the brakes without running into the back of it. What that means is that if you…