The National Safety Council (NCS) released a report on motor vehicle fatality estimates for the first six months of 2016 that found traffic deaths on the rise across America, as well as in Washington State. From January to June of 2016 there were 19,100 total motor-vehicle deaths, a 9% increase…
In the United States every year thousands of pedestrians are injured or killed. In 2013, 4,735 pedestrians were killed in traffic crashes across America. In addition, in 2013, there were more than 150,000 non-fatal crash-related injuries of pedestrians that were treated in emergency rooms. Those whom are most at risk…
Google’s self-driving cars have traveled more than 1.4 million test miles, and none of them were at fault in accidents until Feb. 14, when a city bus scraped one of the company’s Lexus SUVs. Google said that no one was injured but that its autonomous vehicle was partially responsible. This…
While a reckless driver on a Washington highway might be able to wreak havoc by causing a deadly crash in even the safest of vehicles, Volvo is hoping to increase safety features to the point at which concerned drivers will be well-protected from deadly incidents. Some of the company’s current…
People in Washington may be interested to learn about a new study that exposes a serious flaw in driverless cars. According to the study, the cars, touted as providing safety from accidents, have twice the accident rate as do other vehicles on the road. According to researchers, the problem appears…
Previous campaigns that warned of the hazards of buzzed driving or reminded us that friends do not allow their friends to drive drunk were highly successful at drawing attention to the problem of drunk driving in Washington and around the country. Buoyed by these successes, the National Highway Traffic Safety…
Based on estimates from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2014 had the lowest rate of highway fatalities on record. This is in line with a continuous decline in traffic fatalities going back to 1985, and the rate of decline seems to be accelerating. Data from the Insurance Institute for…
Some Washington motorists may have been affected by the massive recall of GM vehicles that began in February 2014. Last year, the manufacturer was forced to recall 2.6 million cars because of a faulty ignition switch that the company had known about for 10 years. The defective vehicle part can…
A Ride the Ducks amphibious vehicle carrying 36 passengers slammed into a charter bus full of North Seattle College students and staff on Thursday, September 24, 2005, around 11:15 a.m., leaving four exchange students dead on the Aurora Bridge. The students and staff were on their way to Safeco Field…
When Washington residents are in a car accident, they may not immediately realize that they have been injured. There are a number of different types of symptoms that may not show up for hours or days after a motor vehicle accident has occurred. As some of them can indicate serious…