Car Accidents & Truck Collisions

Car Accident Statistics

There were an estimated 6,420,000 car accidents in the US in 2005. There were about 2.9 million car accident injury cases and 42,636 car accident deaths. An average of 115 persons die each day in car accidents in the United States -- one every 13 minutes. According to the World Health Organization about 3000 people die in car accidents each day worldwide.  

Studies by the Insurance Research Council have shown on average, auto accident injury claimants who hired a car accident lawyer received three and a half time better settlement than they would have if they had tried to negotiate alone. (2004 Insurance Research Council study)

At Davis Law Group, we understand the devastation that can occur as a result of being in a serious auto accident.  We are committed to helping car accident, trucking accident, and motorcycle accident victims recover the just compensation they are entitled to receive under the law.

If you or a family member has suffered as the result of a car accident, Seattle car accident attorney Christopher Davis and the Davis Law Group, P.S. can help you.

Recognized For Car Accident Experience And Innovation In Washington State

Both local and national media sources recognize Davis Law Group founder Christopher Davis as a legal expert in the area of auto accident personal injury law.  He has been invited to appear on both King5 and KIRO7 television to offer legal commentary and opinion on issues that impact Washington citizens.  He has been quoted on KOMO Radio and CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 has featured one of Mr. Davis' car accident clients as a case study.  And numerous internet news sources have published auto accident injury law articles authored by Mr. Davis.

Click here to see Mr. Davis' interview on King5's Upfront with Robert Mak.

Christopher Davis has been recognized by his peers has a very experienced and successful car accident attorney.  He has been named a "Rising Star Attorney" and a "Super Lawyer" by other experienced lawyers in the field of personal injury law.  He is also the author of "The Ten Biggest Mistakes That Can Wreck Your Washington Accident Case." 

FREE Car Accident Case Review

Contact us now for a FREE consultation regarding your car accident case. There is no obligation to hire a lawyer.  We are usually retained on a contingency fee basis. There is no fee until our car accident attorneys successfully recover fair compensation for you.

CALL THE CAR ACCIDENT ATTORNEYS AT DAVIS LAW GROUP
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Our clients are from all parts of Washington State including Bellevue, Everett, Kirkland, Federal Way, Tacoma, Auburn, Olympia, Burien, Renton, Redmond, Federal Way or the greater Seattle area. Having substantial experience with auto accident claims and trying these cases in court, we have the skill and expertise necessary to help you. 

Dealing With Insurance Companies After A Car Accident Accident

Although insurance companies and many lawyers consider auto accident claims routine, that just isn't true. Every car accident and every individual injured in an auto accident is unique. Seattle car accident attorney Christopher Davis knows that a wide variety of injuries can result from a car wreck. Auto accidents may be caused by the negligence on the part of another driver, someone hauling a trailer, a truck driver or trucking company, a motorcycle, or the design and condition of the road or highway.

Insurance companies want you to believe that handling auto accident claims is a simple matter that does not require the assistance of a personal injury attorney who specializes in car accidents. But you should know that insurance adjusters are trained to reduce the amount of a settlement that you are paid. The only way to make sure that you get a fair settlement or award is to have a Seattle auto accident attorney who understands the insurance system, is well prepared and experienced in trying these cases in court, and of course, will do everything possible to fight for your rights.

Car Accidents & Truck Collisions Library

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Library for Car Accidents & Truck Collisions:

• JAMA ARTICLES: Whiplash & Related Injuries   
  Description: Below is a list of interesting articles that have appeared in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and which are focused on whiplash and related injuries.
• BOOK: Whiplash Injuries: The Cervical Acceleration/Deceleration Syndrome   
  Description: Whiplash Injuries: The Cervical Acceleration/Deceleration Syndrome by Stephen M. Foreman and Arthur C. Croft, 3rd ed, 581 pp, with illus, $99, ISBN 0-7817-2681-6, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2002.
• BOOK: Whiplash and Related Headaches   
  Description: This book explains the physical reasons for continued pain caused by whiplash and related head trauma, which affects an estimated 7 to 12 million Americans each year and costs the U.S. approximately $20 billion annually in lost work days and medical and legal expenses. The author was one of the foremost headache specialists in the U.S. This is a useful book for the medical and legal professions, the insurance industry, the headache sufferer, and anyone with a curiosity about headaches and why they can totally disrupt the quality of life in some patients, at times even to the point of total incapacitation.
• BOOK: Motor Vehicle Collision Injuries: Biomechanics, Diagnosis, and Management   
  Description: This book presents the most current concepts of chiropractic diagnostic workup, injury mechanisms, patient management, and prognosis of cervical and soft tissue injuries caused by automobiles.
• BOOK: Cineradiograms of cervical spine in diagnosis of soft-tissue injuries   
  Description: ......Cineradiograms of cervical spine in diagnosis of soft-tissue injuries E. Buonocore J. T. Hartman C. L. Nelson Cineradiograms of cervical spine in diagnosis of soft-tissue injuries. | Journal Article | Adolescent | Cervical Vertebrae......
• ARTICLE: Mechanoporation Induced by Diffuse Traumatic Brain Injury: An Irreversible or Reversible Response to Injury?   
  Description: Diffuse traumatic brain injury (DTBI) is associated with neuronal plasmalemmal disruption, leading to either necrosis or reactive change without cell death. This study examined whether enduring membrane perturbation consistently occurs, leading to cell death, or if there is the potential for transient perturbation followed by resealing/recovery. We also examined the relationship of these events to calpain-mediated spectrin proteolysis (CMSP). To assess plasmalemmal disruption, rats (n = 21) received intracerebroventricular infusion 2 h before DTBI of a normally excluded 10 kDa fluorophore-labeled dextran. To reveal plasmalemmal resealing or enduring disruption, rats were infused with another labeled dextran 2 h (n = 10) or 6 h (n = 11) after injury. Immunohistochemistry for the 150 kDa spectrin breakdown product evaluated the concomitant role of CMSP. Neocortical neurons were followed with confocal and electron microscopy. After DTBI at 4 and 8 h, 55% of all tracer-flooded neurons contained both dextrans, demonstrating enduring plasmalemmal leakage, with many demonstrating necrosis. At 4 h, 12.0% and at 8 h, 15.7% of the dual tracer-flooded neurons showed CMSP, yet, these demonstrated less advanced cellular change. At 4 h, 39.0% and at 8 h, 24.4% of all tracer-flooded neurons revealed only preinjury dextran uptake, consistent with membrane resealing, whereas 7.6 and 11.1%, respectively, showed CMSP. At 4 h, 35% and at 8 h, 33% of neurons demonstrated CMSP without dextran flooding. At 4 h, 5.5% and at 8 h, 20.9% of tracer-flooded neurons revealed only postinjury dextran uptake, consistent with delayed membrane perturbation, with 55.0 and 35.4%, respectively, showing CMSP. These studies illustrate that DTBI evokes evolving plasmalemmal changes that highlight mechanical and potential secondary events in membrane poration.
  
  
  Key words: diffuse traumatic brain injury; neuron; dextrans; membrane disruption; membrane resealing; calpain
• PRODUCT: Car Accident Collision Kit for Washington Drivers   
  Description: DocuDent USA has produced a collision kit. The kit contains a disposable camera to photograph the scene (don’t forget to shoot any tire tracks; that could come in handy if a case went to court), a few bandages, a place for documentation, an accident report form, an LED flashlight with a built-in tape measure, a pen and a whistle. All organized in a handy case.
• Speed-trap cameras approved by Senate to Reduce Car Accidents in Seattle   
  Description: Speeding drivers in Seattle could soon be caught on camera.
  
  The state Senate approved legislation Saturday that would allow the city to nab heavy-footed drivers with snapshots similar to those now used to ticket red-light-runners.
• Weather Conditions and Car Accidents   
  Description: When the weather turns bad, the chances of an auto accident can increase substantially. This article discusses some of the more common ways in which weather affects driving safety.
• Get The Facts About Car Accidents and Drunk Driving Fatalities   
  Description: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that alcohol was involved in 39 percent of fatal crashes and in 7 percent of all crashes in 2005.
• In the Blind Spot: Backup Car Accidents   
  Description: Backup collisions are when a driver puts the automobile in reverse and runs into an object, person, or other car. All cars are equipped with rear view mirrors which are adequate for detecting vehicles behind a car, but they are often inadequate when it comes to detecting small children or objects that are low to the ground and fall in the car's blind spot. Large trucks have much larger blind spots that can hide entire vehicles and large adults.
• STUDY: Pain lasts long after traumatic injury   
  Description: A surprising number of people -- more than 60 percent -- still suffer significant pain a year after a traumatic injury in a car crash or other cause, showing the need for better pain treatment, researchers said.
• The danger of blind spots: The area behind your vehicle can be a killing zone   
  Description: Every year, children are injured and killed because drivers (in some cases, parents) don't see them while backing up. According to KIDS AND CARS (www.kidsandcars.org), a nonprofit group that works to improve child safety around cars, at least 50 children are backed over every week in the U.S. Forty-eight are treated in hospital emergency rooms and at least 2 children die. There were 474 fatal backover accidents between 2001 and 2006, which represents almost half of all non-traffic fatalities that involved children.
• U.S. Fatalities by Type: Non-traffic auto accidents involving kids 15 years or younger [PDF]   
  Description: U.S. Fatalities by Type: Non-traffic auto accidents involving kids 15 years or younger
• Washington State Law: Do Not Leave Minor Children Unattended In a Motor Vehicle   
  Description: Leaving Children unattended in standing vehicle with motor running-Penalty.
  It is unlawful for any person, while operating or in charge of a vehicle, to park or willfully allow such vehicle to stand upon a public highway or in a public place with its motor running, leaving a minor child or children under the age of sixteen years unattended in the vehicle.
• Advocates: Add Safety Measures to Highway Bill   
  Description: NPR, All Things Considered, July 22, 2005 · As Congress puts finishing touches on the federal highway bill, safety advocates want more attention paid to preventive measures such as additional air bags, stronger roofs and door locks, and cameras that might reduce drivers' blind spots.
• STUDY: Crashes vs. Congestion - What's the Cost to Society? (AAA) [PDF]   
  Description: When American motorists talk about transportation problems, they generally key in on traffic. Snarled highways, epic commutes, and gridlocked business and commercial districts mar our suburban existence, weighing heavily upon our elected leaders, our policymakers, and our families. Yet there’s a more costly problem to be addressed on America’s roads: motor vehicle crashes. In 2006, traffic crashes killed 42,642 people in the United States – about 117 deaths per day, and nearly 5 every hour. Most Americans would be surprised to learn the societal costs associated with motor vehicle crashes significantly exceed the costs of congestion. AAA commissioned this study to examine the costs of crashes to society. The study, along with recommendations for improvements, is designed to raise awareness of the importance
  of transportation investments, and provide policy-makers, departments of transportation, and the public with information on the magnitude of the safety problem.
• TV: Anatomy of a Crash (Discovery Channel)   
  Description: Investigate real accidents and take an inside look at what happens at the moment of impact; discover the most common injury in a car accident and how it can be avoided.
• DVD: Anatomy of a Car Crash   
  Description: William Haddon Jr. set the first federal safety standards for motor vehicles in the 1960s. His legacy continues today as specialists around the globe try to prevent car crashes and related injuries.
• ARTICLE: Fewer Teenagers Behind the Wheel of a Car   
  Description: Car accidents account for one-third of all deaths of 16- to 18-year-olds, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
• NEWS: Crash damages Alaskan Way Viaduct   
  Description: A young driver suffered minor injuries in a crash that damaged the Alaskan Way Viaduct early 3/3/8.
• ARTICLE: The Wrong-way Driving Accident Epidemic In Washington State   
  Description: There seems to be a sudden increase in wrong-way driving accidents occurring in the metro Seattle area. We decided to look into the matter to find out just how big of a problem wrong-way driving is in Washington State. What we discovered was somewhat surprising.
• REPORT: Cell Phone Driving Laws   
  Description: Several states restrict cell phone use while driving automobiles. Many states have identified cell phone use by novice drivers as an emerging highway safety problem, the cause of many car accident and have thus restricted the practice.
• NEWS: Driving while distracted: Safety campaign cites dangers   
  Description: The Network of Employers for Traffic Safety, a coalition of government and corporate members interested in reducing traffic accidents, estimates that one-quarter to one-half of the roughly 6 million crashes each year are caused by distracted drivers.
• NEWS: Reckless driver causes two accidents, commuter nightmare   
  Description: A motorist who struck two vehicles early Wednesday caused a massive backup along Interstate 405 during the Seattle and Bellevue morning commute.
• ARTICLE: Car Crashes And The Elderly   
  Description: While the conventional wisdom is that older drivers represent a substantial threat to other drivers, the truth of the matter may be that they represent a bigger threat to themselves. A new study released by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety found drivers over the age of 65 are almost twice (1.78 times) as likely to die in car crashes as drivers age 55 to 64.
• NEWS: Top 10 safety features to help avoid accidents and injuries in the future   
  Description: The NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) has implemented a standard making electronic stability control (ESC) equipment mandatory in all vehicles, estimating that the universal adoption of this technology by 2011 will save 10,000 lives a year.
• NEWS: Man gets hit by car, sets world record: He gets ‘Greatest Distance Thrown in a Car Accident’ after flying 118 feet   
  Description: CONNELLSVILLE, Pennsylvania - Matthew McKnight hopes nobody manages to top his feat in the Guinness Book of World Records.
• NEWS: 7-car collision causes I-5 backups   
  Description: Troopers say it's another example of how dangerous it can be when drivers don't properly secure their loads.
• ARTICLE: Allstate injury claim documents examined   
  Description: Allstate Insurance Co. rigged a computer program to produce artificially low values for injury claims, sent fraudulent information to state regulators to avoid scrutiny, and accepted lawsuits over its claims handling as a cost of doing business, an attorney for a Richmond woman argued yesterday in the first day of a $1.425 billion civil trial.
• NEWS: Speed trap camera could be coming to a dangerous intersection near you   
  Description: Washington State lawmakers add speed cameras to dangerous intersections to help avoid car accidents and pedestrian collisions.
• NEWS: Car accident blocks Columbia Heights Road   
  Description: A car accident blocked Columbia Heights Road in the Maplewood Drive area, according to the Cowlitz County Sheriff’s office. Police were diverting traffic away from the lower portion of Columbia Heights Road. Details of the accident and how long that section of road will be closed were not immediately available.
• Car Accident Concussions   
  Description: Rosanne Naunheim, M.D. of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis discusses the damage created when having a concussion and a simple one page test that can be used for a quick diagnosis.
• MEDICAL: Learn about whiplash   
  Description: Definition, description, causes, risk factors, symptoms, and treatment of whiplash injuries which are common to auto accident victims.
• ARTICLE: Most people belive they are good drivers   
  Description: That's the picture that emerges from the most recent Royal Automobile Club (RAC) Report on Motoring in which a survey shows 78 per cent of motorists rate their own driving highly whilst few think others are very good behind the wheel.
• NEWS: Global Road Safety Crisis - U.N August 2007   
  Description: Road traffic crashes are still near the top as a cause of human injuries and deaths - almost 1.2 million killed and millions injured.
• REPORT: SUVs and pickups not good in U.S. 2006 crash stats   
  Description: The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) report on traffic fatalities and estimates of injuries for 2006 shows some interesting trends.
• ARTICLE: Car Crashes And The Elderly   
  Description: A new study released by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety found drivers over the age of 65 are almost twice (1.78 times) as likely to die in car crashes as drivers age 55 to 64.
• ARTICLES: Car Accidents And Eating While Driving   
  Description: They may not think it's safe, but most drivers responding to a new poll admit to keeping one eye and one hand on a meal while driving. Eating a meal turned out to be the most-common distracting activity drivers undertake. In fact, 65 percent of drivers stated they eat while driving, according to a PEMCO Insurance poll on driver distraction.
• ARTICLE: Computing While Driving: A Car Accident Waiting To Happen   
  Description: According to an article in the New York Times, the switch from flying to driving is being pushed by business drivers who install wireless laptops and portable desks so they can get work done along the way. One computer-network engineer outfitted his car with mobile file storage, a portable desk, wireless laptop, and printer.
• NEWS: Man gets 3 years in prison for crash that killed fiancee   
• REPORT: Seat Belts in the Prevention of Automobile Injuries   
  Description: Report of the committee on accident prevention.
• STUDY: Fatal Motor Vehicle Accidents of Child Passengers from Birth Through 4 Years of Age in Washington State   
  Description: During the decade beginning Jan 1, 1970 and ending Dec 31, 1979, approximately 39,500 child passengers aged 0 to 4 years were in motor vehicle accidents reported and investigated in the State of Washington; 148 (0.4%) of the children were killed outright or subsequently died. Of the 39,500 children, approximately 6,300, or 16%, were wearing some type of safety restraint and only two, or 1:3,150, were killed. On the other hand, 33,200 were not wearing restraints and 146, or 1:227, were killed. If these ratios are extrapolated, one might conclude that if all the children had been wearing restraints, there would have been 93% fewer deaths. A d etailed analysis was performed on 39 fatalities for the years 1977, 1978, and 1979. Fatal accidents involving young children in Washington State usually occurred under ordinary circumstances on dry roads at low speeds during daylight hours and were unrelated to alcohol usage.
• STUDY: Children's Behavior During Automobile Rides: Do Car Seats Make a Difference?   
  Description: The behavior of children riding in automobiles with their mothers was assessed by having an observer accompany them on repeated 15-minute automobile rides. Children riding in car seats exhibited very high levels of appropriate or safe behavior, whereas children not riding in car seats exhibited very low levels of appropriate behavior. When car seats were introduced to those children who previously had not used them, the level of appropriate behavior improved dramatically.
• REPORT: Teaching Car Passenger Safety to Preschool Children   
  Description: An educational curriculum entitled "Bucklebear" was designed to increase safety seat and seat belt use in young children enrolled in preschool programs (day care centers and nursery schools).
• STUDY: Airbag-Induced Eye Injuries In Car Accidents   
  Description: he National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's National Accident Sampling System for the years 1984-1994 was accessed to identify automobile accidents that included airbag deployment and injury to the ocular region.
• STUDY: Air bag injuries and occupant protection   
  Description: Analysis of the investigations of crashes involving automobiles equipped with air bags verifies the estimations of the lifesaving and injury reduction benefits of this supplemental restraint system.
• STUDY: Upper Extremity Injuries Related to Airbag Deployments   
  Description: Details on airbag injuries to the upper extremity are relatively unknown to clinicians. The injuries presented here should provide a clear understanding of the mechanisms of forearm, hand, and wrist injuries that may be seen by emergency room physicians.
• STUDY: Lower Extremity Injuries in Drivers of Airbag-Equipped Automobiles: Clinical and Crash Reconstruction Correlations   
  Description: To determine the relationship between airbags and lower extremity injuries, 10 drivers admitted to a level-I trauma center with substantial lower extremity trauma incurred in crashes involving airbag-equipped vehicles were studied in depth with regard to their injuries, the circumstances of the crashes, and the medical charges for the acute management of those injuries.
• STUDY: Automobile crash simulation with the first pregnant crash test dummy.   
• NEWS: Streetcar hits truck Tuesday   
  Description: It is the second streetcar collision since the system started running on Dec. 12. Seattle transportation spokesman Rick Sheridan said the purple streetcar was heading north on Westlake Avenue at 11:47 a.m. At the intersection with Denny Way, a pickup truck in the left lane made a right turn in front of the streetcar, and the vehicles collided, he said.
• STUDY: Acute Treatment of Whiplash Neck Sprain Injuries: A Randomized Trial of Treatment During the First 14 Days After a Car Accident.   
  Description: To study the long-term consequences of whiplash neck sprain injuries in patients treated with two different regimes during the first 14 days after the car accident.
• STUDY: Pain after whiplash: a prospective controlled inception cohort study   
  Description: Initial pain was reported by 47% of accident victims; 10% had neck pain alone, 18% had neck pain together with headache, and 19% had headache alone. The median duration of the initial neck pain was 3 days and maximal duration 17 days. The median duration of headache was 4.5 hours and the maximum duration was 20 days. After 1 year, there were no significant differences between the accident victims and the control group concerning frequency and intensity of these symptoms.
• STUDY: Simulation of Whiplash Trauma Using Whole Cervical Spine Specimens   
  Description: Whiplash trauma has been simulated in biomechanical experiments using volunteers, whole body cadavers, animals, anthropometric dummies, and mathematic models.
• STUDY: Early mobilization of acute whiplash injuries.   
  Description: Acute whiplash injuries are a common cause of soft tissue trauma for which the standard treatment is rest and initial immobilisation with a soft cervical collar.
• STUDY: Mechanism of whiplash injury.   
  Description: To propose a different hypothesis of whiplash injury mechanism based on a series of experimental studies summarized in this communication.
• STUDY: Do "whiplash injuries" occur in low-speed rear impacts?   
  Description: A study was conducted to find out whether in a rear-impact motor vehicle accident, velocity changes in the impact vehicle of between 10 and 15 km/h can cause so-called "whiplash injuries".
• STUDY: Presenting symptoms and signs after whiplash injury   
  Description: Objective: To assess the relationship between accident mechanisms and initial findings after whiplash injury.
• STUDY: Outcome of 'whiplash' neck injury.   
  Description: Psychological factors have been alleged to be important in the course and outcome of 'whiplash' neck injury but there is little quantitative evidence.
• STUDY: WHIPS--Volvo's Whiplash Protection Study   
  Description: Whiplash associated disorders (WAD) resulting from rear end car impacts are an increasing problem. WAD are usually not life threatening, but are one of the most important injury categories with regard to long-term consequences. This paper is a review of Volvo's Whiplash Protection Study (WHIPS), which is the result of more than ten years of concentrated research efforts in the area of neck injuries in car collisions, with the focus on rear end car impacts.
• ARTICLE: A Car Accident Claim Needs Good Examination   
  Description: A car accident will be very demanding in terms of anxiety and other pain. If you familiarize yourself with the car accident claim, you may be in a better position to deal with the situation.
• ARTICLE: Things to learn about Hiring an Expert Vehicle Rollover Lawyer   
  Description: SUV fatalities have already risen to an alarming rate of 11 percent in 2003 to 4,451 people. This is threatening to the public since many families use this type of vehicle. SUVs have accounted for 25 percent of vehicle sales in 2004 reaching over 22 million.
• ARTICLE: What Is The Most Important Car Safety Feature When It Comes To Reducing The Chances Of Whiplash?   
  Description: When used correctly, the back of the headrest should be as close to the back of the head as possible and either level with or above the top of the head. The few seconds it takes to adjust a head rest could save the driver weeks or months of discomfort, pain and inconvenience. In fact, the report suggests that taking this precaution could prevent over 125,000 whiplash injuries per year.
• ARTICLE: How to Manage an Automobile Accident Claim with Your Attorney   
  Description: It is an unfortunate experience being involved in a road catastrophe especially if you were injured due to somebody’s negligence or misdemeanor. However, the actual filing of an automobile accident claim may be more difficult if you do not fully understand your rights and privileges as an injured victim. Thus, this article aims to explain briefly the things that you should know if you wish to bring a lawsuit in court.
• ARTICLE: Understanding the Features of Your Car Insurance   
  Description: Most of the people tend to believe that in the process of buying a car, choosing its insurance coverage is as simple as finding the right car. The fact is that car insurance can actually be pretty complicated.
• ARTICLE: You've been involved in an accident and you have been injured. Now What?   
  Description: Here's an easy-to-follow guide to help answer some of those questions and assist you in getting through this difficult time.
• ARTICLE: Important Matters Affecting Auto Collision Liability   
  Description: Automobile collisions usually result in cases filed in court but they actually differ when it comes in the determination of liability. Commonly, even small personal injury claim cases may take a long time to resolve due to various issues that are needed to discuss first.
• ARTICLE: Airbags Can Save Lives   
  Description: During the 1950s, the airbag was developed in order to increase safety and lessen the harmful outcome of automobile accident injuries. Since the creation of the airbag, there have been many studies that suggest fatality rates are reduced by nearly half in those that have vehicles with built-in airbags.
• ARTICLE: Personal Injury Insurance Claim   
  Description: In America personal injury protection is now a required form of insurance cover in many states although the amount does vary depending where you are in the USA.
• ARTICLE: Practical Tips for Victims of Serious Accidents   
  Description: If you have been severely injured in whatever type of accident, it is but significant that you know what course of action to take at the very start. Doing this, you could avoid encountering more serious implications during the days following your accident or worse, avoid being unable to file an accident injury claim against those at fault and liable for your injuries and recover damages.
• ARTICLE: To claim or not to claim   
  Description: According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), a total of 42,642 deaths and 2.575 million injuries resulted from car crashes in 2006.
• ARTICLE: Parking Lot Accident - Fault, Negligence and Other Issues   
  Description: Most parking lots in America are considered private property, and most of the accidents are low speed impacts. This means that "usually" there will not be people making bodily injury claims, at least not at the scene. The combination of the two allows the police decline your call for help. It is very likely that the police will not respond to document the damages.
• ARTICLE: Do not wait long – Hire a Personal Injury Trial Attorney Right Away!   
  Description: Have you sustained injuries through another's wrongful act or negligence? If you did then it is justifiable for you to file for claims so that the damages on you and your property can be compensated, at least.
• ARTICLE: Collect Witness Statements to Strengthen Your Injury Claim   
  Description: The success of your injury claim may end up relying on witness statements.
• ARTICLE: Healing From Car Accidents   
  Description: No matter how much you try to drive carefully and responsibly, you'll never know when accidents can happen. Car accidents are very traumatic and can leave crash survivors in shock or full of guilt, fear, nervousness, or anger. All these emotions are normal reactions to the situation.
• NEWS: Allstate gives documents to regulator   
  Description: McKinsey produced about 13,000 pages of documents for Allstate in the 1990s as it developed methods for the insurer to become more profitable by paying less in claims.
• NEWS: Lawmakers putting brakes on dialing while driving   
  Description: Although the data remains sparse, experts say most phone-related crashes occur during conversation, not while dialing, which would suggest hands-free headsets are not particularly effective.
• ARTICLE: The Common Causes of Truck Accidents   
  Description: A short listing and explanation of the common causes of truck accidents.
• ARTICLE: Crashworthiness: A Legal Doctrine   
  Description: Although there are many outside factors in a car accident, one factor that is often downplayed is the crashworthiness of the car. This refers to the car manufacturer and if the car was made to withstand an accident or not. A car that cannot endure impact from an accident can be the cause of injury to the passengers in the car.
• ARTICLE: School Bus Accidents Can Be Prevented by Safety Training and Parking Lot Design   
  Description: At fault was the school district for failing to provide a parking lot with visibly designated markings; failing to provide appropriate cross walks; and failing to provide a school safety plan for bus arrivals and departures
• ARTICLE: Ten Things To Do Following An Automobile Accident   
  Description: After a car accident.
• ARTICLE: What To Do Right After An Automobile Accident   
  Description: Have you been injured in a road or traffic accident? Whether the injuries you sustained are serious or not, it is still best to know what you should do right after such incidents.
• ARTICLE: Washington State's new emphasis to stop drunken driving   
  Description: Under a program dubbed X-52, the Washington Traffic Safety Commission will funnel $450,000 in federal money to law enforcement agencies around the state to help pay for extra drunk driving patrols.
• NEWS: 1 dead in head-on crash on Kent-area highway   
  Description: The accident occurred on State Route 515 in South King County when the driver's car crossed the center line and hit a pickup traveling the opposite direction.
• NEWS: SPD officer hurt in collision   
  Description: A Seattle Police officer was rushed to the hospital after a serious crash Monday evening. Three vehicles were involved in the collision. The officer’s vehicle collided with another driver Monday evening near the intersection of Boren and Pike in downtown Seattle and one of the three vehicles involved in the collision ended up flying into a building.
• GUIDE: A consumer's guide to buying auto insurance [PDF]   
  Description: Your insurance policy is a contract between you and your insurance company. It spells out exactly what the company agrees to do in exchange for the premium that you pay. This auto insurance guide can help you understand your policy. Published by: Washington State Office of the Insurance Commisioner
• GUIDE: 2006 Private Passenger Auto Insurance Company Complaints   
  Description: The insurance company consumer complaint comparison guide provides you with helpful information to assess your insurance company and compare it against other companies. The consumer complaint index measures the number of consumer complaints for one company in relation to other companies in the same market. Published by: Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner
• GUIDE: Personal Injury Protection Insurance   
  Description: The law does not require you to have PIP coverage, but your insurance company must offer it to you. Learn more in this guide published by the Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner
• LAW: Washington State Mandatory Auto Insurance Law [PDF]   
  Description: The law requires anyone driving a motor vehicle in our state to have an insurance liability policy, a certificate of deposit, or a liability bond to the required limits. This guide explains. Published by the Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner.
• RADIO: Moms Discuss Teen Driving Safety   
  Description: A recent rash of fatal car accidents involving teen drivers in the Washington, D.C., area has refocused attention on safety for young drivers. NPR, November 27, 2007.
• FREE REPORT: How To Determine The Value Of A Personal Injury Case [PDF]   
  Description: There is no magic formula or process by which someone can predict with certainty the amount of money that a personal injury case may be worth. If there were, then society wouldn’t have a need for insurance adjustors, personal injury lawyers, etc. One could simply apply the “formula” to come up with the value of a case. Unfortunately, it doesn't work that way. Insurance companies and injured persons rarely agree on a figure. This report will give you some idea of the factors involved in determining the value of a case.
• FREE REPORT: Injury Case Roadmap - The Legal Process For Personal Injury Cases [PDF]   
  Description: More and more insurance companies are taking a very aggressive stance in settling accident claims. Certain carriers have a reputation for making unreasonably low settlement offers, even if the injuries are severe. It may (in some cases it is not) be advantageous to file a lawsuit immediately. Once a lawsuit is filed, the court will set certain milestones and deadlines. This report will help you understand this process.
• FREE REPORTS: Insurance Industry Settlement Tactics - How To Navigate The Injury Accident Claim War Zone On Your Own [PDF]   
  Description: Did you know that the day you were injured you entered a war zone with the insurance industry? Over the past 30+ years, the insurance industry has spent billions of dollars on advertising to spread false and misleading information about accident claims. The industry wants people to believe that the justice system is out of control and that people who file lawsuits are getting millions of dollars for minor injuries. This report tells you the truth.
• FREE REPORT: Looking For A Lawyer - How To Choose The Right Attorney For Your Accident Case [PDF]   
  Description: How on earth does someone who has never had to hire an attorney wade through all of these ads and find a qualified personal injury attorney, let alone someone that is good?? Finding a good personal injury attorney can be challenging, but not impossible. This report contains some guidelines, which if followed, should make your search easier and also relieve some anxiety.
• FREE: Looking For A Lawyer - The Truth About Attorney Finder Websites and Directories [PDF]   
  Description: Are you looking for a lawyer? Using the internet to find one? Beware of websites that say they will help you locate, evaluate, and choose a lawyer. These sites are not always what they appear to be. They are not a public service. More often than not these sites are simply paid advertising spots.
• FREE REPORT: Mandatory Arbitration - The Alternative To Trial [PDF]   
  Description: In Washington, most of the superior courts have adopted a program known as “mandatory arbitration.” Arbitration is another way to resolve a case instead
  of going to trial. Read this report to learn more.
• FREE REPORT: My Attorney - What A Personal Injury Lawyer Can Do For You [PDF]   
  Description: I can’t speak for every personal injury attorney, but I can tell you what I do for my own clients in any given case. This report offers you a list and description of what I believe to be the "standard of legal care" in a personal injury case.
• FREE REPORTS: Tough Questions - Questions the Insurance Adjustors Don't Want You To Ask [PDF]   
  Description: Most insurance adjustors are highly trained adversaries, although most people would never think this, at least not in the beginning of the claims process. Now, most people understand that the insurance company’s job is to make money and that one way it does this is by settling claims for less than the claim is worth. Yet, most people are unaware of how sophisticated, yet simple, the methods the carrier will utilize to help it accomplish this goal. Here are some questions that often will make the insurance company squirm. No, the carrier doesn’t like it when you ask these questions because it either cannot answer the question or worse, the answer is one they do not like to hear.
• NEWS: 5 seriously injured in crash   
  Description: Five people were injured in a three-car accident in the intersection of Telegraph and James Street roads Saturday evening. A passenger car eastbound on Telegraph Road apparently ran a stop sign just after 6 p.m., colliding with another passenger car that was northbound on James Street Road, Washington State Patrol Trooper Bob Wilson said. A northbound Chevy pickup truck could not stop in time and collided with both cars. Five people, all from the two cars, were transported to St. Joseph Hospital.
• NEWS: in wreck remains critical   
  Description: BLAINE - A Ferndale woman arrested earlier this week after a car wreck that killed another driver remains in critical condition, according to a hospital spokeswoman. Elyssa Birman, 28, was driving a Chevy Lumina southbound on Blaine Road shortly after 8 a.m. Dec. 18 when she tried to pass a pickup truck, according to the Washington State Patrol
• NEWS: Driver in car wreck dies   
  Description: The driver who was critically injured in a violent car wreck Friday on Eldridge Avenue died at St. Joseph Hospital. Peterson and his three passengers were rushed to the hospital after Peterson's car ran into St. Paul's Episcopal Church about 1:50 a.m. Friday.
• NEWS: Teen critical after accident   
  Description: A Blaine teen was in critical condition after crashing his car on the 3500 block of Bay Road Sunday night.
• NEWS: Teens hurt in high-speed crash   
  Description: A car burst into flames after authorities say its newly licensed driver ignored a stop sign and crashed, critically injuring one passenger Sunday.
• NEWS: Lesson in physics convinces woman to always buckle up   
  Description: The No. 1 contributing cause of automobile deaths was and still is the deadly head-on collision. When two cars traveling 45 miles an hour are involved in a head-on collision, their total speed at impact is equal to 90 miles per hour. The victim is either thrown through the windshield or free of the car and killed instantly when the automobile crushes him.
• NEWS: Alcohol Contributes to Sunday Crash   
  Description: A 24-year-old Fort Lewis man totaled his car Sunday morning after falling fell asleep behind the wheel along Highway 16 near Port Orchard.
• NEWS: Two Injured in South Kitsap Collision   
  Description: Two drivers were taken to area hospitals following an accident at the corner of Phillips Road and Sedgwick Road in South Kitsap.
• NEWS: Two Critically Injured in Highway 3 Crash   
  Description: Two people were critically injured Monday afternoon during a three-car collision on Highway 3 near Bremerton National Airport.
• NEWS: 1 Dead, Another Injured After Car Crash in Suquamish   
  Description: A woman was killed Saturday night in a single-car crash after the vehicle she was riding in hit a tree.
• NEWS: Younger Ages Cited in Kitsap's 2007 Traffic Fatality Statistics   
  Description: Nineteen people have died in traffic-related accidents this year on the roads of Kitsap County, according to records compiled by MADD and the Kitsap Sun. But of those deaths, 42 percent of them involved residents aged 26 and younger, and 63 percent involved people 38 and younger.
• FREE REPORT - Buyer Beware - Things To Know About Insurance In Washington State [PDF]   
  Description: The Minimum Insurance Requirements for Washington State
  Many states have laws that require motorists to purchase a minimum amount of automobile liability insurance. In Washington State, a motorist must purchase a liability policy with minimum coverage of at least...
• FREE REPORT - Buyer Beware - What You Need To Know About Lawyer Advertising [PDF]   
  Description: You need to know a few things about lawyer advertising. For example, if you look through the yellow pages you’ll see that the ads placed by attorneys all say essentially the same thing. Very few of them actually give good useful information to make it easier for you to choose a good lawyer for your case.
• FREE REPORT - Common Insurance Industry Arguments [PDF]   
  Description: If you have been injured in a car accident insurance companies may try to defeat or diminish the value of your claim with a laundry list of arguments. Here are just a few.
• FREE REPORT - Do You Really Need An Attorney To Help You Handle Your Accident Case [PDF]   
  Description: You definitely do NOT need an attorney for every small accident case. What is a small accident case?
• FREE REPORT - Dos And Donts Checklist - Talking With An Insurance Adjustor [PDF]   
  Description: If you have been in a car accident you will be interviewed by both an adjuster from your own insurance company and by an adjuster from the other party’s insurance company. Both adjusters are trying to minimize the amount of money that their company will pay. Follow this tip sheet to make sure you do not jeopardize your personal injury claim during these phone interviews.
• NEWS: Wrong-way crashes on the rise   
  Description: Between 1/12/07 and 1/13/08 the State Patrol received 23 reports of wrong-way drivers in King County. The number of wrong-way driving fatalities in the Puget Sound area and the Cascade Mountains is at least eight in the last year.
• NEWS: Fife woman killed in I-5 accident near SeaTac   
  Description: A 22-year-old woman from Fife was killed after her jeep was struck in a multiple vehicle accident on northbound Interstate 5.
• NEWS: Older, dangerous drivers a growing problem   
  Description: Fatality rates for drivers begin to climb after age 65, according to a recent study by Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh and the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, based on data from 1999-2004. From ages 75 to 84, the rate of about three deaths per 100 million miles driven is equal to the death rate of teenage drivers. For drivers 85 and older, the fatality rate skyrockets to nearly four times higher than that for teens.
• ARTICLE: General Motors Announces New Rollover Crash Test   
  Description: General Motors has announced the opening of a new and improved crash test facility, which will offer simulated rollover tests to help enhance consumer safety. Every year in the United States, 10,800 people are killed in rollover crashes and over 16,000 people are seriously injured.
• NEWS: 2 killed, 1 injured in I-405 collision   
  Description: Two people were killed and another injured in an apparent head-on crash on northbound Interstate 405.
  Troopers think the collision might have been the result of a vehicle traveling the wrong way on the freeway.
• NEWS: Texting while driving now illegal   
  Description: On Jan. 1, sending a text message while behind the wheel could incur a fine of up to $101. According to a new Washington state law aimed at curbing road fatalities, any driver pulled over for a traffic violation and subsequently caught sending, writing or reading a cell phone text message is punishable. Officers will also have the right to confiscate a driver’s phone.
• NEWS: Family seeks help for deadly road   
  Description: The two-mile-plus stretch of two-lane road is a curvy roller coaster ride, the kind gobbled up by sports cars on a summer day. There are no street lights.
• NEWS: Tenino man drives wrong way on freeway, hits two vehicles   
  Description: Tenino man faces vehicular assault and hit and run charges after he reportedly drove his pickup truck the wrong way on Interstate 5 in Nisqually overnight Friday and struck two other vehicles.
• ARTICLE: Safety Most Important In Teen's First Car   
  Description: Getting that driver's license signifies freedom, but it also signifies new responsibilities. Most teen drivers take this responsibility seriously, but their driving inexperience makes them the age group with the highest crash risk of any age group for traffic fatalities.
• STATS: Car Accident Statistics   
  Description: According to the car accident statistics released by the United States Department of Transportation’s (USDOT’s) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), there were almost 43,000 deaths in 2002 because of car accidents. The car accident fatalities for the year 2003 stand at 42,643.
• ARTICLE: Seat Belt Injuries Could Signal More Serious Trauma In Children   
  Description: Ill-fitting seatbelts raise the risk of serious injury to children involved in car accidents. And seat belt injuries should alert physicians to look for signs of more serious consequences, particularly spinal cord injury, which is not always immediately apparent.
• NEWS: Road Rant   
  Description: Seattle drivers are some of the most civil in the country, according to a survey on road rage released earlier this year.
• BULLETIN BOARD: Road Rant   
  Description: What driving habit bugs you the most? Tailgating? Driving too slow? Not signaling? Improper merging? Join the conversation on the Seattle Times bulletin board.
• NEWS: More states prohibit chatting and driving   
  Description: States are expected to pursue distraction laws in 2008, with a particular focus on inexperienced drivers.
• NEWS: Drivers on Cellphones Said to Impede Commuters   
  Description: Drivers talking on cellphones are probably making your commute longer, a new study concludes.
• NEWS: New law fines those who send text messages while driving   
  Description: Under a new law that takes effect January 1, 2008, drivers who read and compose text messages could face a $124 ticket. If texting while driving leads to a car accident, the ticket could increase to $175.
• NEWS: SUV collides with South Lake Union trolley   
  Description: Streetcar line went out of service after it struck a car that had run a red light.
• NEWS: Companies start clamping down on employees' in-car cell phone use   
  Description: Costs of lawsuits, insurance claims have caused some corporations to prohibit workers from driving distracted
• NEWS: Cell phones and car accidents: A danger on the road   
  Description: Using a cell phone while driving is convenient, but it's not worth the risk of an accident. Motorists caused approximately 700 accidents while using cell phones last year in Washington state. Numerous studies from insurance companies and transportation authorities also continue to prove that cell-phone use increases the probability of a car accident.
• NEWS: Road Texting: A Car Accident Waiting to Happen   
  Description: The risk of getting into an auto accident while reading or writing text messages is 50 percent higher than talking on a phone while driving, according to new research. Psychologists at the University of Utah say their research supports what most consider common sense: that writing and reading text messages while driving a car increases the likelihood of an accident. Specifically, they say texting behind the wheel is 50 percent more dangerous than talking on a cell phone while driving. In another study, 9 out of 10 Americans think road texting should be outlawed.
• NEWS: From laptops to sex, drivers have more distractions   
  Description: In Washington, troopers are seeing more people commit traffic violations because they were distracted by their dashboard global navigation systems or laptops in the front seat.
• NEWS: Calls are growing for cell phone laws in cars   
  Description: For the past six years, Sen. Tracey Eide, D-Auburn, has been trying to pass a bill in Washington against hand-held cell phone driving, which would make ours the third state to do so.
• NEWS: PDA blamed for chain-reaction pileup   
  Description: A driver whose eyes were fixed on his BlackBerry slammed his Dodge van into a car stopped in traffic in the express lanes of Interstate 5 near the Ship Canal Bridge, police say. That crash set off a five-vehicle pileup that included a Community Transit bus with 28 people aboard, slightly injured a baby boy and snarled the morning commute.
• NEWS: Bill curbing car phone use advances in state Senate   
  Description: Chatty drivers using one hand to hold their phone had better not speed or break any other traffic laws if one state lawmaker's crusade against distracted drivers makes it into law this year.
• ARTICLE: Traction Tires / Traffic Lights / Street Lights   
  Description: During winter months, the state Department of Transportation and State Patrol often issue traffic alerts for traction tires advised or required, or for tire chains required, for crossing mountain passes. But what, specifically, is a traction tire? Can those left-turn arrows be programmed to change to yellow blinking arrows during times when traffic is light?
• ARTICLE: What are traction tires?   
  Description: Learn the difference between stud alternative, studded, allseason, and performance tires.
• ARTICLE: WSDOT Safe Winter Driving Tips [PDF]   
  Description: Before leaving home, find out about the driving conditions and prepare your vehicle. Safe drivers know the weather, and they know thier limits.
• NEWS: Insurance tests show cars have become far more fragile   
  Description: A series of crash tests by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety this year has shown just how badly new cars are performing in what should be minor fender benders.
• REPORT: Top Automobile Safety Picks 2008   
  Description: The Institute rates vehicles good, acceptable, marginal, or poor based on performance in high-speed front and side crash tests plus evaluations of seat/head restraints for protection against neck injuries in rear impacts. The first requirement for a vehicle to become a Top Safety Pick is to earn good ratings in all three Institute tests. Another requirement is that winning vehicles must offer electronic stability control. This requirement is based on Institute research indicating that ESC significantly reduces crash risk, especially the risk of fatal single-vehicle crashes, by helping drivers maintain control of their vehicles during emergency maneuvers.
• STUDY: HTSA Completes 2008 Rollover and Crash Tests for Vans and Pickup Trucks   
  Description: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration today announced the 2008 model year rollover ratings and crash test results for vans and pickup trucks. Top scorers in the safety tests include seven vans and 15 pickup trucks.
• NEWS: NHTSA Policy and FAQs on Cellular Phone Use While Driving   
  Description: The primary responsibility of the driver is to operate a motor vehicle safely. The task of driving requires full attention and focus. Cell phone use can distract drivers from this task, risking harm to themselves and others. Therefore, the safest course of action is to refrain from using a cell phone while driving.
• ARTICLE: Sleep Deprivation and Traffic Accidents   
  Description: In 1998, 24,318 deaths were cited from accidents related to sleep deprivation in the US. There were as well 2, 474,430 disabling injuries resulting from accidents where decreased mental efficiency and attentiveness due to sleep loss was the major causative factor.
• NEWS: Lindsay Lohan’s Hit and Run Accident   
  Description: Walking the streets of Los Angeles is becoming more and more hazardous, given the amount of drunken celebrities on our roads. This past weekend we became aware that Lindsay Lohan was arrested in Los Angeles for hit and run, and driving while under the influence of alcohol.
• NEWS: Liability in Bus Accidents   
  Description: Buses are generally thought to be a safe method of travel; after all, they are significantly larger than other vehicles on the road and many buses do not even come equipped with seat belts. A study by the National Bus Safety Council between the years 1987 and 1996 found 4.3 bus rider fatalities per year compared to 44,000 passenger vehicle fatalities over the same time frame. However, buses are involved in an alarming number of crashes, many of which prove fatal.
• ARTICLE: Tips For Getting The Best Car Insurance Rate   
  Description: Auto insurance is always a must and it is a law in every state. Not only is it required by law, it's just a good piece of mind knowing that you, your loved ones and the other driver are insured when you are out on the road.
• NEWS: No Win No Fee - Accident Claims   
  Description: Have you recently or the last 3 years been in an accident that wasn't your fault and you have suffered as part of this accident. If so you have a legal and civil right to claim compensation for your suffering from the other party.
• NEWS: Woman dies in hit-and-run crash   
  Description: The Washington State Patrol has reported the death of a woman in a hit-and-run collision south of Toppenish.
• NEWS: One dead, two hurt in truck accident   
  Description: A 22-year-old Bellingham man died and two other men were hurt early Sunday after the truck in which they were riding flipped near the 164th Street exit in Lynnwood.
• NEWS: Speeding car thief causes fatal crash that kills officer   
  Description: Speeding car thief causes fatal crash that kills officer
  Man had warrant out for his arrest, history of violence toward cops
  SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER, November 14, 2006
• NEWS: Grant will fund gate at deadly railroad crossing in Mabton   
  Description: Grant will fund gate at deadly railroad crossing in Mabton
  By ROD ANTONE, YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC, November 28, 2007
• ARTICLE: Tips to effectively battle your insurance company   
  Description: CNN offers tips to effectively battle your insurance company after a car accident or personal injury.
• STUDY: SR 99 North Corridor Study - Information About Accidents   
  Description: WSDOT typically ranks accident locations and corridors by collision cost/per mile/per year when prioritizing projects for safety improvements. The latest statistics on SR-99 in Seattle
• REPORT: 2005 Annual Washington State Highway Collision Data Summary [PDF]   
  Description: The Motor Vehicle Laws of the state of Washington require that a standard Traffic Accident Report form must be submitted when an injury or death occurs to any person, or damage to the property of any person to an apparent extent of seven hundred dollars or more. If a collision is not investigated and reported by an officer, the operators of any involved vehicles must submit their own independent Traffic Accident Report (as stated in RCW 46.52.030 and WAC 446-85-010).
  
  This report covers collisions on all State Highways in Washington State for the year 2005. Tables and charts will be used to show frequency and rate of collisions, multi-year trends, collision types, contributing circumstances and other factors.

Frequent Questions for Car Accidents & Truck Collisions:

• What happens if I was injured in a collision caused by an uninsured driver?
• What if I wasn't injured but I sustained damage to my car or other personal property?
  
• I'm confused about the different types of coverage listed on my automobile insurance policy -- what exactly is BI, UM and PIP coverage?
  

• I was injured in a rear-end collision where little damage was caused to my vehicle. The other driver's insurance company is denying my claim, saying that I could not possibly have been injured when the damage to my car was so small. What do I do now?
  

• I was injured in an accident that wasn't my fault, and now my own insurance company is requesting that I submit to a medical examination by a doctor of its own choice.  Do I have to go? 

Videos about Car Accidents & Truck Collisions:

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• Working with doctors after an accident.
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• Parents and car seat safety
• Car accident 3D animation
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• CNN 360 Anderson Cooper - Auto Insurance Part 1
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• Anderson Cooper 360 - CNN Allstate - Part 2
• CNN Report: Car Accidents and Insurance
• Car insurance companies in cahoots with repair shops?

Case Results for Car Accidents & Truck Collisions:

• $5,000,000 for Car Accident Victim - $5,000,000
• $350,000 Settlement of Drunk Driving Accident - $350,000
• $360,000 verdict on $50,000 policy because another insurance company fails to protect its insured. - $362,500 Jury Verdict
• $500,000 Jury Verdict Against Farmers Insurance Company -- Last Offer From Farmers Was $50,000 - $500,000
• $487,550 Jury Verdict Against Allstate Insured---Last Offer From Allstate $25,000 - $487,550
• $185,000 Settlement in Drunk Driving Accident - $185,000 Settlement
• $154,000 Verdict Against Allstate - Last Offer $18,000. - $154,000 Verdict
• $471,440 Verdict for Nonsurgical Back Injury - $471,440
• $454,000 Verdict for Nonsurgical Neck & Back Injuries. - $454,000
• $416,500 Combined Settlement For Minors - $416,500
• $410,000 For Rear-End Accident Victim - $410,000 Verdict
• $330,000 For 92 year-old injured in car/bus accident. - $330,000 Settlement
• $230,000 Settlement for Rear-End Accident Victim - $230,000 Settlement
• $200,000 Settlement for Rear-End Accident Victiim - $200,000 Settlement
• $155,000 Settlement for Whiplash Injury - $155,000 Settlement
• $150,000 Settlement for TOS Injury - $150,000 Settlement
• $98,000 Verdict for Whiplash Injury. - $98,000 Verdict
• $165,000 Settlement for T-bone Accident Victim - $165,000 Settlement

Web Resources for Car Accidents & Truck Collisions:

• Americn Automotive Association (AAA)

  Description: When you hear the name AAA, the first thing that comes to mind is probably maps and emergency road service, two of the cornerstones of our organization. But these days AAA is known for much more - assisting people in many facets of their lives, including travel and lodging; auto buying, leasing, renting, and repair; financial services such as loans and credit cards; and insurance needs.

• US Department of Transportation

  Description: Mission: Serve the United States by ensuring a fast, safe, efficient, accessible and convenient transportation system that meets our vital national interests and enhances the quality of life of the American people, today and into the future.

• Washington State Department of Transportation

  Description: Washington State Department of Transportation

• Seattle Area Traffic

  Description: Seattle area traffic conditions map. Updated instantly.

• Seattle Travel Alerts and Slowdowns
• Washington State Highway Map

  Description: Washington's Interstate freeways are I-5, I-205, I-405, I-705, I-82, I-182, & I-90. East-west routes are given even numbers and north-south routes odd numbers. See maps here.

• Washington State Automobile Collision Data
• Collision Report and/or Police Report

  Description: If you were involved in a collision and would like to request a copy of the collision report, complete the "Request for Copy of Collision Report" form. From Washington State Patrol.

• Speed Report (Washington State)

  Description: The Annual/Quarterly Speed Report is a source of reliable data for state highways that may be used to evaluate vehicle speed trends within the state and to assist in highway design, safety improvements and ascertain general speed trends in accident locations.

• Median Crossover Accident Analysis And The Effectiveness of Median Barriers
• WSDOT Report: Traffic And Safety Procedure

  Description: Project Report On The Safety And Accident Procedures

• WS DOT REPORT: SMALL CAR ACCIDENT EXPERIENCE IN WASHINGTON STATE
• Washington Statewide Traveler Information

  Description: From the Washington State Department of Transportation. Travel alerts, traffic reports, highway camas,travl routes, etc.

• Federal Consumer Information Center

  Description: Federal Consumer Information Center

• Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety

  Description: Alliance of consumer, health, and safety groups.

• Car Safety

  Description: Crash test updates.

• American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators - AAMVA

  Description: Non - profit organization which develops model programs in motor vehicle administration, police traffic services and highway safety. Its program development and research activities provide guidelines for more effective public service. Search for events, products and services and news room.

• American Association of State and Highway Transportation Officials - AASHTO

  Description: Non-profit, no partisan association representing all five transportation modes; air, highways, public transportation, rail and water in the 50 states, District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.

• Federal Highway Administration - FHWA

  Description: The FHWA is a part of the Department of Transportation, their job is to enhance the country's economic vitality, quality of life and environment through proactive leadership, innovation, and service excellence.

• Institute of Driver Behavior

  Description: Safety videos for the trucking industry.

• Is your teenager driving safe?

  Description: Every year, according to Allstate Insurance close to 6,000 teenagers are killed in car crashes and nearly 300,000 are injured. Despite safer cars, better roads and countless teen driving programs, the numbers have remained constant for more than a decade.

• AD/HD and Driving

  Description: Of all the potential risks to the health and safety of young people none are as likely to cause serious injury or even death as are motor vehicle accidents. Highway crashes are the biggest killer of adolescents aged 15 to 20 in the U.S., accounting for over 6,000 deaths in 1996 (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, NHTSA). For all teens, especially those with AD/HD, the development of persistently safe driving habits is essential for their safety, the safety of their passengers, pedestrians, and other drivers.

• Teen Drivers: Car Accident Fact Sheet

  Description: Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for U.S. teens, accounting for 36% of all deaths in this age group (CDC 2006). However, research suggests that the most strict and comprehensive graduated drivers licensing programs are associated with reductions of 38% and 40% in fatal and injury crashes, respectively, of 16-year-old drivers (Baker et al. 2007).

• REPORT: Improving Global Road Safety (United Nations)

  Description: Aeport on improving global road safety, prepared by the World Health Organization in consultation with the regional commissions and other partners of the United Nations Road Safety Collaboration.

• Department of Motor Vehicles

  Description: This Web site was created to provide easy-to-access information and resources for all your Department of Motor Vehicles needs.

• The Auto Channel

  Description: The Auto Channel provides daily reports on all things related to vehicles. It offers reviews of new cars and features, pricing information, and announcements from the top auto manufacturers.

• Auto Channel

  Description: The Auto Channel provides daily reports on all things related to vehicles. It offers reviews of new cars and car features, auto pricing information, and announcements from the top auto manufacturers.

• Traffic Conditions - Seattle
• Wrecked Exotic Cars

  Description: The world's leading source for an intense view into the subversively gorgeous world of crashed, mashed up automobiles.

• Car Accidents

  Description: Car Accidents.com features information about auto accident collisions, crashes, wrecks and has thousands of accident pictures.

• The Car Crash

  Description: Videos and clips of car crashes.

• Car Insurance Videos

  Description: Collection of videos that will require a good car insurance company, including car crashes, car wrecks and crazy auto accidents.

• Stapp Car Crash Conference

  Description: The premier forum for presentation of research in impact biomechanics, human injury tolerance, and related fields that advance the knowledge of land-vehicle crash injury protection.

• Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine

  Description: Aprofessional multidisciplinary organization dedicated entirely to motor vehicle crash injury prevention and control.

• Automotive Car Safety

  Description: When researching your next new car, think of your safety, or at least your family's. The vehicle that you’re thinking about buying may have the worst rollover or crash test ratings in the industry. You won’t know unless you read official reports, including crash tests, ratings, and available car safety features.

• Car Accident and Crash Stories

  Description: Have you had a lucky escape from a car crash? Tell us your story

• Car Talk

  Description: NPR's "Car Talk".

• Car Crash Test

  Description: Car buying tips combined with detailed safety information and crash-test results.

• Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

  Description: The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is an independent, nonprofit, scientific and educational organization dedicated to reducing the losses — deaths, injuries, and property damage — from crashes on the nation's highways.

• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  Description: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration(NHTSA) a part of the U.S. Department of Transportation

• Air Bag Crash

  Description: Air bag black box crash data.

• American Auto Institute

  Description: American Auto Institute emphasizes hands-on instruction and utilizes current industry
  computer systems.

• Crashworthiness Resource

  Description: This Crashworthiness Resource has been created as a resource tool for consumers with the intentions of alerting and educating people of the numerous auto defects proliferated by major car manufacturers.

• Automotive Week/The Greensheet

  Description: Since 1975, Automotive Week/The Greensheet has been the source for frank, focused and fearless coverage of the independent automotive aftermarket - unequaled market intelligence for executives in the $260 billion market.

• Auto Week
• American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS)

  Description: The American Academy of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery Foundation is one of the oldest medical associations in the nation.

• American Head and Neck Society (AHNS)

  Description: The purpose of the American Head and Neck Society is to promote and advance the knowledge of prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of neoplasms and other head and neck injuries or diseases.

• Univeristy of Washington Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Seattle,WA)

  Description: The missions of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the Univ of Washington are to provide comprehensive care to a broad patient population, to provide consultation to the community and to the region, to train the medical students, resident physicians and graduate students, and to develop and maintain a preeminence in research in the broad area of disorders affecting the organs of communication.

• Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery (UWMC), Seattle, WA

  Description: Seattle's University of Washington Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Center team includes talented physicians, registered nurses, and support staff who are committed to providing the very best in patient care.

• Otolaryngology at Washington University
• Crash Injury Research and Engineering Network (CIREN)

  Description: The Crash Injury Research and Engineering Network (CIREN) is a multi-center research program involving a collaboration of clinicians and engineers in academia, industry, and government.

• SafeCar.gov

  Description: SafeCar.gov is the nation's premier source of vehicle safety information from the government, serving the public interest.

• Celebrity Car Accidents

  Description: Many celebrities have been in car accidents. In this quiz, you will learn about a few of them. Some of these accidents were fatal, and some were not.

• American Academy of Pediatrics: Car Safety Seats

  Description: To help parents and pediatricians better understand how to use car safety seats, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has issued updated, more complete recommendations in the policy statement, "Selecting and Using the Most appropriate Car Safety Seats for Growing Children: Guidelines for Counseling Parents.

• Safety Belt Safe USA

  Description: Is your child’s car seat safe? More than 95% of the car seats checked by Safety Belt Safe U.S.A are being used incorrectly. Don’t’ take a chance with your child’s life! Safety Belt Safe U.S.A. offers a car seat checkup online.

• Slow Down Your Speed

  Description: Slowing down by just a few miles per hour will enable you to avoid some accidents, or if there is an accident, slowing down will significantly lower the severity of the accident. SLOWDOWNYOURSPEED.COM provides some statistics, (and links to many more) that will show you, and those you love, the value of slowing down.

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