Car accidents can cause serious injuries, even when there is little visible damage to a vehicle or no immediate signs of physical trauma. One common injury drivers and passengers should watch for after a car accident is a head injury. The force of a collision can...
Going into fall and winter, more people find themselves driving to and from work or running errands in the dark. When the daylight hours start getting short, it’s more essential than ever for cars to make use of their headlights. Unfortunately, it’s not uncommon to...
Car accidents can have devastating consequences. Every year, millions of people suffer injuries from car accidents. Of those millions of injuries, thousands of people suffer fatal injuries. Regardless of the outcome, the total cost of a car accident can include...
Whiplash can occur when a crash forces your neck to move rapidly backward and forward. Rear end collisions are a common cause because the sudden impact can move the head and neck forcefully within seconds. The injury may not be obvious right away. Whiplash symptoms...
Airbags are designed to reduce the force your body experiences during a collision. When an airbag is defective, however, it may deploy unexpectedly, activate with excessive force or fail to deploy when protection is needed. Malfunctioning airbag injuries can range...
Many catastrophic car crashes begin with totally reasonable driving decisions. A motorist uses their turn signal, waits for a break in traffic and then turns left. Unfortunately, an approaching driver may have ignored their signal or failed to monitor the intersection...
Rear-end collisions are relatively common. Especially given the increase in distracted driving in recent years, drivers stopped at intersections are at risk of others hitting them from behind. Many people understand that rear-end crashes can cause whiplash, which can...
A serious car accident, slip-and-fall accident or medical malpractice could leave you suffering from spinal cord injuries (SCIs). SCIs are injuries that are located along the spine, which can impact movement and feeling and cause lifelong changes. It is important to...
If you have ever felt a wave of tiredness come over you while driving, you may have decided to push on through it. Perhaps you had a deadline to meet or just wanted to get the journey over with. Either way, it’s important to know that continuing as you were was a...
The amount of force produced when motor vehicles collide is extreme. Crashes involving particularly high speeds or vehicles of significantly different sizes can be especially dangerous. Vehicle manufacturers design vehicles to bend or crumple in a particular way...
