car crashes

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and news station WPXI recently released a report on the most dangerous roads and intersections in the Pittsburgh area. The roads named in the report were chosen for the high number of car crashes that take place at these locations. According to WPXI, the number-one location for dangerous crashes in Allegheny County is Route 51, or Saw Mill Run Boulevard, in Pittsburgh. [...]

One teen was driving and another was killed on February 19 in Chester County, PA. According to Philly.com, a 17-year-old was driving a pickup truck and drove into oncoming traffic, striking a 19-year-old woman driving a BMW. According to police, excessive speeding by the pickup truck driver was likely a factor in the fatal accident. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), car crashes are [...]

A recent study on teen driving reported that 681,000 people were involved in accidents in 2008 where a teenager was driving. An article in The Times Herald states that the study showed that over 40,000 people were injured and nearly 30 percent of those who died in the crashes were cyclists, pedestrians, or occupants of other vehicles. In Pennsylvania in 2009, 41 percent of single vehicle crashes involved teen driv [...]

The Pennsylvania State police reported that the number of driving fatalities this year during the New Year’s holiday weekend nearly doubled since last year. An article in The Philadelphia Inquirer said that eleven people were killed and 220 others were injured in the 693 car crashes during the four-day period. Seventy-six of the car accidents were alcohol-related. According to The National Highway and Traffic S [...]

Police are looking for Kenney Bellegarde, a 21-year-old from Philadelphia accused of vehicular homicide for the death of Vanessa Tomlin of New Jersey in a car crash in October. Tomlin was a passenger in the vehicle Bellegarde was driving while intoxicated and was killed in the car accident. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that Bellegarde was drinking at a wedding prior to the crash and had a BAC almost double the [...]

Richard and Kristin Holmes, of West Chester, Pennsylvania were killed in a car collision on a snowy road in New York, 11 miles from Utica on December 28. Philly.com reports their car skidded sideways into an oncoming vehicle. Their two daughters were passengers in their vehicle but were not seriously injured. The driver of the other vehicle was also survived the crash. According to police, both the winter weather [...]

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Association (NHTSA), on average, approximately 28 percent of December car accidents nationwide involve drunk drivers. However, this number increases to 40 percent on Christmas and New Year’s, making alcohol and holiday travel a dangerous and sometimes deadly combination. The percentage of fatal traffic accidents involving alcohol is highest over New Year’s Eve a [...]

Two men were killed and three others were injured in a head-on collision on I-95 near Broad Street in Philadelphia on Thanksgiving, November 25. The drivers of both vehicles involved were killed and 3 passengers were seriously injured. According to Philly.com, one of the vehicles had been traveling north in the southbound lanes. According to the National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) there are [...]

Many parents who have lost children in fatal Pennsylvania car accidents are calling on legislators to pass House Bill 67, which would prohibit teen drivers from using a cell phone while driving and having more than one non-family teen in the vehicle. But legislators aren’t listening, according to The Mercury. The parents of two teens who were killed last year started working toward teen driving law reform just a [...]