fatal crashes

Did you know that only 1 percent of fatal truck accidents were DUI-related on the part of the truck driver as compared to other types of fatal crashes? In 2009, out of 45,435 vehicles which were involved in fatal crashes, only 17,902 or 39.4 percent were light trucks (NHTSA-FARS). In Arizona, 395 light trucks were involved in fatal crashes. That is 39.2 percent of the 1,008 vehicles [...]

A car crash on August 29 on South 61st Street in Philadelphia, PA left two men dead. An article on Philly.com reported that a man in a black Chevrolet was speeding and drove into oncoming traffic. He hit a man, 38, driving a blue Chevy SUV and both men were killed in the accident. According to the AAA Foundation, excessive speed was the cause of more than half of fatal crashes from 2003 through 2007. PennDOT sta [...]

According to Pennsylvania State Police, 10 people were killed and 361 were injured in 712 crashes investigated by troopers across PA over the four-day Fourth of July travel period. The Patriot-News, reported that 72 of the crashes were alcohol-related, including three of the fatal crashes. Over the four days, troopers arrested 339 persons for driving under the influence. In 2009, 9 people died over the three-day F [...]