Princeton-Glendale Road (aka State Route 747) is an almost arrow-straight highway that connects Glendale and Monroe. Straight roads encourage fatigue and speeding. Therefore, they are much more dangerous than curved roads. In a few cases, unsafe freeway design, or improper maintenance, substantially causes car wrecks. But in most cases, design/maintenance issues are a contributing cause. Driver error causes over 95%...
To paraphrase the late, great James Brown, superhighways may run from coast to coast, but it is not easy to get anywhere. Since it opened in the late 1950s, traffic congestion and poor maintenance have contributed to many accidents on Interstate 71 in Ohio. Originally, state engineers planned for State Road 1, the route that became Interstate 71, to be...
Nobody expects to be involved in one of the worst car accidents in American history. Yet as data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) suggests, car crash fatalities have risen. Indeed, the rate of deadly motor vehicle collisions has spiked sharply in recent years. Between 2020 and 2021, fatal collisions rose by more than 10%. That number —...
Nobody expects to be hit by a drunk driver when they get behind the wheel of a car. Likewise, nobody anticipates suffering serious injuries in an alcohol-impaired crash when they buckle into a passenger seat in the car of a friend or family member. However, drunk driving crashes happen more often than you might expect. The devastating truth is that...
Drunk driving causes thousands of deaths each year and even more nonfatal injuries. When drivers get behind the wheel after consuming too much alcohol, they can cause debilitating and fatal injuries. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the costs of drunk driving are significant. To be sure, drunk driving results in physical and emotional harm that cannot...
Were You Hit by a Negligent Driver? Negligent drivers cause thousands of collisions in Ohio every year. Many of those crashes result in serious and deadly injuries to others, including motorists and pedestrians. According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, more than 1,200 people were killed in fatal crashes in the state in 2021. Thousands more people suffered nonfatal injuries....
Can I Sue a Drunk Driver? Nobody expects to be injured in a collision with a drunk driver, yet these crashes occur with some frequency. According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, there were a total of 720 OVI-related fatalities in 2021. That number represented an increase from prior years. In 2020, for example, there were 685 intoxicated driving deaths...
Who is Liable in a Multi-Vehicle Accident? Motor vehicle collisions occur with frequency in Ohio, and many of these crashes are multi-vehicle accidents. According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, there were a total of 1,244 fatal crashes in Ohio in 2021, which resulted in a total of 1,148 motor vehicle fatalities. Thousands more nonfatal accidents and injuries occur every...
Car accidents affect millions of people each year, and the injuries caused by these accidents can result in hundreds of thousands of dollars of medical bills and lost wages. It can be hard to know how to navigate financial and legal matters in the aftermath of a car accident, especially when you are dealing with serious injuries - which is...
Car accidents can cause catastrophic damage - physically and financially - which is why we want you to know how to recover financially after a car accident. Even car accidents that may not appear serious from the outside can result in debilitating injuries to the neck and spine. If you have been injured in a vehicle collision, you are not...
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