Car Accident

Highways across the United States have become more lethal during the Coronavirus pandemic despite there being record-low traffic levels. With dozens of states issuing stay-at-home orders, traffic volume has decreased significantly since the middle of March. However, there has been an uptick in the number of fatal crashes because of excessive speeds on open roads.…

The COVID-19 health crisis has affected every aspect of daily life. States like New Jersey did not begin reopening businesses on any major scale until the number of cases went down, adequate testing was in place, contact tracing occurred, and other safety precautions were implemented. The shut-down orders and limited business and personal activity meant…

It is sometimes easy to determine who is a fault for causing a motor vehicle accident. Other times responsibility for causing an accident is harder to determine and more than one driver may share in the fault. This is true even in one or two-car accidents, and becomes even more likely in accidents involving three…

By now, the dangers of texting while driving are well-known. Everyone hears the statistics on TV, electronic billboards, and by every other means of communication. It falls under the umbrella of distracted driving, and for good reason. It’s been a primary source of deadly accidents all across the country for years, but are people listening?…

The New Jersey State Police report that there were 566 traffic fatalities in 2018, which was down 9.3% from the previous year when there were 624 deaths in car crashes. A story in North Jersey.com quotes Chuck Farmer of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS): “It is encouraging. It’s always nice to see the…

According to the most recent data available, 2017 was a deadly year on New Jersey highways. In fact, it was the deadliest year on New Jersey highways since 2007. Some roadways tend to have more accident hotspots than others. One stretch of highway here in the Garden State is so accident-prone, it averages at least…