Traumatic brain injuries in the United States are frighteningly common and underdiagnosed. Their consequences can be debilitating and deadly. If a new bill is passed, the Center for Disease Control program that researches these injuries will be defunded. More than 214,000 people were hospitalized for TBIs in 2020, and the injuries killed over 69,000 the […]
Everyone speeds. At least, it can seem that way when you’re cruising down the interstate at 75 miles per hour to keep up with traffic. Although you might get away with it, you’re risking your life and the lives of others when you speed. And if you’re driving a large truck, the danger only multiplies. […]
Driving can be frustrating. Between things like traffic, construction, and inclement weather, we have all felt frustrated while driving. However, sometimes this frustration can get out of control. Pretty soon, we begin thinking “If one more person cuts me off…” or “Try that again and see what happens…” and our tempers begin to flare. We […]
News headlines in the past few years have contained the term “road rage shooting” more and more often, reporting on a deadly trend that seems to worsen with time. Aggressive driving regularly causes collisions, but now, firearms are an added factor. In the past two months — in fewer than 60 days — several road […]
Sixty percent of fatal work zone crashes in Iowa involve at least one large truck, according to a recent report using the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System. Large truck wrecks are often more catastrophic and deadly because of the vehicles’ size and weight. This is part of the Institute for Safer Trucking’s […]
A few years ago, our personal injury law firm, Craig, Kelley and Faultless LLC received a phone call from a person who indicated that he and his wife had been injured in an accident with a semi on I465, on the northwest side of Indianapolis. Since our law firm regularly handles personal injury law claims resulting […]
We’ve all heard cautionary tales about drunk driving. It’s dangerous, deadly and devastating. Though we know the risks, many of us will drive while intoxicated at least once in our lives. Every day, people have a few drinks and decide to drive. Statistics show that drunk driving kills one person every 39 minutes in the […]
In 2021, there were 180 people killed in Illinois truck wrecks, 48% more than ten years prior. Forty of these deaths took place in Cook County, the second-most-populous county in the United States and home to Chicago. The data shows that Cook County is, by far, the most dangerous area in Illinois in terms of […]
More people are killed in large truck wrecks in St. Louis County than in any of the other 113 Missouri counties. That’s not a surprising fact, considering it is the state’s most populous county, home to the city of the same name. But it reinforces an important fact: Metropolitan areas are uniquely dangerous for motorists […]
In 2021, across the state of Indiana, 167 people lost their lives in crashes involving large trucks. That number was up 49% from the benchmark recorded 10 years earlier in 2012, according to the Institute for Safer Trucking. In a previous blog post, I discussed the nationwide increase in large truck collisions and fatalities. Let’s […]
