Motor Vehicle Accidents

It seems like not a week passes without manufacturers and CEOs like Elon Musk saying how fully self-driving cars are just around the corner and are safer than human-operated vehicles. Nor are reports about such self-driving vehicles that uncommon. A New York Times exposé is calling into question whether Autopilot…

Kia Motors Corp. is recalling nearly 295,000 vehicles and Hyundai Motor Co. is recalling almost 129,000 vehicles due to engines that can stall or catch fire, U.S. auto safety regulators announced this month. While the South Korea-based automakers are separate companies, they share many of the same parts, such as…

Despite an overall drop in traffic fatalities nationwide, the number of deaths in crashes involving at least one large truck were largely unchanged from 2018 to 2019, according to a new study from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)’s 2019 Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS). According to the FARS…

With #MemorialDay weekend coming up, many people and their families will be hitting the roads for summer getaways. Here are a few tips from AAA and Michelin on how to stay safe on the roads this Memorial Day.

A CamTran bus hit a five-year-old boy who was riding a bicycle on Wednesday afternoon. The boy unexpectedly rushed out of an alley in the Moxham section of Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania into the path of the bus. He sustained multiple injuries, which comprised of fractures to his skull, the vertebrae in…

A chain-reaction crash on Chicago’s Kennedy Expressway involved 35 cars and sent seven individuals to the hospital with minor to severe injuries. The pileup crash, which occurred around 10:15 p.m. on the express lane, was finally cleared around 2 a.m. Tuesday morning. First responders were tasked with clearing the scene of the accident, which…

Per a USA Today article, in early October, there was a global recall issued for the Toyota Prius due to a dangerous brake defect. The story in USA Today revealed that Toyota had to recall over 300,000 2016 and 2017 Prius sedans, including 92,000 in the US and more than 200,000 in Japan. Models…

According to The Wall Street Journal, there have been at least five injuries and three deaths linked to possibly defective airbags and seatbelts in Fiat Chrysler vehicles. This has led to Fiat Chrysler issuing a worldwide recall that includes 1.9 million automobiles. What’s the Problem with the Airbags and Seatbelts in…