From the start of 2020 the city of New Haven has seen significantly less traffic on our roads.  With businesses shuttered and employees working from home there have been fewer and fewer cars on the roads.  While businesses now open up there are still less cars due to the increased need for work from home options. While the streets were significantly less busy in the first six months of 2020 there have also been less New Haven auto accidents as reported on by the Connecticut Crash Data Repository.  This group, which studies the impacts of traffic on auto accidents and fatalities recently reported out that the decline of traffic on Connecticut roads starting in January led to far fewer accidents as well. As you might expect, accidents declined sharply in the first half of 2020 compared to the same time in 2019.  In 2019 there were 54,245 car crashes on Read the full article…

AAA reports that nearly 80% of Americans are considering a road trip this fall as a getaway.  While many will hit the road, so too will their furry friends and it is important to keep pets safe as well.  While safety precautions such as seatbelts and properly inflated tires will help keep the whole car safe from New Haven auto accidents, there are some additional measures you can take to keep your pet safe as well. One of the key things you can do to keep you and your pet safe is to not engage in distracted driving.  In this case, we’re not talking about your cell phone, but rather in those drivers that become distracted due to their pets riding along.  For instance, in a recent study AAA found that nearly 52 percent of respondents who had their dog along for a ride reporting petting their dog while driving.  Read the full article…

A New Haven auto accident is not the only way that someone can get injured in a vehicle.  In fact, there are quite a few ways that kids can get injured in and around the car. It is common knowledge that kids should be wearing seatbelts when riding in the car, but there are some things to think about to protect your kids in other ways when they are in the car.  These three suggestions from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) are all critical in keeping your children safe in the car. Never leave your keys in the ignition when there are kids in the car.  Kids are curious and there are very real possibilities that a child would find his/her way to putting the car in drive, reverse, or even neutral and find a way to get the car moving.  Of course, a moving Read the full article…

You may be surprised to learn that although we’ve seen many New Haven auto accidents in recent years, the state ranks as having the 6th best drivers in the country.  This is according to a recent study by SmartAsset. The study looked at the following criteria for how to rank states and whether their drivers were good or bad. What percentage of drivers in the state are insured DUI arrests per 1,000 drivers Fatalities per 1,000,000 miles traveled Taking into account these criteria, Connecticut drivers finished as some of the best in the country.  The state was ranked just behind New York, Maine, Vermont, Nebraska, Utah, and Massachusetts.  Of course the big question is, which states have the WORST drivers.  Of course the study looked at that too and concluded that the following states were the top 5 worst drivers in the nation: California Florida Tennessee Nevada Mississippi This study surprised Read the full article…