There are no cars that are completely immune from a New Haven auto accident that leads to the death of the driver or a passenger in the vehicle. If you could invent a crash proof vehicle, you would make a whole lot of money. Unfortunately it is not a thing that exists. It is for this reason that there is a need for safety officials to report out on which cars present the greatest risks to drivers. In this case it is the Insurance Institute For Highway Safety (IIHS) who looks at which vehicles have the most amount of deaths per 1 million registered vehicles. The most recent data looks at vehicles in the 2020 model year and concludes that often it is the smaller vehicles with the highest horsepower that are the deadliest to drive. The study, which the IIHS conducts every three years, found that on average the Read the full article…

The summer is a great time to hit the open road and explore the world around you. You can get out of the city and into the country for a day trip or head further down the coast and check out other desirable beach communities. These road trips can be so much fun and give you and your companions who are along for the ride a sense of nostalgia, but they also present some significant risks if you’re not taking care of your vehicle before you hit the road. A vehicle that is not serviced properly before an extended road trip could put you and your passengers in a situation where you might find yourself injured from a New Haven auto accident that was caused, in part or fully, but a vehicle that wasn’t ready for the trip. So, it is important that before you head out on your exciting Read the full article…

A recent New Haven area truck accident caused a road in Clinton, Connecticut to be shutdown and Eversource to investigate the accident and mobilize to turn power back on to area residents who lost it when the truck spun out of control and sideswiped a number of utility poles. Drivers on the road were lucky that the crash did not involve any other motorists who were sharing the road at the time. Truck accidents on non-highways are rare, but they do occur and when we are sharing side roads with larger vehicles it is important to understand the dangers of these vehicles being on these more narrow, slower traveling roads. Of course two-axle vehicles can certainly share the road with these much larger vehicles, but there needs to be some understanding of the dangers that can be caused by sharing this space with each other. In order to keep yourself Read the full article…

Since the start of the global pandemic traffic deaths have been on the rise in the United States. In fact, in the second half of 2020 all the way through the end of 2022 and into 2023 deaths from auto accidents have been alarmingly high. This trend has been seen nationally and locally as New Haven auto accident deaths are also on the rise in an alarming way. On the national level, since the end of 2019 there has been an increase of nearly 6,000 auto accident fatalities per year. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in 2022 there were 42,795 lives lost in auto accidents. Studies have shown that this rise began at the end of 2020 and has continued long after roads returned to normal traffic patterns. Why is this? Safety experts have pointed to a number of factors that have contributed to the rise Read the full article…

Today is a day to celebrate the independence of America. It’s an annual opportunity for all of us to gather, toast and celebrate the great American experiment. Sadly, it can also become a time when New Haven personal injuries arise because we do not celebrate as carefully as we should and therefore we get ourselves in situation where we can get hurt quite badly. There are many different ways to celebrate this holiday. Many people will go to the beach. Some will go to cookouts at friends houses or host them in their own backyards. Some will spend the later evening at fireworks displays either hosted by the city they live in or by the neighbors who share space with them. No matter how you’re celebrating you should always do so safely and with an eye towards keeping yourself and those you are celebrating with free from injury while you’re Read the full article…