Very few good things happen after midnight on Connecticut’s roads and that was the case when a group of teenagers who had stolen an SUV took to the roads of the city of Waterbury at nearly 2:30a and got into a crash that killed one of the teens in the vehicle. The devastating crash impacted five other passengers, the girl who was thrown from the vehicle and died on impact, another 15-year old who was in critical condition after the accident and three other people who were involved in the crash who sustained minor injuries. While this accident occurred away from the Elm City, these types of New Haven auto accidents do occur from time to time and they are devastating when they happen. In this particular incident there were a number of illegal activities involved in the incident, but in some accidents there is no illegal activity involved they Read the full article…

While there are not amusement parks in New Haven specifically, there are quite a few within a short drive of the Elm City. If you’re planning on taking your family or some friends to one of the area amusement parks you should be aware that there are certain dangers that can arise leaving you injured from a slip and fall accident. These accidents can be severe and require medical attention immediately. There is nothing that would ruin a fun outing to an amusement park like getting injured due to an avoidable injury. It is important to understand what types of dangers exist at amusement parks that otherwise may not exist in a regular environment. While knowing these dangers may not completely prevent you from becoming injured or getting involved in an accident you may be better equipped to handle the dangers of an amusement park with this information in tow. Read the full article…

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…