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At one point or another, everyone is a pedestrian. As the expense of driving and insuring a vehicle rise, more and more people choose to walk to their destinations. As the number of pedestrians increases, so do the number of pedestrian accidents. To see where the Nashville region ranks in terms of pedestrian collisions nationally, please go to this National Highway Traffic Safety Administration report.
While rare compared to other types of motor-vehicle crashes, aircraft accidents do happen regularly, usually with devastating results. Despite significant safety improvements over the past decades, many people each year experience the pain of losing someone in an airplane crash.
Motorcycle accidents are a common occurrence in Nashville. These regions popular with motorcyclists, and with so many bikes on the roads, the number of collisions is high, and motorcycle accidents are a major safety and economic issue for riders in the Nashville area.
The size and speed of trains brings death and destruction to anyone and anything in their path. The main forms of train accidents are train derailments, train and pedestrian accidents, and train and car accidents.
To learn about train accidents in Nashville, go to the Federal Railroad Administration site.
Motor vehicle accidents are an hourly occurrence in Miami, Miami-Dade County, Fort Lauderdale, and Broward County. Many crashes are completely avoidable, caused by drunk drivers or distracted drivers.
Truckers are a growing motorist group using Florida’s highways, and commercial trucking accidents occur regularly in the Miami and Fort Lauderdale regions. When a truck crash happens, serious injuries and fatalities are a common result.
Common causes of commercial truck accidents in Miami and Fort Lauderdale
According to IIHS, a large percentage of trucking crashes are caused by:
Motorcycle accidents are a common occurrence in Miami, Miami-Dade County,
At one point or another, everyone is a pedestrian. As the expense of driving and insuring a vehicle rise, more and more people choose to walk to their destinations. As the number of pedestrians increases, so do the number of pedestrian accidents. To see where the Miami and Fort Lauderdale regions rank in terms of pedestrian collisions nationally, please go to this National Highway Traffic Safety Administration report.
According to Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center, in 2012, 726 lost their lives in bicycle/motor vehicle crashes nationally, just under two people every day of the year in the U.S. The death rate from bicycle crashes is high due to the relative lack of protection bicyclists have in an impact with a motor vehicle.
According to the U.S. Coast Guard, nationally from 2013 to 2014, deaths increased from 560 to 610, an 8.9% increase, injuries increased from 2,620 to 2,678, a 2.2% increase and the total number of accidents increased from 4,062 to 4,064, a 0.05% increase. Where the cause of death was known, 78% of fatal boating accident victims drowned; of those drowning victims, 84% were not wearing a life jacket.