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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.
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.
Nationally, car accidents represent the great majority of the types of crashes that happen on U.S. roadways. However, with the increase in popularity of other types of vehicles including ATVs, UTVs, jet skis, skateboards, and others, we are also seeing more serious and fatal crashes involving these types of transportation.
Motor vehicle accidents are an hourly occurrence in Gainesville and across Alachua County. Many crashes are completely avoidable, caused by drunk drivers or distracted drivers. Whatever the cause, car accidents are a major safety and economic issue for the communities in the Gainesville region.
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 Gainesville region ranks in terms of pedestrian collisions nationally, please go to this National Highway Traffic Safety Administration report.
Motorcycle accidents are a common occurrence in Gainesville. 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 Gainesville area.
Bicycling is becoming more popular in the Gainesville region. There are numerous organizations that promote fun and safe bicycling in the area, including Florida Pedestrian and Bicycling Safety Center.
Gainesville commercial truck accidents are a safety and legal issue for residents and visitors alike
Truckers are a growing motorist group using Florida’s highways, and commercial trucking accidents occur regularly in the Gainesville region. When a truck crash happens, serious injuries and fatalities are a common result.
Common causes of commercial truck accidents in Gainesville
According to IIHS, a large percentage of trucking crashes are caused by:
Nationally, car accidents represent the great majority of the types of crashes that happen on U.S. roadways. However, with the increase in popularity of other types of vehicles including ATVs, UTVs, jet skis, skateboards, and others, we are also seeing more serious and fatal crashes involving these types of transportation.
Every year we hear tragic stories of babies and young children dying in hot cars, breaking our hearts with the helplessness we feel in light of such preventable deaths. This isn't one of those!