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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.
Motor vehicle accidents are a common occurrence in Grand Rapids and across Kent, Kalamazoo and Calhoun Counties. 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 Grand Rapids community.
Bicycle accidents are a common occurrence in Salisbury and across Wicomico County. Bicycling is becoming more popular in the region. Go to the Bike-SBY site to learn about current efforts to improve biking safety in the region.
Motorcycle accidents are a common occurrence in Grand Rapids and across Kent, Kalamazoo and Calhoun Counties. Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo and Battle Creek are 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 region. Get information here on Grand Rapids motorcycle crashes and laws.
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.
Bicycling Laws in Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids traffic-safety laws are designed to allow bicyclists to share the road safely with motor vehicles in an increasingly crowded space.
Motorcycle accidents are a common occurrence in Salisbury and across Wicomico County as motorcycling is becoming more popular in the 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 Grand Rapids region ranks in terms of pedestrian collisions nationally, please go to this National Highway Traffic Safety Administration report.
Truckers are a growing motorist group using Michigan’s highways, and commercial trucking accidents occur regularly in the Grand Rapids region. When a truck crash happens, serious injuries and fatalities are a common result.
Common causes of commercial truck accidents in Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo and Battle Creek
According to IIHS, a large percentage of trucking crashes are caused by:
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 Salisbury, go to the Federal Railroad Administration site.
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, snowmobiles, jet skis, skateboards, and others, we are also seeing more serious and fatal crashes involving these types of transportation.