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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 Buffalo, go to the Federal Railroad Administration site.
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.
Truckers are a growing motorist group using New York’s highways, and commercial trucking accidents occur regularly in the Buffalo region. When a truck crash happens, serious injuries and fatalities are a common result.
Common causes of commercial truck accidents in Buffalo
According to IIHS, a large percentage of trucking crashes are caused by:
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.
Despite safety improvements, pedestrian accidents are common across the Pacific Northwest
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in 2012 nationally:
Motor vehicle accidents are an hourly occurrence in the entire region from Everett to Bellingham. 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 region.
Motorcycle accidents are a common occurrence from Everett to Bellingham. 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 greater Puget Sound area.
Get information on motorcycle collisions from the region's police departments
The various local police departments offer information on accidents that occur in their city limits, including:
The Pacific Northwest and the Everett - Bellingham region are biking destinations for riders across the country, due to the amazing urban and wilderness trail systems and extraordinary beauty of this region.
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 from Everett to Bellingham and across Washington State, go to the Federal Railroad Administration site.
Truckers are a growing motorist group using Washington’s highways, and commercial trucking accidents occur regularly in Everett, Bellingham and across the region. When a truck crash happens, serious injuries and fatalities are a common result.
Common causes of commercial truck accidents in the Pacific Northwest
According to IIHS, a large percentage of trucking crashes are caused by:
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 Elmira region ranks in terms of pedestrian collisions nationally, please go to this National Highway Traffic Safety Administration report.