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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 Clarksburg and Weston regions rank in terms of pedestrian collisions nationally, please go to this National Highway Traffic Safety Administration report.
When you're a new mom or dad, buying a car seat for your baby is a Big Deal. When you read and write about fatal car crashes all day long, buying a child safety car seat is an Existential Crisis. But, you'll be glad to know that I survived my quest to find a seat I feel great about putting my toddler in. In the interest of saving you some time and anguish, I will now reveal Accident Data Center's favorite child safety car seat on the market. Now you can have the benefit of research from a highly paranoid safety writer without having to log thousands of incidents of death and loss. Yay?
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The scene was grim. The Wisconsin highway was covered in a thick, dark red substance as far as the eye could see. The air was thick with the smell of...um...Skittles. It was Skittles. WTF.
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 San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose, go to the Federal Railroad Administration site.
Truckers are a growing motorist group using California’s highways, and commercial trucking accidents occur regularly in the San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose region. When a truck crash happens, serious injuries and fatalities are a common result.
Common causes of commercial truck accidents in San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose
According to IIHS, a large percentage of trucking crashes are caused by:
According to the U.S. Coast Guard, 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.
As mass transit systems grow across California, bus accidents occur regularly. When a bus crash happens, serious injuries and fatalities are a common result.
Common causes of bus accidents in San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose
According to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, over the past 10 years:
The number of buses involved in fatal crashes decreased from 274 to 251, an 8% drop;
In the latest "Trust nothing; fear everything" news, a FedEx truck was smashed in half by a speeding train after the railroad crossing's warning system failed on every level.
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