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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 Trenton region ranks in terms of pedestrian collisions nationally, please go to this National Highway Traffic Safety Administration report.
As mass transit systems grow across New Jersey and Trenton, bus accidents occur regularly. When a bus crash happens, serious injuries and fatalities are a common result.
Statistics related to bus accidents in Trenton
According to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, over the past 10 years nationally:
The number of buses involved in fatal crashes decreased from 274 to 251, an 8% drop;
Truckers are a growing motorist group using New Jersey’s highways, and commercial trucking accidents occur regularly in the Trenton region. When a truck crash happens, serious injuries and fatalities are a common result.
Common causes of commercial truck accidents in Trenton
According to IIHS, a large percentage of trucking crashes are caused by:
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.
Police in Virginia said a 12-year-old girl stopped a man from stealing her mom's car and abducting her and her little sister the day before Easter.
Go to this link to watch this incredible rescue. This is really hard to watch.
First things first: apparently everyone survived, and the baby and toddler are currently stabilized and recovering in the hospital, but that will not be super helpful to your stress level while/immediately after viewing. If you are currently the mother of young children, have a drink ready or your chosen method of self-care for when the video is done, because you will need it.
In a Facebook post, the Taunton, Mass. Police Department describes how they came to have, among other beings, a bearded dragon in their custody.
Truckers are a growing motorist group using Texas highways, and commercial trucking accidents occur regularly in the Laredo region. When a truck crash happens, serious injuries and fatalities are a common result.
Common causes of commercial truck accidents in Laredo
According to IIHS, a large percentage of trucking crashes are caused by:
Motor vehicle accidents are a common occurrence in the Huntsville region. Many crashes are completely avoidable, caused by drunk drivers, drugged drivers, or distracted drivers accidents. The risk of these collisions are a major safety and economic issue for these communities.
Get information on drunk driving crashes from the police departments in the Huntsville/Decatur region
The region's law enforcement agencies offer information on drunk driving accidents, and also provide information on filing a police report and on obtaining a police report.
A drunk bear in Colorado broke into a Subaru last week and wasn't content with simply trashing the car like a normal bear. No, this bear also crashed the car into a mailbox before using it as a bathroom.
Ron Cornelisu, neighbor of the unfortunate car owner, told the Durango Herald that he heard a commotion at 5 a.m. one day.
"Usually, I don’t get up at 5 o’clock unless there is a bear driving a car down the street."