Resources about Distracted Driving and Safety 1

Melissa and Schon Hudson, both 34, and Emerie Hudson, 3, killed; several injured when semi runs red light, crashing into 3 vehicles at U.S. 127 and Route 725 in Camden, Ohio

Accident Date:

Tue, 09/12/2017

Can you or should you? Distracted bicycling is legal in Bellingham and Whatcom County

Even with the newly updated distracted driving law that went into effect earlier this year in Washington State, it is technically legal to ride your bicycle and talk on your phone at the same time. Is this a good idea? Not at all.

Everett-Bellingham WA

Washington distracted driving law is in effect

The law is pretty simple in describing what it takes to stay within it. Don't use your cell phone while you are driving. Of course there are exceptions, and lawmakers have included four of them...

Terre Haute, IN

Raymond Johnson, 74, dead; Ruth Johnson, Dale McWilliams, 70, and Amy L. Allen-Crosier, 43, injured in 7-vehicle pile-up involving distracted semi driver on I-70 in Clark County, Illinois

Accident Date:

Fri, 08/18/2017

Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York, PA

9 injured when distracted driver slams pickup into tour bus on Buford Avenue in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Accident Date:

Mon, 08/07/2017

Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL

Distracted Driving and How It Can Affect Your Case

Most people think about distracted driving and immediately think that texting is the only way to be distracted while driving. That could not be further from the truth.

Evansville, IN

60-year-old man dead, 2 injured after 3-vehicle crash at Highway 14 at CR 900 in White County, Illinois

Accident Date:

Tue, 08/01/2017

Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek, MI

2 semi-crash causes secondary crashes on I-94 near Mattawan, Michigan

Accident Date:

Fri, 07/21/2017

Oklahoma City, OK

Erin Van Horn, 40, Zach Van Horn, 10, Beck Kitterman, 11, and Lizzie Edwards, 13, killed in collision involving semi truck on I-35 near Purcell, Oklahoma

Accident Date:

Mon, 07/17/2017

Montgomery-Selma, AL

Distracted driving investigated as cause of 2 separate crashes on Eufaula Avenue in Eufaula, Alabama

Accident Date:

Tue, 06/27/2017

Columbus, GA

Quinton Moss, 31, and Anthony Tallis, 25, killed in T-bone collision on 9th Street in Columbus, Georgia

Accident Date:

Fri, 06/23/2017

South Bend-Elkhart, IN

Katerina Evans, 19, injured when alleged distracted driver crosses line, hits oncoming vehicle on Indian Lake Road in Silver Creek Township, Michigan

Accident Date:

Mon, 06/12/2017

Champaign & Springfield-Decatur, IL

Caitlin Conner, 10, killed in car collision on Interstate 57 near Champaign, Illinois

Accident Date:

Thu, 06/08/2017

Bakersfield, CA

Arnold G. Depietro, 34, and passenger seriously injured in possible distracted driving crash into semi on Norris Road in Bakersfield, California

Accident Date:

Tue, 06/06/2017

Salt Lake City, UT

Landon B. Peatross, 41, killed and one woman injured when semi truck rear-ends vehicle on U.S. 40 in Park City, Utah

Accident Date:

Sat, 05/27/2017

Des Moines-Ames, IA

Facts about distracted driving in Iowa

With summer, holidays, vacations and graduations, there are typically more central Iowan residents driving, which may result in more distracted driving-related crashes, some of which could be fatal.

Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL

When Kids Cause a Distracted Driving Accident

Many studies currently show that driving with children in the car can lead to motor vehicle accidents. According to the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, child passengers in motor vehicles have the potential to create four times as many distractions for drivers as adult passengers do.