Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX
Just How Safe is Dallas-Fort Worth to Drive in Anyway?
Should you feel terrified every time you grab the wheel and drive in the DFW Metroplex? Find out what the latest driving safety data reveals.
Dallas rose to prominence because of its historical importance to the oil and cottown industries. In modern times, the city's economy is primarily based on banking, commerce, telecommunications, computer technology, energy, healthcare and medical research, and transportation and logistics, with a 2013 real GDP of $448 billion. The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area has a population of 6.9 million and is only expected to grow.
Fort Worth is Fort Worth is the 17th-largest city in the United States and the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas. The city is located in North Central Texas and covers nearly 350 square miles in Tarrant, Denton, Parker, and Wise counties—serving as the seat for Tarrant County. According to the 2013 census estimates, Fort Worth has a population of 792,727. The city is the second-largest in the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area.
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When someone has been injured in a motor-vehicle collision in Dallas or Fort Worth, the accident victim and their family members are left with medical bills, lost income, and other costs. When someone is killed due to the negligence of another person or company, a wrongful death claim needs to be launched. It is important to get legal assistance to help the accident victim recover, or when the accident is fatal, to help the family members get fully compensated for their losses. Learn more about how Mullen & Mullen attorneys will help injured victims and families.
Should you feel terrified every time you grab the wheel and drive in the DFW Metroplex? Find out what the latest driving safety data reveals.
Up until this research was performed, no one had done any injury assessment for thoracic (mid-chest) or lumbar (lower) spine injuries. That’s not just true in America – it’s true throughout the entire world.
They know the injured victim is going to demand compensation – likely significant compensation from them – in damages. Their insurance company is likely going to tell them that they’re going to have to pay much higher premiums as a result.
While most injury claims do not go to court, about 10% do. And that’s where having credible witnesses can make a huge difference in your case.
Every driver has a “legal duty of care” to other drivers. They must drive safely and watch out for the wellbeing of others. Law holds drowsy drivers 100% responsible for their actions.
Theoretically, the driver, trucking company, company who performed any maintenance on the truck, and manufacturer of the cargo being hauled could all be responsible for your injuries to some degree.
The fatality rate on Texas roads rose to 1.44 deaths per 100 million miles, which represents about a 3.59% increase from 2015.
Regardless of how it pans out, self-driving technology will greatly reduce the number and severity of accidents. They won’t be perfect. But an automated vehicle, for example, will never drive drunk or high!
Injured victims are entitled to seek damages for medical expenses they will incur in the future. However, these damages must be established by a preponderance of evidence.
You’ll most likely have to go to court for this kind of accident case. The other driver’s insurance adjuster will be nearly impossible to convince.
The driver of a Ford F-250 pick-up truck who was killed in a two car motor vehicle accident Friday afternoon was identified by authorities as Matthew Murphy, 44, of Winnsboro.
Texas Department of Public Safety spokesman Lonny Haschel said a young man from Bridgeport, who'd been missing since Wednesday, was found dead inside his truck at the bottom of a ravine near Lake Bridgeport Friday.
A man's life ended in seconds Saturday morning in a fiery crash at a Grand Prairie intersection.
Members of the Lewisville High School girls’ basketball team comforted one another by the school gym Wednesday afternoon as they coped with the death of their former teammate.
A Johnson County woman and a woman from Illinois were killed Monday when the van they were riding in was struck from behind by a tractor-trailer.
Arlington police are investigating a fatal auto-pedestrian accident involving a 7-month-old boy in a stroller at the intersection of South Cooper Street and California Lane in South Central Arlington Thursday.
Three high school students are in the hospital after a serious crash in Oak Cliff Thursday afternoon.
Dallas police are investigating an overnight hit-and-run that killed a pedestrian in east Oak Cliff.
Two people on a motorcycle were killed Saturday night in an accident in Lewisville.
Police said the wreck involved the motorcycle and another vehicle in the southbound lanes of Interstate 35E just north of Vista Ridge Mall.
Authorities in Fort Worth say a teenager was struck and killed by a train on Thursday morning.
Initial reports were that the victim was a child, but officers are now telling KRLD that the victim appears to be around 18-years-old.
A Plano man was killed on Wednesday evening after being hit by an SUV while walking on the sidewalk with his wife.
The deceased man has been identified as 44-year-old Terrell Edward Tombaugh Jr.
At least one person was confirmed dead Tuesday afternoon after a multiple-car accident on Interstate 20 in Southwest Dallas.