Barron Nicholas Hilton II, one of socialite Paris Hilton’s two younger brothers, has been ordered by an L.A. County Superior Court jury to pay a $4.9 million fine in a civil suit related to a DUI charge. Hilton was sued by Fernando Tellez, who was hit and injured by Hilton’s Mercedes Benz in a 2008 [...]

Women drivers get into a higher than expected number of traffic accidents with other women drivers, according to a recent study by University of Michigan researchers. The study of data from a nationally representative sample of police-reported crashes from 1988 to 2007 looked at six different crash scenarios between two vehicles, based on speed, direction [...]

Summer is a time when teen drivers get into the largest number of fatal accidents, according to AAA. In fact, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) says, “Traffic crashes are the leading cause of death for teenagers in America. Mile for mile, teenagers are involved in three times as many fatal crashes as all [...]

In recent years, inventors have come up with many features to decrease the number of traffic accidents. Emily Finn at MITnews elaborates in her excellent article “‘Smart cars’ that are actually, well, smart”: Engineers have developed myriad safety systems aimed at preventing collisions: automated cruise control, a radar- or laser-based sensor system that slows a [...]

The ramifications of a car accident are never pleasant, but sometimes they can be quite surprising. Every once in awhile, they can even bring important things to light. Such was the case the other night, when officers responded to a report at Airport and S. Chelton Roads in Colorado Springs. As accidents go, it was [...]

As you may have noticed, I tend to write about car accidents often. From mechanical failure to drunk driving, it runs the gamut. Today is going to be a bit different, though. Today, we are going to take a look at the unusual and the odd: Brakes are important, as the owners of a red [...]

The Texas grand jury has declined to indict Colorado Senator Suzanne Williams for the fatal auto accident she was involved in last December. According to police reports, Williams’ car crossed over the center line of Highway 385 on the day after Christmas, causing a head-on collision with another vehicle that resulted in the death of a [...]

There are a lot of common factors that can lead to auto accidents, such as driving while intoxicated, distracted driving, drowsy driving, mechanical failure in the vehicle, and the list goes on. Each Thursday for the next few weeks, I will be exploring these major causes of accidents, and the trends associated with them. It [...]

I see a lot of reports on motor vehicle accidents in my research for this blog. One thing that still surprises me is the number of those caused by someone driving the wrong way down a street or highway. As a matter of fact, this type of accident is gaining national attention due to its [...]

What causes more teen fatalities than cancer, suicide, and homicide combined? Motor vehicle accidents. Don’t believe it? Here is the pertinent quote from a recent, unattributed article in New Jersey Today: ‘More teenagers die from car crashes than from cancer, homicide, and suicide combined,’ reports Michael Rosen, MD, director of the Pediatric Emergency Department at [...]