Blog articles that relate to topics of personal injury accidents in Boston, Massachusetts
Leaving a child in the car for a quick trip to the grocery store may seem harmless. After all, you are only grabbing a few things. But the temperature inside a vehicle can rise 20 degrees in just 10 minutes, putting a toddler in serious danger of injury. The child may be locked in a […]
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A recent Bloomberg news series reports an increase in commercial truck accidents in the U.S. and truck accident data from Massachusetts reflects that trend. The danger, according to the report, comes from fatigued truck drivers employed by a trucking industry that has resisted efforts to regulate truckers’ time behind the wheel. The most recently published
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More than 3,600 people were killed in accidents involving large trucks in 2013, according to statistics from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). The fact that 67 percent of the fatality victims were occupants of passenger vehicles and 15 percent were pedestrians, bicyclists or motorcyclists, is clear evidence of the danger other drivers and
7 Mistakes That Can Hurt Your Truck Accident Claim Read More »
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) most recent statistical report, 4,735 people were killed in pedestrian accidents during 2013, accounting for 14 percent of the total 32,719 traffic fatalities. Close to 66,000 (three percent) of the 2,313,000 people injured in vehicle-related collisions that year were pedestrians. While the number of pedestrian fatalities
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