Auto Accident

When you get into a car accident, regardless of any sort of fault involved, there’s a lengthy list of possible injuries you could suffer from. A lot of them are severe and life-threatening — those are usually the ones that make the papers — but not all. Sometimes, the injuries don’t involve broken bones or…

Illinois has a car accident problem, and it’s only getting worse. While other states saw a decrease in collisions — and drivers in general — last year due to the pandemic, our lovely state was not so lucky. In March of 2020, for example, there was an astounding 14% increase in fatal crashes, even with…

Tragedy struck between 1:10 and 1:40 in the morning today, as two separate wrong-way crashes on I-290 claimed the lives of five different people. All four drivers died at the respective scenes of the collisions. One passenger in the first crash was taken to the hospital, but did not suffer any life-threatening injuries; a passenger…

A truly tragic, fatal accident on Sunday morning has left an extended family grieving. At approximately 7:45 am, Francisco Flores Rodriguez, Georgina Perez Gomez, and Francisco Javier Flores Perez were hit by a Ford SUV at Rand Road, near Mt. Prospect Road. All three family members perished in the crash, thought the driver of the…

We are one year into the coronavirus pandemic, and a lot of things have changed. Despite a reduction in traffic volume in Illinois (and across the country) because of lockdowns, data shows that there was a 4.6 percent increase in traffic fatalities in the first nine months of 2020. The data was released by the…

Who really is responsible for car accidents? The driver, the owners of the vehicles, the manufacturers, the department of transportation, or others? One common catch-all thought is called the 94% solution. This thought states that 94% of all car accidents are due to driver error. Promoters of self-driving vehicles use this thought to justify switching…

All eyes have been on the southern states these last few days, as an artic storm has led to power outages, burst pipes, and deadly temperatures. But here in Chicago, we are also experiencing some of the worst weather on record – and it’s not going to stop any time soon. NBC 5 Chicago is…

A variety of changes to the ways drivers operate their vehicles are expected for 2021. Legislative changes are also expected. Some of the changes are related to the COVID-19 pandemic; some to trying to reduce speeding accidents and drunk-driving accidents. More changes will be due to a new Presidential administration in Washington including a new…

Around 4:15 am this morning, a car plunged 70 feet off of an overpass on the Stevenson Expressway and landed the below. The crash left two people dead and two in critical condition; all four people were in the vehicle at the time, and there were no other victims. The force of the crash broke…