Car Accidents

New Yorkers should avoid driving unless they have had seven or more hours of sleep, according to research. The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety reports that it is twice as likely that drivers who sleep only five or six hours will be involved in an accident than those...

There were 32,675 Americans who died in car crashes in 2014, which is about 10,000 less than in 2004. Advanced safety features in cars as well as better road design are credited in part for this decline. Nationally, there are an average of 10.2 deaths per 100,000...

Three people were killed in a wrong-way driving accident that occurred just after 11 a.m. on Nov. 7. According to reports, an elderly man was driving northbound in the southbound lanes of New York State Route 481 before he collided head-on with another vehicle. The...

Anyone who lives in or who has visited New York City knows that traffic there can be heavy much of the time. The conditions can lead to aggressive driving. The definition of aggressive driving according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is one or...

New York drivers may have safer commutes in the decades ahead if a proposal by the Obama administration is successful. The U.S. Department of Transportation has announced a program that aims to end fatalities and injuries within 30 years. As part of its preliminary...

New York motorists may want to pay closer attention to their surroundings after seeing statistics on traffic fatalities for 2015 that have been released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The percentage increase in road deaths from 2014 to 2015 was...

New York motorists who have been involved in an accident might consider visiting a lawyer to assist them with the legal aspects of filing a claim. Before beginning the process of filing a claim, the lawyer needs to receive several documents to get a whole picture of...

Many motorists on New York's roadways have probably seen other drivers preoccupied with their smartphones while at the wheel. Perhaps they were reading their emails, visiting a popular social networking website or even playing a video game, such as Pokémon Go....

A New York man who allegedly killed a woman and injured her daughter in a July 17 car accident has been charged with multiple crimes, including vehicular manslaughter. The charges were announced by the district attorney on July 20. According to authorities, the...

As more companies work to increase the automation of the vehicles they manufacture, some are also installing systems that automatically upload data about the behavior of the drivers. Tesla is one company that manufactures vehicles that are sold in New York and that...