Fatal car accidents happen for many reasons. Head-on collisions are often deadly. T-Bone intersection accidents take many lives. Cars that roll over often kill their occupants. Many deadly crashes are due to single car accidents where the driver is speeding, intoxicated, or distracted. We wanted to take a look at what leads to fatal car [...]
A concussion is also called a “mild traumatic brain injury,” but we think that term is deceiving: after all, the word “traumatic” is still part of that description. No matter how mild it might be, a brain injury is a brain injury. When a child gets a concussion, such as in a car accident or [...]
We talk about motor vehicle accidents a lot, because there are a LOT of drivers on the road – and they don’t always do the right thing. We’ve helped countless numbers of car, truck, motorcycle and bus accident victims over the years, and we know just how dangerous the roads can be. But you don’t [...]
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is warning parents to use precautions for any incline products they use to help their infants sleep. A leading reason for the reminder is that some sleep-inclined infant products can lead to infant deaths if the child is not restrained in the product. The deaths occur because the [...]
According to Science Daily, a new study from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania shows hope that some brain molecules may actually help to treat brain damage. The Penn study was reported in the Neurobiology of Disease. The study focused on the molecules that help prevent certain proteins that are associated [...]
If you’ve never hydroplaned, consider yourself lucky. It’s a pretty scary feeling, when you realize that the car is moving and you can’t control where it goes. Cars are likely to hydroplane when there’s a severe storm, a hurricane, or any event that produces a lot of water on the roads. Cars that hydroplane are [...]
Understanding how to help TBI victims is a national concern. A recent Penn Medicine article profiled some of the unique challenges that traumatic brain injury victims cope with. The Penn article cites figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Per their research, TBI injuries – which can be caused be a car accident, [...]
Getting into an accident with a vehicle of any size could lead to serious injuries, but a collision with a tractor-trailer almost guarantees them. A crash with a commercial truck is more likely to lead to catastrophic, life-altering injuries, or death, simply because of the way that they’re built and designed to move. Knowing why [...]
Drivers turning left generally do not have the right of way. In most car accident cases, the presumption is that the car turning left was the car responsible for the accident. Left-hand turns are dangerous for many reasons, such as: Cars turning left (except for single-lane roads) need to cross at least one lane of [...]
Children who suffer a traumatic brain injury due to a car accident or other causes need a lot of help to lead a normal life. Part of the normalcy plan should include having the child return to school. Research from the Model Systems Knowledge Transfer Center reviews many of the problems of possible solutions. The [...]
