Traffic accidents are a leading cause of high-severity workers’ compensation injuries. Moreover, they are pervasive; indeed, a 2006 study by the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) noted that even the clerical classification has surprisingly high exposure to traffic accidents. …
Safety groups are urging teenage drivers in Virginia to wear seat belts and slow down following a sharp increase in fatal wrecks. Preliminary statistics show that traffic accidents killed 11 people ages 16 to 20 between Jan.1 and Jan. 24. …
Law enforcement officers have issued few tickets for texting while driving since Wisconsin passed a law banning it. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Sunday that state transportation records show that state troopers cited only five drivers for texting from January …
At least 22 people have died in traffic wrecks on Interstate 10 in southern Mississippi since 2009 – and authorities blame many of the accidents on distracted drivers and speeding. Eleven of the deaths occurred in 2010 and six people …
The number and rate of traffic fatalities in 2010 fell to the lowest levels since 1949, despite a significant increase in the number of miles Americans drove during the year, according to U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. The National Highway …
Traffic fatalities in Washington continue their downward trend. The state Traffic Safety Commission announced Wednesday that there were 448 known traffic-related deaths in 2010, down 44 from the previous year. That represents a drop of more than 200 fatalities over …