Automobile Accidents | InjuryBoard Victoria

A tragic accident in San Antonio, Texas took the lives of two truck drivers. For more information on this subject matter, please refer to the section on Tractor-trailer accidents.

Driving while intoxicated is a leading factor contributing to fatal collisions in Texas, according to the National Highway Trafic Safety Administration. A DPS spokesman, Tom Vinger, says that the DPS writes more tickets and arrest more drunk drivers during holiday weekends.Impaired driving is a contributing factor in nearly half of all Texas fatal traffic accidents, according to the National...

More and more often texting is being cited as a potential cause of automobile accidents. Often, but not always, these accidents involve teens. Not only does texting require two hands, it also requires considerable attention which is diverted from task related to driving. At least one state, California, is considering passing laws prohibiting texting while driving.For more information on this...

An SUV traveling on the I-405 hit another SUV causing an accident. The mess shut all the northbound freeway lanes. All northbound lanes were closed just after the accident, which happened at 10:25 a.m. Traffic slowly creeped through on the shoulder. The backup extended more than 2 miles to the I-5 interchange at Southcenter. The southbound HOV lane also had to be closed for aid vehicles. No...

A 2-year-old was struck by a car along Victoria Avenue as her family was entering their car. The family had been visiting Edelweiss Park. Police said the 2-year-old girl was hit by a driver at Edelweiss Park in the 3900 block of Victoria Avenue. Sgt. Doug Muxworthy of the College Station Police Department said soccer games were in progress at the park when a woman and her three children were...

InjuryBoard blogger in Tampa, Bob Carroll, brought to my attention a Washington Post article about a study which revealed that distracted drivers cause and are involved in more accidents than drivers who keep their minds on the task at hand. The study, conducted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute revealed that nearly 80% of...