Blog: Car Accidents

Using a cell phone to send or receive text messages while driving can be dangerous. According to research, distracted driving was to blame in 18 percent of all fatal accidents in 2010. A total of 3,092 people were killed, and 416,000 people were injured in such accidents according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. […]

When people are involved in motor vehicle accidents in New Jersey, there is always the risk of serious personal injury or even death as a result. When the accident involves a rollover, the risks are even higher. Of all fatal accidents, 30 percent involve a rollover of an involved vehicle even though rollover crashes account […]

Authorities say that around 3 p.m. on Nov. 11, the 26-year-old driver of a northbound car overcompensated on a curve in the road in Princeton, striking the front left side of a southbound mini school bus. The impact caused severe damage to both vehicles, and the bus flipped onto its right side. The driver of […]

A Monmouth County prosecutor claims that speeding was the cause of three deaths in a car accident that occurred on Aug. 19 in Freehold. The crash happened at approximately 4 p.m. on Kozloski Road. The 19-year-old man who caused the crash and two others were killed in the incident. According to reports, the driver was […]

Many New Jersey drivers know that alcohol consumption may be a contributive factor in car crashes. One study by the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence describes how drunk driving affects motorists, and it estimates that approximately 32 percent of fatal vehicular accidents involve a drunk driver or pedestrian. A blood alcohol concentration level […]

A refusal to stop at a checkpoint has resulted in property damage and injury to one New Jersey police officer. The incident began around 7 p.m. on Oct. 7 when a man driving a minivan failed to stop at a police checkpoint set up at Route 46 and Grand Avenue. The minivan crashed into an […]

As statistics are gathered based on the traffic accidents in the state, the information can be evaluated for insight into areas that pose special threats to the safety of motorists. New Jersey’s 2011 calendar year results include special areas of concern such as interstate fatalities. The nation as a whole during 2011 saw a reduction […]

A New Jersey man faces drunk driving and weapons charges after he allegedly caused a multi-vehicle crash at a traffic light on Oct. 8. Three people were injured in the accident. According to the Egg Harbor Township Police, the man was speeding in his 2008 Mercedes Benz on Black Horse Pike at around 7:45 a.m. […]

New Jersey police are investigating a fatal truck accident that caused a gridlock on the New Jersey Turnpike. The Sept. 26 incident claimed the life of one individual and injured another, authorities said. According to the report, the crash occurred at about 5 a.m. when a 58-year-old man driving a northbound Jeep crashed into the […]

A New Jersey crash on Route 31 left one person injured on Sept. 17. The other driver believed to be at fault received a citation, according to sources. The car accident occurred at approximately 12:30 p.m. near Mine Road in Hopewell Township. Reports say that a 50-year-old woman from Maple Shade was driving southbound on […]