Summertime traffic accident data concludes what police officers and road patrol units already know — July and August are the deadliest months on U.S. roadways as they typically see the most car accidents in Boston and elsewhere throughout the country. An annual analysis of traffic collisions in Indiana reveals that…
Reducing the number of distracted-driving car accidents in Boston maybe easier than we ever expected. According to U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, both Syracuse, New York, and Hartford, Connecticut recently experienced significant reductions in distracted driving after both cities conducted pilot projects that measured the effect of increased law enforcement…
A Boston car accident ended when a vehicle drove off a retaining wall last week. That’s not all. Before taking a 15-foot drop off the wall, the two teen occupants of the vehicle ran over a construction workers leg, according to 7 News. “The car is a total and the…
A new crash study will be taking the next two years to look into driver’s actions and reactions when facing near-crash situations. The study aims to determine better ways to prevent traffic collisions before they happen, according to Forbes. This new study is much different because most previous studies of…
An arrest has finally been made in an April hit-and-run car accident in Mattapan that put a 6-year-old-boy in a coma, according to My Fox Boston. A 19-year-old woman was arraigned earlier this month in Dorchester District Court. Her bail was set at $40,000. Witnesses to the accident say that…
Recently in a four-day span there were three major car accidents in Boston on the Massachusetts Turnpike. They all happened within a 5-mile stretch. Two people were killed in these accidents and a handful of motorists were flown to local hospitals, according to the Framingham Patch. You can expect traffic…
A motorcycle accident in Stoughton sent two motorcyclists to the hospital after they were hit near the intersection of Warren Ave. and Washington St. on Route 138 by a car that left the scene, according to the Stoughton Patch. Stoughton Police and Fire responded to the motorcycle accident and sent…
A mother and her two young daughters were involved in a fatal rollover car accident in Boston on Interstate 90 after the mom lost control of her vehicle recently. The vehicle rolled over three times and landed right side up. The two young girls were thrown from the car and…
An SUV rollover accident in Massachusetts on Route 495 left one man with serious injuries recently, according to Boston 5. Troopers received a number reports from a several witnesses that said that a second vehicle may have cut off the victim’s car and caused the accident. The driver of the…
An 18-year-old driver was pronounced dead at the scene of a teen car accident in Massachusetts. The driver was heading southbound on U.S. Route 1 when he drove his SUV over the rumble strip at a ramp from Massachusetts Route 128 just before 1:00 a.m. The Massachusetts State Police Department…