If the driver or passengers of the car have received a traumatic brain
injury in a vehicle crash, their injuries should be covered under the driver's no - fault insurance policy.
When you've obtained a serious
injury in a vehicle crash, Florida allows you to take your case outside the no - fault system to recover damages.
You may be entitled to compensation if you sustain
injuries in a vehicle crash or accident that was not your fault.
Not exact matches
Fortune pointed to the quarterly report Tesla had filed just three days after the
crash, warning that»... we face inherent risk of exposure to claims
in the event our
vehicles do not perform as expected resulting
in personal
injury or death,» and specifically calling out Autopilot as a technology that could result
in such claims and materially affect financial performance.
They are a murky regulatory environment, where states seem to be taking individual initiatives while the industry awaits rulings from the new administration's Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao; concerns about both reliability and cybersecurity
in hackable robot cars; and the as yet unknown liability guidelines
in the inevitable event of autonomous
vehicle crashes and human
injuries.
2 Nevada law states that children must ride
in appropriate child restraints until 6 years of age and 60 lbs.; however, children won't fit the
vehicle seat belt correctly to not suffer
injury in a
crash until the above 5 - step test is passed, which happens around ages 9 - 11.
Called Next Generation (Next Gen), the car seats offer 360 Degree Protection with Head Safety Technology - designed to reduce the risk of head
injury and provides protection from all sides
in the event of a
vehicle crash.
«According to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, approximately one
in four of all motor
vehicle crashes that involve children occur from the side, and these
crashes result
in a significantly higher
injury rate than front or rear
crashes.»
As such, the child seats fail to comply with the federal motor
vehicle safety standards and puts the child at risk of
injury in the event of a
crash.
The Danger:
In the event of a
crash, the top tether anchorage may detach from the child restraint, posing a risk of
injury to the child or other
vehicle occupants and failing to conform to the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety St
vehicle occupants and failing to conform to the Federal Motor
Vehicle Safety St
Vehicle Safety Standard.
(FROM DAILY VOICE) A chain - reaction head - on
crash involving four
vehicles resulted
in several
injuries Sundayafternoon
in Montebello.It occurred around 1:50 p.m., on Haverstraw Road (Route 202) west of Mayer Drive, said Ramapo police.
Injury death — including those due to intentional
injury, with suicide most common, as well as unintentional
injury, with motor
vehicle crashes (MVCs) causing a majority — is the third leading cause of death
in the United States.
In the event of a
crash, General Motors
vehicles with the OnStar telematics system already collect collision data, including force and direction of impact, to calculate the likelihood of severe
injury to passengers.
Alcohol - related motor
vehicle crashes account for almost 10,000 deaths and half a million
injuries every year
in the United States.
As a result, drug overdose has surpassed motor
vehicle crashes as the leading cause of death due to
injury in the U.S..
The findings, reported online this month
in Accident Analysis & Prevention, provide one plausible explanation for why
injuries and fatalities from motor
vehicle crashes have decreased to historic lows even as cellular technology use has increased dramatically.
Gunshot
injuries are a leading cause of death and
injury in children and adolescents
in the United States; they rank second only to motor
vehicle crashes as a cause of death for children ages 15 to 19
The research team looked at the number of
injuries, severity of
injury, type of hospital interventions, patient deaths and costs - per - patient
in children with gunshot
injuries compared with children whose
injuries resulted from other mechanisms, including stabbing, being hit by a motor
vehicle, struck by blunt object, falls, motor
vehicle crashes and others.
The movie contains almost continuous depictions of hand - to - hand battles (with and without weapons), racing high - tech
vehicles and firing at various opponents which result
in implied deaths,
injuries (one drop of blood is shown),
crashes, destructive explosion and characters disintegrating into digital rubble.
In some vehicles, the chemical enhancer for the second - stage airbag deployment could be missing from the module, which could greatly increase the injury risks in a crash that requires second - stage airbag deploymen
In some
vehicles, the chemical enhancer for the second - stage airbag deployment could be missing from the module, which could greatly increase the
injury risks
in a crash that requires second - stage airbag deploymen
in a
crash that requires second - stage airbag deployment.
«These grants will further assist state and local officials
in their efforts to prevent commercial motor
vehicle crashes and
injuries each year, and have the potential to save hundreds of lives.»
A new frontal oblique test to address a
crash type that continues to result
in deaths and serious
injuries despite the use of seat belts, air bags, and the crashworthy structures of late - model
vehicles;
Research indicates that it can communicate risks and provide warnings to help
vehicles avoid common
crashes, amounting to at least a 50 percent reduction
in crashes,
injuries, and fatalities.
Under the Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability and Documentation (TREAD) Act enacted
in 2000, automakers must provide so - called Early Warning Reports (EWR) of any car
crashes or
injuries that could be due to a defect with the
vehicle.
«
Vehicle - to - vehicle technologies have the potential to significantly reduce fatalities and injuries in crashes and could one day help motorists avoid crashes altogether,» said David Strickland, NHTSA Adminis
Vehicle - to -
vehicle technologies have the potential to significantly reduce fatalities and injuries in crashes and could one day help motorists avoid crashes altogether,» said David Strickland, NHTSA Adminis
vehicle technologies have the potential to significantly reduce fatalities and
injuries in crashes and could one day help motorists avoid
crashes altogether,» said David Strickland, NHTSA Administrator.
IN THE EVENT OF A
VEHICLE CRASH, THE WHEELCHAIR MAY NOT BE ADEQUATELY SECURED POSSIBLY RESULTING
IN INJURIES TO A WHEELCHAIR OCCUPANT.
Larry Kwiecinski, engineering group manager for the GM Global Safety Center, noted, «
In our
vehicles without knee airbags, the
vehicle structure, the seat belts and the instrument panel are all designed to help absorb
crash energy and reduce lower - leg
injuries, as well.
This NPRM proposes rulemaking on these and other requirements to increase the correct use of child restraint anchorage systems and tether anchorages, and the correct use of child restraints, with the ultimate goal of reducing
injuries to restrained children
in motor
vehicle crashes.
NHTSA investigated 2,111
crashes, with 293
injuries, and more than 10,681 complaints involving anti-lock brakes
in GM
vehicles.
Conequence: If the console compartment door does not remain closed
in a
crash, the contents stored
in the console may strike the
vehicle occupants, increasing their risk of
injury.
Conequence: If the seat - frame attachment hooks are not secured properly, the seat may not be adequately anchored to the
vehicle, and
in the event of a
crash, the seat occupant could be at an increased risk of an
injury.
If a
vehicle earns a good rating, it means that
in a real - world
crash of similar severity a driver using a safety belt would be likely to walk away with little or no
injury.
In the event of a motor
vehicle crash, this could place
vehicle occupants at an increased risk of
injury.
While nine deaths have been related to
crashes involving
vehicles equipped with the faulty Takata airbags, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) notes that only one
injury has occurred
in a Dodge product.
ESC lowers the risk of a fatal single -
vehicle crash by about half, and it lowers the risk of a fatal rollover
crash by as much as 70 percent (see «Roof strength affects
injury risk
in SUV rollover
crashes, study finds,» March 15, 2008).
IIHS rates
vehicles good, acceptable, marginal or poor based on performance
in high - speed front and side
crash tests, a roof strength test for rollover protection, plus evaluations of seats / head restraints for protection against neck
injuries in rear impacts.
This is the most common
injury reported
in motor
vehicle crashes.»
A 2008 Institute analysis of insurance claims found that, all other factors being the same, drivers of
vehicles with seat / head restraint combinations rated good
in Institute evaluations were 15 percent less likely to sustain neck
injuries in rear - end
crashes than drivers of
vehicles with poor head restraints (see «Neck
injury risk is lower if seats and head restraints are rated good,» March 15, 2008).
Concern: If the frontal air bags, seat belt pre-tensioners, and side air bags are disabled, there is an increased risk of
injury to the
vehicle occupants
in the event of a motor
vehicle crash that necessitates use of the passive restraint system.
Conequence: IF THE HOOD ORNAMENT DOES NOT RETRACT, IT COULD INCREASE THE RISK OF
INJURY TO A PEDESTRIAN
IN THE EVENT OF A
CRASH BETWEEN THE
VEHICLE AND THE PEDESTRIAN.
The latest reports from HLDI on front
crash prevention also document reductions
in damage to equipped
vehicles and
injuries to their occupants.
Concern:
In the event of a motor
vehicle crash, necessitating deployment of the passenger's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the passenger seat occupant or other occupants possibly causing serious
injury or death.
Auto manufacturers are cooperating to reduce
vehicle incompatibilities
in both side and front collisions that lead to occupant
injuries in struck cars (see Status Report special issue:
vehicle incompatibility
in crashes, April 28, 2005).
Concern:
In the event of a motor
vehicle crash, and the ensuing side impact airbag deployment, a small child could be placed at an increased risk of spinal
injury.
As a result,
vehicle occupants have an increased risk of
injury in a
crash.
Police
crash data from 25 states between 2009 and 2015 for
vehicle models where the systems were sold as optional reduced rates of single -
vehicle, sideswipe and head - on
crashes by 11 percent, and
injuries in such
crashes by 21 percent.
NHTSA's New Car Assessment Program compares
vehicles by their performance
in frontal
crashes at 35 mph because more than half of
vehicle occupant
injuries occur
in such accidents.
IIHS rates
vehicles in a moderate overlap front
crash, small overlap front
crash, side impact and rollover test, and evaluates seat / head restraints for protection against neck
injuries in rear impact collisions.
In a 2009 Institute study of
vehicles with good ratings for frontal
crash protection, small overlap
crashes accounted for nearly a quarter of the frontal
crashes involving serious or fatal
injury to front seat occupants.
A 2008 Institute analysis of insurance claims found that, all other factors being the same, drivers of
vehicles with seat / head restraint combinations rated good
in Institute evaluations were 15 percent less likely to sustain neck
injuries in rear - end
crashes than drivers of
vehicles with poor head restraints.