There were 207
occupants of the vehicles involved in the crashes, and none of the occupants had sustained any prior neck injuries.
In a rear - end collision, for example,
the occupants of the vehicles involved are «protected» by several feet of steel, the bumper, trunk or the engine.
If at the time of an accident the excluded driver is a passenger in a vehicle that she is excluded from driving, she could still claim recourse against that insurer as an «insured person» because she was
an occupant of the vehicle involved in the accident (criteria (b) in the «insured person» definition».
Not exact matches
«In standard cutting tests, the process
of rescuing
occupants from a BMW i3
involved in an accident was comparable to that for a conventional
vehicle,» said BMW.
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.
In a release issued yesterday the institute said results from 2009 testing showed that small overlap crashes accounted for nearly a quarter
of the frontal crashes
involving serious or fatal injury to front seat
occupants in
vehicles that otherwise had good rating for frontal crash protection.
«The condition may occur when
vehicles equipped with a particular
occupant restraint control module and front impact sensor wiring
of a specific design, are
involved in certain collisions.
In standard cutting tests, the process
of rescuing
occupants from a BMW i8
involved in an accident was, in various scenarios, even more straightforward than that for conventional
vehicles.
In a 2009 IIHS 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.
That's right, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), most
of these fatalities aren't to the children on the buses, but rather to
occupants of other
vehicles involved in the crashes (72 percent) or to other non-
occupants of the buses, such as those who are walking and biking to school (20 percent).
Traffic accidents
involving oil and gas trucks are more likely to result in serious injuries and death to
occupants of passenger
vehicles involved in the collision due to the massive weight
of the truck and the type
of cargo being hauled.
According to the Seattle Times, the driver
of an SUV that rear - ended a Hyundai Elantra on Lake City Way, killing both
occupants of the smaller
vehicle, had been
involved in a fatal aggressive driving incident in 2009 as well.
Most
of these fatalities were the
occupants of the other
vehicles involved.
Therefore, truck accidents often result in permanent, debilitating injuries and death to
occupants of other
vehicles involved in the crash.
When passenger
vehicles are
involved in accidents with large trucks, the
occupants of those cars are more likely to suffer serious and fatal injuries.
In Volvo
vehicles involved in rear - end accidents
of moderate severity, 21 percent
of occupants indicated that they had experienced long - term consequences associated with soft tissue injury.
In fatal crashes
involving a passenger
vehicle and a large truck, 98 percent
of the deaths were
occupants of the passenger
vehicles.
However, statistical data on two
vehicle crashes that
involved a collision
of a large truck with a passenger automobile indicates that the
occupants inside the passenger
vehicle were at greater risk
of dying, and accounted for 97 percent
of all deaths.
The issue
involves defective inflator and propellant devices that may deploy improperly in the event
of a crash, shooting metal fragments into
vehicle occupants.
These accidents
involve front - end to front - end impacts that often lead to death, ejection
of occupants from the
vehicle, and catastrophic injuries.
When trucks are
involved in accidents, the injuries to the
occupants of the smaller
vehicle are often catastrophic.
Most
of the lives that were lost were the
occupants of the other
vehicles involved (more than 70 percent).
Whether a motorcycle rider or passenger was injured in a collision with a distracted or impaired driver, or the
occupant of a passenger
vehicle involved in an accident with a reckless motorcyclist was, chances are high that the outcome includes serious medical bills and other associated damages.
When a bus is
involved in an accident, the sheer number
of people
involved, including the drivers, passengers,
occupants of other
vehicles, and pedestrians increases the likelihood that someone will be injured.
Given the extreme disparity between the weight and mass
of commercial trucks and regular passenger cars, it is not hard to imagine how dangerous it is for the
occupants of a passenger
vehicle to get
involved in an accident with a big rig — not to mention pedestrians, motorcyclists, or bicyclists.
According to data compiled by the U.S. Department
of Transportation and the National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration, although large trucks make up only 4.3 %
of all motor
vehicles registered in the United States, and are
involved in only 5.2 %
of all traffic accidents, accidents
involving large trucks account for nearly 10 %
of all traffic accident fatalities — and most
of those fatalities are to the
occupants of smaller
vehicles rather than the trucks.
This form
of liability covers medical costs and loss
of wages for the driver and / or
occupants of the other
vehicle involved in the accident.
Bodily injury covers costs
of medical bills and loss
of wages, not for you, but for the driver and / or
occupants of the other
vehicle involved in the car accident.
So, if you were
involved in an accident and you were injured as the sole
occupant of the
vehicle, your insurance company would pay out up to $ 50,000 to cover your medical expenses.
Bodily injury liability insurance will cover the medical bills and loss
of wages for the car driver and / or
occupants in the other
vehicle involved.
This type
of coverage covers the medical cost
of the driver and / or
occupants in the other
vehicle involved in the accident.
While Bodily Injury Liability covers medical expenses for the driver and / or
occupants of the other
vehicle involved in the wreck, it does not cover the insured's medical expenses.