Category: Bicycle Accidents

Swedish automaker Volvo is looking at ways to make its vehicles pose less of a threat to cyclists through new crash tests aimed at assessing the safety of bicycle helmets in collisions with Volvo cars. Although bike riding can be a fun, healthy, and environmentally-friendly mode of transportation, it does…

Improvements in vehicle and traffic safety have resulted in a significant decrease in motorist fatalities over the past five decades. Almost 55,000 Americans were killed in traffic accidents yearly in the early 1970s. The United States recorded a decline in the accident fatality rate from 27,348 in 2006 to 23,611…

Vehicle blind spots are safety hazards that can lead to serious accidents. It is vital to be aware of these areas on your own vehicle as well as other motorists’ blind spots. This is especially true when it comes to large commercial vehicles that may have large “no-zones” in which…

Walking the roads in Texas may help preserve the environment and burn a few calories, but it certainly doesn’t come without danger. A factbook published by the Governors Highway Safety Association claims that in 2009 alone there were over 300 pedestrian accidents within the state, placing Texas at third in…

Riding a bicycle is undoubtedly one of the healthiest and most efficient ways of getting around town. Unfortunately, it’s not always the safest; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that in 2010 alone, nearly 800 bicyclists lost their life in an accident, and an additional 515,000 arrived at…