Category: Traffic Accident Articles

Tate Law Offices, P.C., focuses on motorcycle accidents. We want to help riders and their passengers if they have been injured in an accident that someone else caused. We know motorcycle accidents are different from other types of motor vehicle accident cases. If you or a loved one has been seriously…

After any serious car crash in Texas, you have certain responsibilities required by law. You should check whether anyone is injured and needs aid and call the local police or sheriff’s department to report the accident. The emergency dispatcher will ask whether there are injuries and, if so, how many…

A car accident can change your life forever. Unless you have lived through the aftermath of a car crash or you have a loved one who has, you are unlikely to know what to expect. You may experience a great deal of stress and anxiety trying to determine what you should…

Are you waiting for an accident to learn what your auto insurance will cover? It’s a good idea to know what the policy contains before a crash occurs and what to do if you have been hit by an uninsured or underinsured driver. Texas Law & Financial Responsibility For Car…

Not all accidents warrant filing a personal injury claim. When a personal injury would not have occurred but for the negligence of another, filing a personal injury claim may be your best route for recovering the compensation that you both need and deserve. However, filing your personal injury claim and…

In-car technology has developed significantly over the past few decades. Whereas drivers and passengers were once dependent upon analog radios for entertainment and maps for navigation, modern motorists have a host of tools at their disposal to provide for a more enhanced driving experience. Now, drivers can use built-in GPS…

Whether you are in a car accident in Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston or anywhere else in Texas, you need to know this: The insurance company will not be on your side. An insurance adjuster might sound like he or she wants to help with your case. However, you must remember…

Car accidents represent one of the most common causes of injury in Texas every year. The Texas Department of Transportation reports that crash data in the state in 2015 indicate that one person was killed every two hours and 29 minutes and, one person was injured every two minutes and…

As the Pew Research Center recently reported, the use of Social Media has grown dramatically during the past decade. Today, Social Media sites such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn can impact work, politics and civic life in ways we would have never imagined back in 2005. However, as lawyers at…

Trucking Statistics  — https://www.truckinfo.net/trucking/stats.htm US DOT Pedestrian Accident Data — https://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/811748.pdf Crash Analysis of Selected High Occupancy Vehicle Roadways — https://www.thenewspaper.com/rlc/docs/2005-hov.pdf Texas Motor Vehicle Crash Statistics – 2013 — https://www.txdot.gov/government/enforcement/annual-summary.html Texas Car Accident Statistics Contains the following information: Texas Motor Vehicle Traffic Accident Highlights Texas Statewide Traffic Accident Rates Motorcyclist…