A study by Old Dominion University revealed that Virginia drivers are buckling up at a rate of 81.8 percent. It is a slight improvement from the 2010 number of 80.5 percent, according to a report on the study at londontimes.com. The results seem to show in crash statistics, as there were 740 traffic deaths...
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Super Shuttle Van Company Under Fire from Federal Regulators
In August, a SuperShuttle van crashed along Dulles Access Road, killing a passenger inside the van. Police charged the driver with reckless driving. According to a report at wusa9.com, authorities convicted the same driver of reckless driving last December. In addition, SuperShuttle caught the driver speeding 66 times in the past. SuperShuttle drivers told a...
Read MoreNTSB Says Trucker Using Cell Phone before Crash that Killed 11 People
In March 2010, a tractor-trailer crashed into a van in Kentucky and killed 11 passengers inside the van. The tractor-trailer driver also lost his life in the accident. Last week, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released a report finding that the tractor-trailer driver was using his cell phone at the time of the...
Read MoreOne Killed as Truck and Camper Flip in King George County
Earlier this month, one person died in a single-vehicle auto accident in King George County. As reported at fredericksburg.com, the fatal car crash happened on Route 3 around 10 AM when a Ford F-250 pickup truck veered off the road and fell down an embankment. The pickup...
Read MoreMaryland Trooper Hits and Kills Woman
A Maryland State Trooper did not activate his vehicle’s emergency lights or siren when he hit and killed a woman earlier this month in Queen Anne’s County. According to baltimoresun.com, the officer also had a ride-along passenger in the patrol car with him who suffered minor injuries in the car crash. According to the report,...
Read MoreVirginia Car Crash Kills Mother and Child
Despite wearing seatbelts, a mother and her child perished in a Virginia auto accident earlier this month in Fauquier County. The head-on car crash happened on Route 215 Vint Hill Road, according to a report at nbcwashington.com. At approximately 8:20 a.m., a 54-year-old woman in a pickup truck...
Read MoreDC Drivers are Most Accident Prone in the Country
On the heels of a May report that found Washington, D.C. drivers were the least knowledgeable about traffic rules, another study finds that DC drivers are the most accident-prone drivers in the United States. In a story at sfgate.com, it is the fourth year in a row that DC drivers hold that dubious honor. The...
Read MoreOne Killed and One Injured in Rollover Crash
A single-vehicle accident killed a young woman and doctors say her 16-year-old passenger is in stable condition. In a report at gazette.net, speed and driver error caused the fatal auto accident late last month on a road between Keymar and Woodsboro. The victim’s 1998 Honda Civic was traveling...
Read MoreVirginia Crash Statistics Now Available Online
On August 31, 2011, Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell announced the first phase of a new online interactive database of state crash information that is free and open to the public. It is the Traffic Records Electronic Data System (TREDS). TREDS allows people to access information on auto...
Read MorePedestrian Struck and Killed at DC Intersection
The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating a collision between a car and pedestrian late last month at a D.C. intersection. The car-pedestrian collision killed the 65-year-old man walking in the intersection of 8th Street and Virginia Avenue S.E., according to scnow.com. At approximately 7:30 p.m., a 2003 Dodge pickup truck was traveling in the...
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