An SUV struck and killed two Maryland highway workers who were picking up trash on the State Route 225 median in Charles County, about six miles west of Waldorf. A police spokesperson said three workers were on the median when a 2004 Volkswagen Touareg veered from the highway and struck two of the men....
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DC Metro to Receive up to $300 Million to Replace 30-Year-Old Trains and Improve Safety
The federal government is giving a big boost to the Metro regional transit system. This comes in the wake of the 2009 Red Line train crash that killed nine people near Fort Trotten. The U.S. Department of Transportation made the $150 million annual payment to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority through the...
Read MoreFive-Year-Old Virginian Receives $3.5 Million for Truck Accident that Killed Her Father
A five-year-old Virginia girl will receive a $3.5 million settlement as the result of a truck accident that killed her father. The girl is the only surviving beneficiary of the 25-year-old man who died in the accident. An 18-wheel semi rear-ended the victim’s passenger vehicle. Both vehicles caught fire and the victim died as a...
Read MoreVirginia Firefighter Killed in Tractor Trailer Accident
A Northern Virginia firefighter died when the tractor-trailer he was driving crashed head-on into another oncoming tractor-trailer. They were both traveling on a stretch of interstate 64 where there is only one lane open in each direction. The other truck fell into the median and crossed into the firefighter’s lane. The accident cut...
Read MoreWashington DC’s American Automobile Association Finds that One in Six Fatal Crashes Involves Sleepy Drivers
The American Automobile Association (AAA) released a new study on drowsy drivers revealing that they account for more vehicle accidents and deaths than previously thought. Based out of Washington, D.C., AAA found that forty-one percent of drivers in the country have fallen asleep behind the wheel at some point. About one in every six...
Read MoreWashington DC Federal Agency Holds Annual Safety Campaign for Commercial Drivers
Since 2007, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has run an annual campaign to eliminate both unsafe truck driving and unsafe car driving around large trucks. In 2010, Operation Safe Driver targeted 261 truck companies in particular that pose dangers to people on the roads. These companies have a history of hiring unsafe...
Read MoreDriver Error Causes Semi-Truck to Flip Over on Virginia Highway
A truck driver suffered serious injuries when his tractor-trailer rolled over while he was traveling on Virginia’s Interstate 95. Around noon, his two-trailer-truck ran off the side of the road. He attempted to maneuver back onto the road, but overcorrected and ended up flipping the truck over. State police charged him with reckless...
Read MoreTwo DC Metro Buses Collide, Injuring 26
Accidents involving Washington, D.C. public transportation have increased in recent years. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, only one death occurred each decade. Beginning in the mid 2000s, however, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) has seen, on average, multiple deaths a year. Passengers and employees have died in train and bus...
Read MoreWashington Post Reports on Pedestrian Dangers in Washington, DC
The Washington Post recently reported on a spate of pedestrian automobile accidents in the Washington, D.C. area, several of which resulted in fatalities. Many of these types of accidents are due to driver inattentiveness, carelessness, or other acts...
Read MoreMaryland’s New Cell Phone Laws Take Effect
The National Safety Council has found that drivers talking on a cell phone fail to see and process up to 50 percent of the information in their driving environment. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety determined that drivers using cell phones are four times as likely to get into serious crashes as those not...
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