Led by a sharp drop in pedestrian deaths, overall traffic fatalities in New York City fell for the fourth consecutive year in 2017 to their lowest on record, thanks at least in part to an ongoing safety improvement program, city officials said on Monday.

Getting t-boned by another driver in West Palm Beach was the first surprise, Lynn Sparks said. Another was learning Florida is one of only two states that do not require drivers to carry liability insurance to cover injuries to others.

At least one person was killed and another seriously injured in a multi-car pileup involving more than two dozen vehicles on the New York State Thruway near Buffalo, authorities said.

Slippery conditions from a Saturday snowfall helped cause a big increase in the number of accidents investigated by State Police during the long New Year’s holiday weekend. From 12:01 a.m. on Friday to 11:59 p.m. on Monday, troopers responded to 494 accidents.

One girl died and several other people were injured late Sunday night in a crash involving a Greyhound bus in Emery County.
According to the Utah Highway Patrol, a bus traveling from Denver to Las Vegas had just undergone a driver shift change in Green River when it veered off of I-70 near mile marker 113 around 11 p.m.

One of the ringleaders of a massive $23 million auto insurance fraud pleaded guilty this week to his role in an elaborate crime ring that operated at several South Florida chiropractic clinics.

A truck hauling dirt down a steep portion of Southwest Upper Hall Street Wednesday morning left the road and tumbled down an embankment, coming to rest in a swimming pool and prompting a dramatic rescue of the driver, an official said.

A 73-year-old man was killed when a garbage truck backed up and struck him while he was walking his dog Wednesday morning in Orange County.

There will certainly be lawsuits against Amtrak following Monday’s derailment, which killed three people and injured dozens more. The commuter train was traveling at 80 mph on a 30-mph stretch of track, according to investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board.

When it comes to a claims investigation, the best defense is often a great offense. This can be especially true in dram shop litigation when a bartender is accused of serving an alcoholic beverage to a patron he knows (or should know) is intoxicated who then injures a third party.

Evanston aldermen approved a $4.75 million settlement after a city employee driving a garbage truck struck a Skokie woman’s SUV in Oct. 2016.

An Amtrak passenger train derailed Monday morning, spilling multiple cars off an Interstate 5 overpass in Pierce County, Washington, according to the Washington state Department of Transportation’s Twitter account. Injuries and casualties have been reported, the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office and Amtrak said.

Whiteout conditions are believed to have caused a 25 vehicle pile-up Wednesday afternoon on southbound U.S. 131 near 2 Mile Road in Osceola County.

sed several other vehicles to then become involved in a multiple vehicle crash while attempting to avoid the original crash.

When a car slams into the side of a tractor-trailer and slides underneath, the results can be horrific. Many of a car’s safety features are rendered worthless. The top of the car may be sheared off; the occupants are often decapitated.

“Nearly 7,000 tons” of baby milk formula made by the French company Lactalis has been recalled over fear of salmonella contamination.