How Many People Die From Car Accidents Each Year?

Auto Accidents

Car accidents are annually responsible for approximately 1.3 million deaths worldwide, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In the United States, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) projects there were an estimated 42,915 traffic fatalities in 2021, a 10.5 percent increase compared to 2020 and the highest annual percentage increase in the Fatality Analysis Reporting System’s history.
Fifty-five percent of motor vehicle deaths were the result of single-vehicle crashes, according to 2020 statistics published by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS).
The Association for Safe International Road Travel (ASIRT) reports that road traffic injuries are the leading cause of death among people aged five to 29. More than half of all road traffic deaths occur among vulnerable road users, such as pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists, and they are also the single greatest annual cause of death of healthy U.S. citizens traveling abroad.
In addition to devastation from

9 Ways To Avoid Getting Duped By Insurance Company Settlement Tactics

How-To

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That is exactly the type of information that TriMark Legal Funding likes to provide for our clients and visitors every day.

What follows is a tremendous article by Portland Attorney Travis Mayor.

Travis launched his legal career at a large personal injury insurance defense firm in Oregon. Travis negotiated on behalf of clients in both state and federal court. As an insurance defense attorney, Travis gained a wealth of valuable experience and meaningful insight into how the insurance industry defends itself in personal injury claims. Then he leveraged this experience and opened his own personal injury firm in Portland, Oregon.

Travis’ insight is invaluable to his clients in Portland, but TriMark serves a nationwide clientele. With the exception of where Travis cites Oregon statutes, we felt that this article could be highly beneficial to personal injury victims throughout the United States, so we are featuring it here.

Shocking dashcam video shows NJ vehicle veer off road, flip over in road rage incident

Road Rage

IDIOT ALERT:

In addition to inducting himself into the “Idiot Driver” Hall of Fame, the as-yet-unidentified, but still alive driver of the Honda Accord is also a recipient of the Dumb-Dumb of the Week Award for proving, once again, that Forrest Gump’s mama was right; Stupid IS As Stupid Does.

A feud between two New Jersey drivers ended when one lost control, veered off the road and flipped over, shocking new dashcam video shows.

The driver of a Honda Accord could be seen making aggressive maneuvers along Palisades Parkway in an attempt to pass a Ford F-150 Raptor that was in the far-left lane — traditionally the lane used for passing traffic.

The video started with the Accord in the right lane of a two-lane

Woman Reveals Horrific Head Injury After Airbag Didn’t Deploy in Car Crash

Airbag Injury

A woman has shared the horrific injuries she sustained in a car crash after her airbag didn’t deploy.

Anasa, from the U.K., uploaded a graphic video to TikTok where she showed off her injuries, including a swollen head and two black eyes.

The 21-year-old added “warning, graphic content” to the images, as the montage of clips shows her black-and-blue face, with bloodshot eyes she can barely open.

The video, shared on Tuesday, amassed nearly nine million views, as people were shocked at the extent of her bruising. After her video blew up on TikTok, the Brit shared a storytime, explaining the backstory to her injuries.

She told followers: “In April last year I had a car accident, and my airbag didn’t go off so my

Takata airbag injuries kill Florida woman

Airbag Injury

A Florida woman who was injured by a Takata airbag during a slow speed crash has died from her injuries. The 2014 crash left Patricia Mincey with catastrophic injuries. She died this week and her lawyer says the lawsuit against Takata and Honda will continue.

Mincey was an active retiree turned quadriplegic following the slow speed crash. The 2001 Honda Civic she was in collided with an SUV. The family blamed the woman’s injuries on an exploding Takata air bag.

The crash happened four days before the initial recall involving Honda vehicles in Florida and California.

Her attorney, Palm Beach Gardens attorney Theodore J. Leopold of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, released the following statement:

“We are immensely saddened by the death of Patricia Mincey, who suffered grave injuries when the Takata airbag in her Honda vehicle violently deployed in a minor accident. For two years, Ms. Mincey suffered from her severe injuries caused by the aggressive airbag deployment.