What Is A Car Accident?

Car accidents are collisions between automobiles and other objects or other automobiles.  Car or traffic accidents can cause personal injury or death and property damage.  Every year car accidents in the U.S. alone cause tens of thousands of deaths, millions of injuries and hundreds of billions of dollars in property damage.

Nearly every one of us will be involved in at least one car accident within our lifetime.  State laws generally require that the driver(s) involved in a traffic accident report the accident to the police if anyone is injured or if there is property damage over a certain dollar amount.  All states require that automobile drivers carry a prescribed minimum amount of accident insurance to cover medical and property damage costs.

When involved in a car accident, immediately check yourself for injuries and others for injuries.  If there are serious injuries or more than minor property damage, medical help and the police should be summoned.  Automobiles involved in an accident are at risk of catching fire due to the possibility of leaking fuel and should be evacuated if at all possible.  Move to a location off the roadway to avoid being struck by another passing automobile. Try not to move any passenger complaining of back or neck injury.

Carjackers and worse have learned that they can get people out of their vehicle by creating a minor traffic accident.  If it appears that your car has been struck intentionally by another automobile, drive to a nearby well populated area such as a busy store parking lot before exiting the vehicle.  Police should be summoned immediately when there is a car accident.

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• Multicar Accident Kills Woman, Shuts Down I15 For Hours KSLTV
Multi car accident kills woman, shuts down I 15 for hoursKSL TVCEDAR CITY A fatal accident involving several vehicles shut down part of Interstate 15 near Cedar City Wednesday. It happened around 12:30 pm, Fatal Crash Closes I 15 South of Cedar City Near Milepost 35KCSGSeparate crashes kill 3 near Cedar CityFox 13 Now Salt Lake CityBREAKING NEWS: Car pile up closes I 15 at mile marker 40St. George Daily Spectrumall 14 news articles raquo
• Westchester Cops Investigate Why Prius Ran Away Gothamist
The HinduWestchester Cops Investigate Why Prius Ran AwayGothamistAs it looks into the Tuesday39s accident of a 2005 Toyota Prius somehow accelerating into a stone wall, Harrison, NY police now say that the car was on its Toyota Complaints Surged After First RecallWall Street JournalToyota owner crashes into rock wallNews 10 NowToyota accelerators continue to cause accidents: Westchester woman backs into New York Daily NewsSeven Sided Cube San Diego Union Tribune The Journal News LoHud.comall 3,263 news articles raquo
• Prince Georgeaposs Policeman, 27, Dies From Car Accident Injuries Business G...
Washington PostPrince George39s policeman, 27, dies from car accident injuriesBusiness GazetteA Prince George39s County police officer involved in a car accident Feb. 27 while responding to a call, died Tuesday night of Prince George39s officer dies after car accidentWashington Post blogMd. police officer dies of injuries from crashSan Francisco Examinerall 15 news articles raquo
• Henderson Officer Hurt In Car Accident 14WFIE.com
Henderson officer hurt in car accident14WFIE.comHENDERSON, KY WFIE A Henderson police officer is injured in an accident late Wednesday night. According to a police report, Travis Chester failed to Henderson looking for car theft suspect14WFIE.comall 2 news articles raquo
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