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September 16, 2022, has been designated “National Concussion Awareness Day.” The annual campaign seeks to raise awareness about concussions, brain injury research, and how to help people with this type of brain injury. Concussions are a common and often unfairly “minimized” type of car accident injury. This is because many concussion injury claims are significant...

There is a myth that rear-end car accidents aren't serious and therefore don't have the potential to cause severe injuries. But even a rear-end collision at low speeds can be hazardous to your health. Sometimes downplayed as "fender benders" or "minor" accidents, rear-end crashes can cause a lot of damage to your body—especially to the...

Pedestrian accidents often result in severe and fatal injuries. Indianapolis city officials recently revised the “Complete Streets” ordinance, which places emphasis on making the city’s streets safer for everyone and which will hopefully reduce the number of pedestrian accidents in Indianapolis, according to a recent Indianapolis Star story. “When we first did this, I feel...

Drivers struck and killed over 7,400 people in 2021 Pedestrians have no protection when they are hit by a car, truck, or SUV. As a result, they can suffer serious injuries in a pedestrian accident. These include broken bones, traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, and internal bleeding. Many times, those injuries are fatal. Unfortunately,...

Some Central Indiana drivers may find the new design confusing Drivers in Indiana are used to different kinds of intersection designs – roundabouts, diverging diamond interchanges, and the Michigan Left. But a construction project now underway will add something new that is designed in part to help reduce car accidents – a displaced left turn...

Law enforcement plans April crackdown during Distracted Driving Awareness Month Distracted driving is a major cause of preventable serious and fatal car accidents. Even though most people know texting and driving or taking their eyes off the road to manually update a GPS or change music is dangerous, they do it anyway. In a recent...

Indiana car accident lawyers discuss the plan & offer work zone driving tips Travel on the northeast side of Indianapolis is undergoing a major change. A multi-year plan to improve traffic flow along the busy I-465 and I-69 corridor is underway. A lot of people are excited about the upgrade but are not looking forward...

Indianapolis Car Accident Attorneys Explain State Driving Laws With a few tweaks and additions, Indiana's traffic laws could reduce bad car accidents and save lives, according to a new study. Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety recently ranked the 50 states and Washington, D.C. by analyzing their driving laws regarding teens and people who drive...

Interstate 65 doesn't usually show up on shortlists of the nation's most deadly highways, but if you live or work in Indiana, you are almost certainly aware of the serious dangers this highway poses. It's so bad that area drivers have even created a Facebook page to alert others about injury-causing and fatal car accidents...

A Car Accident Lawyer Explains What to Know Tragically, too many people in Indiana like to celebrate the holidays by drinking and then getting behind the wheel of a car. The consequences are deadly for hundreds of Americans every holiday season, yet far too many drivers still decide to put themselves and others at risk...