Category: Car Accidents
If you’ve been involved in a car accident, documenting your injuries is one of the most critical steps you can take to protect your legal rights. Proper documentation can significantly affect the success of your personal injury claim. An experienced Kentucky car accident injury attorney from Morgan, Collins, Yeast & Salyer can help you compile […]
In a single recent year, 1 in 153 Kentucky residents was injured in a traffic crash, according to data from the Kentucky State Police. One in 5,830 Kentuckians died because of fatal traffic collisions on Kentucky’s public roads. However, drivers in Kentucky can take steps to keep themselves and their passengers safe. One of the […]
Some car accidents involve more than two drivers and more than one party at fault for the injuries that result from them. In such cases, it may be appropriate for injured people to pursue multiple insurance claims to maximize their financial recovery. Filing claims with multiple insurance companies means taking on two or more insurers […]
Rear-end car accidents accounted for 16.5 percent of all two-vehicle collisions in Kentucky in one recent year, including 6 percent of fatal collisions, according to the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Rear-end collisions are probably most often identified with whiplash injuries, the painful and potentially chronic neck injury caused by the sudden back-and-forth jerking motion of a […]
Teenage drivers account for only 6 percent of Kentucky’s driving population, yet they are involved in about 18 percent of fatal crashes in Kentucky and more than 20 percent of all crashes in the state, according to the Kentucky Office of Highway Safety. If you were injured in an accident caused by a minor teen […]
Tens of thousands of people are injured, and hundreds are killed in car accidents in Kentucky every year. When a car traveling at highway speed stops in a collision, its momentum and energy are transferred to the car’s structure and its occupants. The faster a vehicle is moving, the greater the force of impact in a […]
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet’s most recent Traffic Collison Facts reported 108,713 collisions on public roads in Kentucky, including 711 fatal accidents causing 762 deaths. Some 19,572 accidents caused injuries. If you live in Kentucky, you might wonder how your hometown ranks among dangerous cities to drive in. Do you live in one of the most […]
Lexington and Fayette County experienced an increase in motor vehicle accidents last year, according to state statistics and recent news reports. The Lexington Herald-Leader says 52 people died in traffic crashes in Fayette County in 2023, including 20 pedestrians. That’s the most deaths from crashes in a year since at least 2011. The numbers in […]
You know the old saying that “seeing is believing.” If you have video footage that shows how a car accident happened, that’s solid evidence in a car accident claim. And these days, it’s no surprise to find out that video footage captured during a car accident we’re investigating exists. After some car accidents, we learn […]
A car accident can cause significant injuries and disrupt your household finances. The National Safety Council says the average economic cost of a car accident with evident injuries is $42,000 and with disabling injuries $162,000. Add a value for lost quality of life, and the accident cost projections rise to $232,000 for evident injuries and […]