A 49-year-old Mechanicsville, Va. woman was killed when the disabled car she was in was slammed into by another vehicle on July 19 at approximately 6 p.m. According to information released by Virginia State Police, the victim was traveling on Interstate 95 in the area of the 90-mile marker in Hanover County when it developed…
The traditional view of a Virginia car accident is usually limited to a collision between drivers, with one or the other at fault. While this understanding of traffic accidents covers many different types of crashes, some crashes are not the fault of either driver. For instance, some crashes are the result of design or manufacturing…
A car accident in Virginia Beach Saturday evening killed one woman and left a teen with serious personal injuries. The failure to yield crash occurred at approximately 5:30 p.m. in the 2000 block of Lynnhaven Parkway. According to details released by police, a Honda Civic attempted to make a left turn onto Lynnhaven Parkway when…
A staple of action movies, tire blowouts and tread separations are no fun when they occur in real life. The explosive loss of air pressure in a tire almost instantaneously translates into the loss of traction. Steering and braking become much more difficult, and risks for crashing rise significantly. Tractor-trailers, flatbeds, construction vehicles and other…
Virginia attained a sobering milestone in terms of traffic-related fatalities in 2021, according to recently released DMV data. Crash deaths reached a 14-year high in 2021, with as many as 968 people killed in various traffic accidents during the year. Until March 2022, the data suggests an estimated 245 people have been killed. This represents…