Auto Accident Injuries

A car accident can leave victims with serious injuries that result in serious medical bills. These medical bills can wind up costing thousands of dollars, but they are not the only costs the injuries will result in. When insurance companies offer settlements for these...

Car accidents are unfortunately common in California. However, no matter how common crashes may be in this state, each one is unique and can prove far more complicated than people realize. For instance, you might get into a crash and assume all you need to do is file...

When the pandemic hit early last year, traffic on Costa Mesa’s city streets and freeways plummeted, just as it did across the nation. Roadways opened up as millions began working from home and millions of others were laid off as businesses shut down. Though traffic...

Adaptive cruise control (ACC) is a safety feature available on newer vehicles. It is an advanced version of previous cruise control features that uses sensors to keep the vehicle at a preselected following distance from the vehicle ahead. This eliminates an annoyance...

The statistics show a disturbing trend. Although men are more likely to be involved in a fatal crash than women, on a per-crash basis, women are about 20-28% more likely to be killed. They’re also 37-73% more likely to be injured, once speed and other factors are...

You may feel fine in the moments after someone rear ends you at a stoplight. You only see a couple minor cuts and you’re thankful nothing hurts. However, you still may have suffered an injury. The day after your accident, three days later or even a week later, you may...

A new study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety and a crash-test dummy manufacturer called Humanetics crash tested the same average vehicle at 40, 50 and 56 mph impact speeds. They found that just 10 mph in...

Advanced vehicle safety features hold great promise. Once they are installed in large numbers of vehicles, they could help reduce or even eliminate crashes caused by human error. When they can’t avoid a crash altogether, they can often reduce its severity. Assuming...

If you’re in the market for a new car, you may want to consider one that comes with rear automatic emergency braking (AEB) in addition to the more common front AEB. A new analysis finds that rear AEB could cut collision claims and property damage liability by 10% and...

The pandemic caught many of us off guard. It led to a cascade of job losses, lost economic activity and stay-at-home orders that kept many people off the roads. The freeways were empty, or almost empty, for the first time in memory. People generally drive less in a...