Car Accidents

This blog has posted several discussions of California accidents involving passenger buses. Some collisions involved both buses and automobiles, and others involved only a single bus. We have also referred to drivers involved in auto accidents as being liable for the...

The rural roads that snake through the mountains north of Los Angeles are often the scene of car and motorcycle collisions. Drivers do not always observe the lane markings, and the many blind curves only add to the hazards. A recent car accident involving a...

Identifying a driver who causes a fatal accident and then flees the scene can be one of the police's most difficult tasks. In a recent truck and car accident on I-15 just north of San Diego County, however, the driver of the vehicle that caused the accident gave...

What happens if a person allows a friend to drive her car and the friend has an accident? Can the owner be held liable for any injuries caused by such a collision? A Los Angeles jury recently answered "Yes" to the question and awarded $45 million in damages to four...

The numerous freeways in the Los Angeles area are frequently the scene of violent and destructive auto accidents. Occasionally, however, the winding roads in the mountains that ring the Los Angeles basin can also become the scene of serious accidents. A recent...

Police are investigating the cause of a multi-car accident on the 5 Freeway at Jamboree Road, the border between Irvine and Tustin. The car crash involved five vehicles in all, killing one driver and leaving two persons injured.The sequence of events began when the...

Distracted driving is a concern everywhere, including in California and the Los Angeles area. Distracted driving is also a serious problem with a reported 80 percent of car accidents involving some type of driver distraction. Distracted driving-related car accidents...

Most Californians probably think of a violation of the state's drunk driving laws in terms of suspended drivers' licenses, fines and jail terms; however, they may not understand the threat posed by drunk drivers to others. A recent car accident in West Covina...

As any Californian who has survived a serious automobile collision can testify, accidents happen in a few seconds. A car accident can comprise many separate events, and under the stress of the moment, the observations and recollections of eye witnesses may not be...

Head-on collisions can be especially violent because the forces generated by the collision are completely absorbed by both vehicles. Such a force can be traumatic and even fatal to those traveling in the vehicles at the vehicle at the time of the crash. This fact was...