Car accidents take far too many lives each year. Defective or unreasonably dangerous car parts can cause additional injuries. With these facts in mind, the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 gave the Department of Transportation (DOT) the responsibility to create comprehensive Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards. Known as FMVSS for short, the standards […]
Category Archives: Car Accident
Car accidents in New Hampshire can cause serious injuries. When another person’s negligent or reckless driving causes serious injury or property damage, police will often respond to the scene and make a report. If they do not, New Hampshire law requires those involved in car accidents to report the accident within ten days if the accident […]
New Hampshire’s state legislature is currently reviewing legislation that would allow state or local officials to release the names of police officers involved in car accidents, according to a recent article in the Newburyport News. Currently, the names of officers who suffer car crashes are protected by New Hampshire’s Driver Privacy Act, which keeps the names […]
Lower back strains and sprains are among the most common injuries that cause lower back pain, according to the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. After a New Hampshire car accident or certain types of workplace accidents, it’s not uncommon to experience back pain. Understanding how lower back strains and sprains work can help you recognize the condition […]
Recently, Interstate 89 near Sutton, New Hampshire was closed for two hours as rescue workers cleaned up after a three-vehicle accident that involved a snowplow, a car, and a tractor-trailer. According to an article in The Boston Globe, I-89’s southbound lanes were closed in the early afternoon after a large truck hit a snowplow truck, which […]
On January 8, a massive car pileup on I-93 near Canterbury left at least ten motorists injured, according to an article published in The Concord Monitor. Although forty vehicles, including a tour bus and a school bus, were involved in the accident, no one was killed. The Canterbury fire chief described I-93 as “real icy” that […]
A New Hampshire state police officer narrowly escaped being struck by a speeding pickup truck on the Everett Turnpike recently, according to local news station WMUR. The officer was cleaning up road debris on the northbound side of the turnpike. At about 10:36 a.m., a fast-moving pickup truck swerved around a slower vehicle and drove into […]
Thousands of auto accidents occur in the United States each year. While many of these leave only dents and dings, others may result in serious injury to people and property. If you are in an auto accident in New Hampshire, you may want to follow these simple steps: If you can safely do so, pull over […]
According to New Hampshire’s Union Leader, a 42-year-old woman from Campton was killed in a traffic collision on Interstate 93 when her vehicle was hit from behind, she lost control of her vehicle, and the vehicle crashed into a tree. The tree was located in the median, and the woman hit the tree with the […]
The Union Leader recently reported a story about multiple crash instances near Bedford’s F.E. Everett Turnpike. The first car collision in New Hampshire occurred when a police cruiser was struck while the car was stopped and parked in the breakdown lane. The officer who had just issued a traffic citation to another motorist was sitting in his […]