Category: Car Accident

The average Floridian spends over $1,900 per year for auto insurance, including no-fault coverage. Like many drivers, you probably took a close look at what you were paying for when you first signed up for insurance. However, you may not have given it much thought afterward. It doesn’t hurt to refresh your knowledge about the […]

Pinellas County, Florida sees an average of 77 car accidents on a daily basis. Some of those accidents are among the eight fatal accidents that happen each day statewide. Whether death or injury is the result, the impacts are wide-reaching. For accident victims, the healing process is rife with pain, frustrations, and oppressive expenses. Those […]

Why Won’t My Car Accident Lawyer Sue an Uninsured Driver? According to the Insurance Information Institute, 26.7% of Floridians have no insurance.  That means if you get in an accident in Florida, there is a very good chance the person that caused the car crash will have no insurance.  This could potentially leave the innocent […]

According to the Florida Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles “Florida Crash Dashboard”, the most recent data shows that 403,626 accidents occurred in the state of Florida in 2018. This figure includes bicycle, motorcycle, pedestrian and hit and run accidents. Notably, a staggering 63% of all crashes in the state of Florida involve injury. In most […]

Is texting and driving more dangerous than drunk driving? According to testing by Car and Driver, the answer is a resounding yes.  Car and Driver set up test conditions on an airport runway to determine how two driver would react when reading, texting, and while drunk. The test gauged reaction times by having the drivers […]

By Heath Murphy So, you have been involved in a car accident or motorcycle accident. Now what? In this article, I will give you a basic checklist of things to do and try to give a little advice on each. 1. Check to see if anyone needs immediate medical care. If you or anyone in […]

A recent report by Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) showed that only 61% of drunk drivers are convicted of their charges. The information in this report was collected from September 1, 2017 to September 1, 2018. The conviction rate is down 7 percent from the previous year. MADD has staff and volunteers that regularly monitor […]

After a car accident, most people will focus on physical pain. Is anything broken? Are you hurt? Do you need an ambulance? You may end up in a hospital having your physical injuries treated. But how do you handle your mental and emotional well-being after an auto accident?Often after an accident, you may be in […]

By: Heath C. Murphy + – Car Accidents Temporomandibular Joint Syndrome or TMJ is a condition which often goes undiagnosed in car accident cases. Many doctors until recently denied any relationship between injuries suffered in a car accident and TMJ. Recent studies, however, show that people injured in a car accident especially those with a […]

Florida has more cases of road rage than any other state, including larger and more populated states than our own. Not only does Florida lead the nation in road rage incidents, but there are also more road rage incidents involving guns than any other state. Population in some Florida areas is definitely a factor. Studies […]

There are many different types of car crashes on the road, but the most dangerous is a rollover crash. A rollover occurs when the vehicle tips over onto its side or rolls onto its roof. A vehicle rollover happens only in about 3% of all serious crashes. However, they make up 30% of people killed […]

Crashes caused by wrong way drivers are not uncommon in the Tampa Bay area. Pinellas, Hillsborough, and Pasco counties are among the top counties in Florida for wrong way driver crashes. The Florida Department of Safety and Motor Vehicles found in that in 2015, Florida had 1,490 wrong-way crashes and 96 fatalities. The report stated […]