Driving on Virginia roads has become increasingly more treacherous thanks to distracted, inexperienced, impaired, and aggressive drivers. But it is a problem that is seen across the country. According to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration, almost 40 percent of crashes occur at intersections and that number goes up each year. More than 5,000 people…
A crash in Virginia Beach on the night of Easter 2022 sent a bicyclist to the hospital with critical injuries. The driver of the car involved in the collision did not get hurt, but police filed several charges for criminal and traffic violations. According to news reports, emergency dispatchers first received calls about the crash…
A recklessly speeding driver and a brief police pursuit set the stage for a fatal crash at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront. The fleeing driver was the sole fatality, but an innocent bystander required hospital treatment after flying debris struck them. According to news reports, the incident began when a Virginia State trooper clocked a Toyota…
Virginia State Police are investigating a serious DUI car crash on I-95 that resulted in both vehicles overturning and serious personal injuries to at least one victim. At approximately 2:30 a.m. Sunday morning, the 32-year-old driver of a 2002 Toyota was traveling on I-95 south, near mile marker 61, when he lost control of the…
Early estimate of traffic fatalities for the period January to September 2021 was recently released by the US Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety. An estimated number of 31,720 fatalities occurred in motor vehicle traffic crashes. There is an approximate increase of 12% from the 28,325 fatalities that occurred in 2020. This is the…