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CAR ACCIDENT LAWYERS: At some point in your life, you will probably be involved in a car accident. It may simply be a bump in the parking lot, or you could end up in a more serious accident where people are injured. Motor vehicle-related incidents are consistently the leading cause of work-related fatalities in the United States. Of approximately 6,000 fatalities annually reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 35% are associated with motor vehicles. Between 1999-2003, on average:
- 1399 workers died each year from crashes on public highways
- 349 workers died each year in crashes that occurred off the highway or on industrial premises.
- 365 pedestrian workers died each year as a result of being struck by a motor vehicle.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. http://stats.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cfoi.pdf
If you are in a moving vehicle when an accident occurs, immediately and safely pull over to the side of the road, turn off your car, and turn on your hazard lights. Check to see if anyone is hurt. If there is an injured person, do not move them until you take standard first aid measures. Place flares, cones, or triangles alongside the road a few hundred feet before the accident so traffic is aware that there is an accident ahead.
Call 911 and inform them of any injuries. If you are on a freeway and do not have access to a cell phone or telephone, check for a roadside phone that you can use.
Trade information with everyone involved in the accident. Be sure to exchange the following:
- Name, address, phone numbers of all drivers
- Name, address, phone number of all passengers or witnesses
- Driver's license numbers and license plate numbers
- Insurance companies of all drivers involved
- Registered owners of all cars
- Year, model, make, etc. of all cars involved
In most states, victims who have suffered personal injury in a car accident may be entitled to recover damages for pain and suffering, emotional distress, disability, permanent disfigurement, dismemberment, wrongful death, scarring, loss of opportunity to enjoy life, interference with marital and/or parental relationships, and other types of personal injury or general damage.
Depending on the state, some car accident victims may also allow recover for "special" damages, such as past, present and future medical bills, wage loss, loss of earnings potential and other out-of-pocket expenses. Some states even require a form of "no-fault" benefits be paid following a traffic accident. These benefits may assist the victims with payments of lost wages and medical bills.
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