Day: January 17, 2019

According to numbers from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) and The Polk Company’s National Vehicle Population Profile, there were 23,708 fatalities in car accidents during 2017. That number comprised 64 percent of all vehicle accident fatalities for the year. As for total injury accident numbers, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimated there were 2.17 millions injury collisions in 2016. Given these numbers, it should come as no surprise that drivers and vehicle passengers are at risk for injury. What is surprising, however, is that passengers in auto accidents can potentially file