Why Some Car Accident Injuries Don’t Show Up Right Away

After a car accident, it's natural to focus on the damage you can immediately see. If your vehicle isn't totaled and you don't feel seriously hurt, you may assume you've escaped without significant injuries. Unfortunately, that isn't always the case. Many injuries caused by car accidents take hours—or even days—to become noticeable. The stress and adrenaline your body experiences during a crash can temporarily mask pain, making it easy to overlook injuries that require medical attention. Knowing what symptoms to watch for can protect both your health and your legal rights if another driver's negligence caused the accident.

After a car accident, it’s natural to focus on the damage you can immediately see. If your vehicle isn’t totaled and you don’t feel seriously hurt, you may assume you’ve escaped without significant injuries. Unfortunately, that isn’t always the case. Many injuries caused by car accidents take hours—or even days—to become noticeable. The stress and…

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Is Your Child Safe This Summer Riding in a Car?

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released its Traffic Safety Facts related to children earlier this year. Sadly, traffic-related fatalities for children increased by five percent from 2014 to 2015. Injuries sustained by children in traffic accidents increased by six percent in 2015. Approximately 178,000 children were injured, and 1,798 were killed in traffic…

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PA DUI Statistics From NHTSA, PennDOT

DUI Related Fatalities in PA The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released it’s Motor Vehicle Crash Statistics recently, and while DUI fatalities were reduced in 2013, there are still an alarming rate of DUI-related deaths in Pennsylvania. 1,208 people lost their lives in a car accident last year, 368 of them (30%) were alcohol-related accidents.…

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