Category: Car Accidents

Louisville Deadly Two Car Collisions

By Kaufman and Stigger on September 18, 2020

The risk of traffic accidents is something we often don’t consider as we leave the house every morning. Yet, the statistics show that every day there are lives lost in our state as well as people seriously hurt in collisions.

In 2018, there were 724 fatal accident victims on Kentucky roads. The Kentucky State Police confirmed that 76 of those victims were killed in Jefferson County. That’s down from the 108 deaths reported in the county in 2017.

Every year people are left to struggle with painful injuries and families are left to grieve lost loved ones.

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New Albany Head-On Collisions

By Kaufman and Stigger on September 8, 2020

Head-On collisions between vehicles often result in the most devastating outcomes in accidents. They can prove dangerous for the occupants involved because the speeds of both cars are added to the impact force. Adding a driver under the influence of drugs or alcohol to the equation can multiply the risk of severe injury by several times more.

The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) found that about one-third of all fatal crashes involve alcohol-impaired drivers. They also found a link between certain times of the night and when the most collisions are reported. 

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Multi-Car Accidents on I-65 in Louisville

By Kaufman and Stigger on August 31, 2020

The interstates around and through Louisville can be challenging to navigate for any driver. The extreme speeds sometimes seen on the interstates can suddenly drop down to a crawl during peak hours leaving already distracted drivers with little time to react.  Multi-car pile-up accidents can be the result.

The Kentucky State Police see the dangers major arteries in Louisville can pose to motorists every day. They responded to 2,773 accidents along Interstate 64 alone in 2018. The collisions led to 19 deaths and left 657 victims injured.

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Multi-Car Accidents on I-265 in Louisville

By Kaufman and Stigger on August 31, 2020

Kentucky interstates can prove dangerous for drivers when hazards like high speeds and heavy traffic combine. With speed limits of 65 mph, motorists are tempted to go well beyond the limit. Road obstacles like objects in the road and stopped traffic can appear out of nowhere in front of drivers leaving little reaction time.

Kentucky State Police responded to over 13,500 accidents on interstates over the course of 2018. Those accidents left almost 2,500 occupants injured and claimed 71 lives. Interstate 265 around Louisville was the scene for 870 of those collisions.

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Fatal Car Accidents in Louisville on Breckenridge Lane

By Kaufman and Stigger on August 21, 2020

There may be nothing more frightening for drivers at night than seeing the headlights of oncoming traffic veer across the center line and into their path.

A collision can be the frightening result and those impacts often occur head-on.  A front collision between two cars can be devastating to anyone inside the vehicles.  Both cars bring their speed into the crash, doubling the force of the impact.

The Kentucky State Police see the damage a head-on crash or a partial head-on crash can do on a regular basis.

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Fatal Car Accidents in Frankfort

By Kaufman and Stigger on August 18, 2020

Kentucky country roads can offer motorists less traffic than the city’s streets and highways, but they can also provide their own unique hazards.  Drivers have to be more attentive at all times because of the narrow lanes and tight curves.

Distracted drivers can glance down for a second and veer out of their side of the road or be off the curb in an instant.  In a single year, the Kentucky State Police saw over 1,200 victims injured in accidents along county roads. 

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Roll-Over Accidents Caused by Speeding in Lexington

By Kaufman and Stigger on July 24, 2020

Car accidents take place in the blink of an eye and if excessive speed is involved the injuries and damages are only magnified. A driver may choose to travel at unsafe speeds and place another driver who obeys traffic laws at sudden risk.

In 2018, accidents involving speeding killed nearly 10,000 drivers according to the National Safety Council.  26% of all accidents that year were the result of speeding.

Speeding isn’t just going over the speed limit, it also involves knowing the right speed for conditions.

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Deadly Louisville Moped Collision

By Kaufman and Stigger on July 9, 2020

A moped is a mode of transportation often categorized somewhere between a bicycle and a motorcycle. Unfortunately, the moped shares the vulnerability of both when out on the road.

Moped Dangers on Two Wheels

Mopeds, like bicycles, move at slower speeds than most other traffic and that can put them in dangerous proximity to other vehicles trying to pass. In Louisville and across Kentucky, a moped is only allowed a top speed of 30mph.

Mopeds are also smaller and narrower than cars and trucks. 

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