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Pursuing a Personal Injury Lawsuit After a Tour Bus Accident Tour buses can be quite large. They can stretch to over 40 feet long, reach heights of up to 20 feet, and weigh in at an average of 25,000 pounds. If that bus is full of passengers, the average weight can...
Pedestrian Safety: Tips and Overview Navigating busy roads as a pedestrian can be very dangerous if you aren’t careful. According to data released by the Governors Highway Safety Association, an estimated 6,590 pedestrians across the U.S. were killed in traffic...
The Help You Need After an Auto Accident New York Motor Vehicle Collision Lawyers on Your Side At the law firm of Block O'Toole & Murphy, our premier New York motor vehicle accident attorneys are well-known for representing injured individuals and the families of...
As New York nears 5 years since Vision Zero went into effect in 2014, new traffic data shows that pedestrian deaths in the five boroughs increased 6.5% from 107 deaths in 2017 to 114 in 2018. While overall traffic fatalities are down, a dozen pedestrians were killed...
This blog has reported before on the difficulty of obtaining usable traffic crash data from NYPD. However, there are several alternative sources. These are operated by private citizens who take the raw data from the PDF files released by the New York Police Department...
People who were injured in motor vehicle accidents such as motorcycle, bus or car accidents , you may need the accident reports for insurance purposes or if you are thinking about filing a personal injury lawsuit. Here are a few tips that could make obtaining these...
Cement trucks were involved in two recent serious trucking accidents recently. On January 18, a woman on the upper East Side of Manhattan was hit by a cement truck, severing her leg. The second truck accident occurred in the Bronx on January 20 when a driver lost...
A Brooklyn pedestrian succumbed to his injuries two days after a pole struck by an MTA bus fell on him. It all happened just after 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 8, 2021, as the bus driver was driving on Eastern Parkway near Utica Avenue when he swerved to avoid a...
Why Intersections Can Be Dangerous for Cyclists, Pedestrians, & Drivers Many underestimate the dangers associated with poorly designed intersections. While intersections may seem like simple parts of your daily commute, they can be some of the most dangerous to...
Accidents Caused by Improper Construction Cleanup Many accidents in the construction industry happen when work is underway. However, the post-construction scene can be a source of ongoing hazards, especially when not properly cleaned up. Need to Know: Improper cleanup...
