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If your child was hit by a car while riding their bike, an attorney can help you demand accountability. From fractured skulls to broken bones, over the past 20 years, more than 1 million U.S. children and teens have suffered these severe injuries due to bicycle accidents. A recent Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia study says…

A frightening trend that has hit our state especially hard After nearly four decades of improvement, our roads became dramatically more dangerous for teenagers in 2020. Driver’s education resource Zutobi crunched the numbers and found that among young drivers (age 15-20) and their passengers, road fatalities increased by nearly 20 percent between 2019 and 2020.…

Albuquerque rear-end accident lawyer explains how much your claim is worth One of the most common types of car crashes is a rear-end accident. An estimated 1.7 million rear-end crashes happen each year on average, according to car accident data collected by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). That’s approximately 28 percent of all…

New Mexico has more distracted driving accidents than any other state, according to a recent traffic safety study on dangerous driving habits. “For the second year in a row, New Mexico has the most distracted driving in the country,” noted traffic safety experts at Zutobi, a website devoted to driver education. New Mexico leads the…

Speeding has made some residents feel unsafe in their neighborhoods. It’s only been a few weeks, but Albuquerque’s new speed cameras have caught thousands of traffic law violators. The city installed three new speed cameras on Gibson and Montgomery in late May to reduce speeding. Several weeks later, the equipment had issued more than 2,500…

For the 6th year in a row, New Mexico has the highest fatal pedestrian crash rate Amid a national surge in fatal pedestrian accidents, New Mexico remains the most deadly state for people on foot. In 2021, for the sixth year in a row, New Mexico reported the highest fatal pedestrian accident rate in the…

Driving at such high speeds puts everyone on the road at risk Albuquerque residents on Coors Boulevard NW have been complaining for months about drivers and motorcyclists street racing in their neighborhood and putting residents at risk of being involved in a serious car accident, according to the Albuquerque Journal. “Speeding and excessive noise is…

New Mexico has the highest distracted driving death rate in the U.S. Nowhere in the U.S. has a higher fatal distracted driving car accident rate than New Mexico. For every 1 million residents, there are more than 60 deaths due to distracted driving, according to data crunchers. This is five times greater than the national…

An Albuquerque pedestrian accident attorney explains the problem According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 6,205 pedestrians died and an estimated 76,000 were injured in 2019. Fatalities from pedestrian accidents have increased to record levels in the last two years, even with fewer drivers on the road due. Now two years into the…

A personal injury lawyer discusses the dangers cyclists, pedestrians face Bicyclists and pedestrians are vulnerable out on the road. One negligent driver can cause an accident that leaves them seriously injured. Bicyclist and pedestrian fatalities have been a problem in New Mexico. Many safety advocates are calling for better road designs to help keep people…