Massachusetts residents who are following the 2016 presidential campaign might have heard that a young staffer for GOP candidate Ben Carson died after a campaign van crashed in Iowa on Jan. 19. Three other campaign volunteers were also hurt in the accident.
Massachusetts drivers likely know that driving under the influence and driving while texting can be very dangerous and put them at risk for becoming involved in a car accident. However, fatigue-related crashes are also not uncommon. In fact, the National Transportation Safety Board listed fatigue-related accidents as one of their top 10 pressing safety issues during the annual meeting on Jan. 13.
An early morning wrong-way crash left two people critically injured on Jan. 12. The collision happened in Lexington, and caused the closure of the road for two hours while police investigated.
The cause of the head-on car accident in Agawam that killed one driver and injured the other remains unknown. Investigators from the state police’s collision analysis team have yet to announce any findings. A lieutenant from the local police department said that, at this point, nothing indicates that authorities will issue any criminal charges.
Winter driving conditions in Massachusetts can be extremely treacherous, but data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration indicates that modest amounts of snow or ice can be even more hazardous for drivers than full-blown winter storms and blizzards. According to the NHTSA, almost a quarter of the motor vehicle accidents that occurred between 2004 and 2013 on the nation’s roads were caused by weather conditions, and snow, ice or slush were responsible for nearly half of these crashes.
Massachusetts residents may have heard about an accident in New Hampshire in which four Secret Service agents were seriously injured. The accident, which happened on Dec. 29 on New Hampshire Route 16, also injured two others and claimed the life of a 45-year-old man.
Police in Westfield diverted traffic for nearly three and a half hours after a head-on motor vehicle crash on Springfield Road, also known as Route 20. The wreck involved two vehicles and three victims and took place near East Mountain Road and the line between the cities of West Springfield and Westfield.
A 32-year-old woman in Massachusetts was killed after she was involved in a two-car accident on Dec. 10. The fatal collision took place in Norwood just after 8 p.m. When police arrived at the intersection of Chickering Road and Walpole Street, they found one car with a damaged front end and another car nearby.
Self-driving cars are being touted as a safer transportation option, but they have double the accident rate of human drivers. One caveat to the higher accident rate involving self-driving vehicles is that they have never been at fault for any of the collisions. Instead, distracted or forceful human drivers were the cause of the crashes, and many crashes have occurred at low speeds without major injuries or damage to vehicles involved.
A Massachusetts crash that occurred on Dec. 12 left three people with serious injuries. The accident reportedly took place on North Road between Holyoke and Westfield at about 4:30 p.m. It appeared that the incident take place near the North Road and Airport Industrial Road intersection.
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