According to the most recent data from the US Department of Transportation in the year 2015, there were close to 818 bicyclist fatalities on US
Ensuring the safety of children is a tough task. There are numerous incidents reported where students are found locked up in school busses or knocked down by motor vehicles while waiting to be picked up by their school busses at bus stops. Some zones are prominent and known to be a zone for a lot of student fatalities. There are categorized as danger zones. According to a report that rolled out in the year 2013, an average of 92 school bus danger fatalities 12 casualties were reported in the past eight years. 37 of the casualties were caused by a passing vehicle, 24 of them occurred when students were in front of the bus. 12 of them were because the children were too close to the side of their bus and 10 when they ran after the bus. While the damages that occurred due to these accidents may be irreparable, several measures can be implemented to ensure that these incidents do not repeat.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there were 10,265 deaths in 2015 as a result of alcohol-impaired driving crashes in the
You will be surprised to know that fire accidents are among the leading causes of domestic deaths as well as industrial deaths in the United States. Close to 180,000 deaths due to fire are reported each year. It is older people and young children that are most vulnerable to injuries due to scalding and burns. Burns and scalds can be sustained in virtually any setting. The most commonly reported domestic incidents are due to fires from portable stoves, short circuits, butane grills, and scalding due to hot steam. Burn can also occur due to defective products as well as workplace irregularities. It is needless to say that burns and scalds are very painful and can take several weeks to heal. If the burns are very severe, the treatment will be more complicated and expensive. Listed below are a few things you must be aware of while filing a claim if you or someone you know of, has sustained grievous burn injuries.
