Car crashes have continued to increase even when traffic was reduced across the metro area by 40% for many months due to Covid. We are now seeing traffic increasing with the reopening of businesses and schools. As it stands, roadway travel across Missouri is more than just customarily risky. We…
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PAY ATTENTION is the simple point of the new release from MoDOT So, you may not know what an impact attenuator is? No doubt, you have seen these objects mounted on the back of a MoDOT truck or on the roadside. An impact attenuator is an object designed to absorb…
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Look Twice and Save a Life! In the last couple of months, we have not been focused on traffic as road travel has been greatly reduced. Traffic is back and motorcycles are out. There have been multiple fatal and serious injury motorcycle crashes in the last two months with…
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Over 800 Snow Related Crashes in Missouri While the snow predictions were between 2-10 inches; we did, in fact get hit by a snowstorm. There were more than 800 snow-related crashes that injured 57 people and killed four people in Missouri. The timing in which the storm came may have…
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Snow Predicted for Early Saturday Morning The National Weather Service predicts four to six inches of snow for the greater St. Louis area beginning on Friday evening. While the precipitation may be in the form of rain on Friday afternoon, but is expected to turn to snow in the early…
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Know How You are Getting Home Safely after the Party So, you know the Where and the When of your New Year’s Eve party, but unless safe/sober transportation home is planned— Planning is not complete. In order to make sure that the entire gang is here for the New Year’s Day hangover, one…
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Saint Louis, Second Most Dangerous City for Car Crashes There are many lists that St. Louis City wants to achieve, but being one of the most dangerous cities for car crashes is a list we would like to avoid. Two Midwestern cities made the list: Columbus, OH and St. Louis, MO. St….
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Snow and Ice Season is Here After a warm and rather short autumn, we were launched into winter over the weekend. If you are north of Interstate 70 this weekend, then you got a healthy dose of winter weather. Sunday, as many northern Missourians woke up to blizzard-like conditions, those in St….
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Fatal Crashes Should Raise Awareness for All of Us Of all of the troops at the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Troop A covering counties Johnson, Bates, Henry, Pettis, Jackson, Lafayette, Cass, and Saline worked a number of crashes including two fatal crashes and multiple injuries. Fatal Crash In Henry County…
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“Driving Under the Influence” As there are so many DUI’s arrests in the US, they become “common”. Sometimes people fail to think about the severity of driving under the influence. This is odd since most of us have been indirectly, if not directly, impacted by a drunk driver. In 2016, there were about 222…
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Two Fatalities and Two Seriously Injured in Head-on Collision On Tuesday afternoon a 18 year-old Glasglow, MO woman was driving a Dodge Neon and crossed the center lane and struck a Ford Fusion driven by a 75 year-old Keytesville, MO man. Vehicles were traveling in opposite directions on MO 87, one mile north…
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Head-On Collisions in Greater St. Louis Head-on car crashes are serious because the combination of forces of two vehicles colliding from the front. Where other crashes such as a rear-end crashes distribute some of the impact through the vehicle, head-on collisions combine the velocity of both vehicles. Two fatal crashes happened within 12…
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Experts Recommend a Focus on Safety for a Happy Holiday Missouri State Highway Patrol issued a safety message for Missouri drivers and boaters. Troopers encourage personal responsibility and safety at the forefront of your plans for the 2018 Labor Day Weekend celebration. Labor Day is usually considered one of the last…
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New Law Signed Last Week Focuses on Decreasing Distracted Driving House Bill 4846 was signed into law last week by Governor Bruce Rauner regarding driver’s use of cell phones while driving. House Bill 4846 re-categorizes first-time offenses for drivers distracted by hand-held gadgets such as cell phones or GPS devices. Now, first…
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Independence Day Holiday–Most Dangerous Weekend on the Roadways Since the Fourth falls on a Wednesday this year, we may have two actual celebration weekends prior to the Fourth and the weekend following. While last weekend was horrible for road fatalities, the upcoming Fourth of July weekend is usually destined to be…
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An Alarming Estimated 400 Road Deaths Estimated for Memorial Day Weekend The National Safety Council announced in a press release that 400 roadway deaths are estimated during this upcoming Memorial Day Weekend for the second year. In addition, they estimate that 45,800 people may be seriously injured on roadways during…
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Illinois Fatal Car Crashes Number Continue to Climb A negative statistic for Illinois for the last four consecutive years is the number of fatal crashes. So far in 2018, there have been 272 crashes resulting in 301 fatalities compared to last year at this time, 283 fatalities. At this rate,…
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Safety Group Ranks Missouri Fourth Worst in Traffic Safety Laws AHAS (Advocates for Highway & Auto Safety) has ranked Missouri as tied for fourth worst in the nation when it comes to safety of traffic laws. Limited Ban on Texting and Driving This recent study is not a surprise considering that Missouri…
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Serious Semi-Truck Crashes Occur on Same Stretch of Interstate 55 Illinois State Police say that bad driving behaviors are responsible for the latest serious crashes on I-55, not road construction. Twice in the last month, there have been two extremely serious semi-truck crashes on the same stretch of Interstate 55…
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Ninety-Four Accidents, Two Fatal According to reports, in the last year, there have been nearly 100 motor vehicle accidents near the Clark Bridge in Alton, Illinois. Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) defines the entrance and exit of the Clark Bridge as far west as Henry Street and as far east as…
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Dump Truck Crash Injures at Least Two Around 6:50 a.m. on Interstate 270, a dump truck “plowed” into the back of congested rush-hour traffic this morning according to authorities. This then sparked a five-vehicle crash that injured three people on Interstate 270 near Dougherty Ferry Road on Monday morning October…
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Plaintiff Initially Offered to Settle for Policy Limit of $50K Plaintiff was on an exit ramp of Interstate 70 when she was rear-ended by Defendant resulting in a settlement of $200,000.00. “She was stopped at a stop sign on the exit ramp of the highway and the defendant came off…
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Thousands Hit the Road for Labor Day Weekend Labor Day Weekend usually signals the last official weekend of summer. Many people will be taking to the roadways to enjoy soaking up sun and water fun. With increased numbers of people on the roadway, road construction and the increase in alcohol consumption, highway…
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