Summer is finally here. As a result, many bikers will be traveling throughout the Northwest and across the country on their motorcycles simply for the joy of riding. However, bikers should be advised that new research has confirmed what many bikers have had to learn the hard way. The Highway…
Most individuals who can afford to shop for vehicles beyond a certain price point spend a significant amount of time researching the pros and cons of various models before settling on one. Among the most important factors in most individuals’ decision-making is the safety rating associated with any given model.…
On Monday, May 6, at about 9:33 p.m., a Sound Transit bus ran a red light while exiting Interstate 405 near the Totem Lake Transit Center in Kirkland, Washington and crashed into an SUV traveling on eastbound on Northwest 128th Street. The impact killed passengers Robert H. Rotta, 76, and…
According to reports from the Washington State Patrol, there were fewer accidents statewide in 2011 than at anytime in the past 11 years. In 2011, the WSP reported about 99,000 collisions, which continued a downward trend from a recent peak in 2005 of 123,000 traffic collisions. The WSP credited drivers’…
Seattle drivers are far from the nation’s safest behind the wheel, according to an annual report from Allstate Insurance Company. And they’re getting worse. Among the nation’s 200 largest cities, Seattle drivers ranked 154th in terms of their risk for a collision. Seattle drivers average one crash every 7.9 years,…
When a chunk of I-5 pavement flew up and smashed through the windshield of a car carrying a family of four, the dangers of Washington’s crumbling roadways became all too real. The family was headed down I-5 near Northgate on Saturday when a brick-sized concrete panel came off the road,…
Five people were injured late Monday, June 18, 2012, in a crash on Interstate 5 in South Seattle that closed most of the freeway for nearly five hours. Four vehicles were involved, including a Mitsubishi Eclipse that ended up crushed beneath a semi-truck. One person was subsequently arrested for investigation of…
Early this morning an SUV crashed through the wall of the bedroom of a Kirkland home where the homeowner slept and then burst into flames. Prior to the crash, the driver lost control of the vehicle, plowed across the lawns of two homes and crashed through a car-port, fence and…
At around 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday, March 20 there was a head on collision on an I-5 ramp at the I-90 interchange involving a vehicle traveling the wrong way. One person was killed in the crash and multiple others were injured. Those injured in car accidents and the surviving families…
Over the last week, Seattle has been hit with a major snow and ice storm that has resulted in hundreds of motor vehicle collisions. There are several steps you can take as a motorist to prevent a collision in snow and ice. First, when following behind other vehicles, you need…