Atlanta Injury Lawyers Amazed At The Number Of Car Wrecks
The Atlanta personal injury lawyers at The Griffin Law Firm, P.C. are amazed at the enormous number of car wrecks that occur every year. Even with improvements in the roads and the improvements in the safety features on cars, car wrecks occur every single day in Atlanta, Georgia and around the country.
An Allstate study found that 60% of car wrecks occur within 5 miles of your house. This may show that drivers may zone out or become less attentive when they are on the familar roads near their house.
Allstate's study also found that the national average is that everyone will have at least one car wreck every ten years. This means that we all need to make sure we have adequate auto insurance with high liability coverages, high uninsured motorist cvoerages with the new Add On or Excess UM coverage, and even high med pay coverages. You can not afford to hope that others have properly insured themselves because studies show that drivers often reduce or even drop their auto insurance when the economy gets bad.
In 2006 there were 500,000 DUI related car wrecks in the U.S. in 2006 alone. Tragicly 17,000 innocent drivers died in those 500,000 DUI related car wrecks. In Georgia, 392 deaths occurred due to DUI related car wrecks in 2006.
In 2007 there were 2,575,000 car wrecks that occurred in the U.S. Sadly, 42,000 people died in those 2,575,000 car wrecks in 2007. Over 55% of the fatalities involved drivers or passengers that were not wearing their seat belts. The number of car wrecks that were DUI related increased in 2007 to 17,600 throughout the U.S.
As you can see car wrecks occur every day in Atlanta, Georgia and throughout our country. If you or someone you know has been injured in a car wreck, you can call the Atlanta personal injury lawyers at The Griffin Law Firm for a free consultation. Call us at 866-847-6545 or visit our website at www.griffinlawfirmpc.com to have your legal questions answered and to find out what your case is worth.
Attorney Richard Griffin
The Griffin Law Firm, P.C.
