Injury News

Alarming Study Results for Arizona Distracted Driving The Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS) is increasing their crack down on distracted driving after a recently released study that took place between November 2013 and April 1, 2014 revealed some alarming statistics.

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• Bus Accident
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• Car Accident
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• Crossing Accidents
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• Pedestrian Accident
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• Personal Injury
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• Truck Accident
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Arizona Ranked Low for Traffic Safety Laws According to a national report that ranks states’ safety laws, Arizona looks to be “dangerously behind” in its adoption of key traffic and vehicle safety laws.

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• Bus Accident
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• Car Accident
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• Motorcycle Accident
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• Pedestrian Accident
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• Personal Injury
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• Quadricycle
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• Truck Accident
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The Rise in Arizona Dog Bites Over the last five years, the number of Arizonans sent to the hospital for dog bites has more than doubled.

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• Dog Bite
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• Personal Injury
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Arizona Defines Motorized Quadricycles as Limos House transit committee chairperson Rep Karen Fann has introduced an amendment to SB1201 that defines and creates regulations for commercial multiple-person, pedaled, motor-assisted quadricycles.

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• Bicycle Accidents
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• Motorcycle Accident
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• Personal Injury
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• Quadricycle
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Recently a Pit Bull named Mickey made the headlines for mauling 4-year-old Kevin Vicente. The case inspired numerous protests as well as further investigation into the rise of dog bite cases in Arizona.

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• Dog Bite
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• Personal Injury
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April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month April has been declared as National Safety Council’s Distracted Driving Awareness Month. To bring awareness this year the Department of Transportation has partnered a national advertising and media outreach campaign designed to inform the public with law enforcement crackdown.

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• Car Accident
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• Truck Accident
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Accident Rates with Older Drivers Not What You Would Assume A decade ago safety researchers warned that traffic accidents would increase as the nation’s aging population meant an increase in number of older drivers on the road.

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• Car Accident
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• Crossing Accidents
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• Pedestrian Accident
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• Personal Injury
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The Fourth Dog Attack in Mesa in Recent Months Officials are reporting that a Mesa woman in her 40’s suffered injuries after being attacked by her own two dogs.

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• Dog Bite
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• Personal Injury
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A month after the hit-and-run car crash that took her brother’s life, Cedric Jody’s sister is still searching for answers.

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• Car Accident
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• Wrongful Death
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Driver Arrested in Car Crash that Killed Phoenix Woman A woman riding in a car traveling down a Phoenix interstate was hit and killed by multiple vehicles after being thrown from the Chevrolet Malibu she was riding in into oncoming traffic from an initial car crash.

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• Car Accident
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