Bicycle Crashes on the Decline for 3rd Straight Year in Pennsylvania
We have some good news. The number of bicycle crashes has decreased for the last three years in Pennsylvania. However, these types of accidents are still responsible for nearly twenty deaths a year in our state and hundreds of injuries—many…
Read MoreTexting While Driving — A Major Distraction
A study by researchers at the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute indicates that your collision risk is 23 times greater if you are texting while driving. The researchers in that study equipped trucks with video cameras that showed the drivers looking…
Read MoreTop 5 Things Your Should Have in Your Car Insurance Policy
When shopping for a car insurance policy, it can be easy to get overwhelmed. We all know that we need car insurance. Not only is it the law, but it’s what provides you with coverage if you get in an…
Read MoreAccidents Involving a Work Vehicle
Millions of car accidents occur each year in the U.S. In Pennsylvania, there were 128,420 reportable traffic crashes in 2018. Many of those crashes lead to injuries and some to fatalities. But what about when one of the cars involved…
Read MoreMotorcycle Crashes and 6 Steps to Take Immediately After
May is Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month, and a great time to remind everyone to be alert and share the road with motorcyclists. Even with all the efforts to educate both motorcyclists and motorists, motorcycle crashes happen often, and when they…
Read More8 Leading Causes of Teen Car Accidents
Teens know it all, right? If you’re a parent of a teen, you likely understand the struggle of getting them to understand that they actually do have a lot to learn. For example, do they know teens are ten times…
Read MoreA Brain Injury- a very serious public health concern in the U.S.
In Pennsylvania, there are nearly 530,000 people living with an acquired brain injury and, each year, our Commonwealth sees about 98,000 new brain injury cases. It is one of the most common and devastating injuries we see at Georgelis Injury…
Read MoreIgnition Interlocks May be a Huge Factor in Reducing Drunk Driving Accidents
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) is hopeful that ignition interlocks will once again be key to reducing the number of drunk driving accidents this New Year’s Eve. Since Pennsylvania began requiring ignition interlock systems be put in cars of DUI…
Read More4 Steps to Take After an Accident Leads to Neck and Back Pain
Neck and back pain caused from an accident can be excruciating and long-lasting. Each and every year in the United States, nearly a million people suffer from a neck- or back-related work injury, and that number accounts for nearly 20-percent…
Read MorePedestrian Deaths at an All-Time High in Our Nation
Pedestrian deaths are on the rise and recently reached their highest levels in nearly 30 years. The Governors Highway Safety Administration reports 6,277 people died last year after being struck alongside a road—that’s a 52% increase in the past ten…
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