Last week marked Playground Safety Awareness Week across the United States.

Last week marked Playground Safety Awareness Week across the United States.

Louisiana is lagging behind when it comes to banning or limiting cell phone use while driving.

A study by the American Automobile Association (AAA) showed that talking and texting are the leading causes of distracted driving.

In addition to threatening the safety of other drivers, aggressive drivers are more likely to drink and drive and drive without seatbelts, according to the NHTSA study.

More than 60 percent of drivers view unsafe driving as a major threat to themselves and their families.

There are approximately 6.8 million car accidents every year, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the leading cause of disability and death in children and adolescents, according to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Some of the most serious injuries occur when a motorist drives a bicyclist off the road.

A CDC study found that playgrounds in low-income areas run the highest risk of injuring children.

Unlike with bodily injury, you do not have to wait because you will know the amount of damage to your vehicle relatively quickly.

There are some telltale signs of a drunken driver and, there are a few simple steps you can follow to get them off the road.

Technology like Sync causes drivers to miss crucial visual and audio cues, said a USDOT spokesperson.

State government regulatory agencies receive over one million consumer complaints annually about bad faith insurance practices.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) wants to put an end to cell phone use while driving with a nationwide ban on the practice.

One resident of the apartment building said he was in the shower when he saw the smoke, grabbed his daughter and ran out of the building.

A local law enforcement officer commented that the goal is to get as many unsafe drivers off the road as possible in the holiday season.

A recent report now shows that the driver was intoxicated at the time of the single-vehicle crash.

The condition causes the plasma cells to grow out of control in the bone marrow, forming tumors in the areas of solid bone. 

After firefighters removed the young victim, rescue workers transported him to LSU medical center where doctors say he is in critical condition.

In addition, when she landed her dress fell in such a way that left parts of her body exposed while she lay there injured.

For its part, Coastal Shoring reiterated that it cares about the safety of its workers, and it maintains it was not at fault in the fatal accident.

The spokesperson said this type of car wreck happens all too often because drivers fail to pay attention and follow too closely.

The highest number of highway traffic deaths in the state’s history was 993 in 2007, according to the report.

They allege that campus police and university officials failed to enforce anti-hazing policies during the school’s homecoming celebration, according to the complaint.  

According to the police report, an 18-year-old male was driving a Chevy pickup when he lost control and veered off the road.

Three teenage girls were in a Ford Escape when the driver lost control and veered off the road.

Workers had the crane at the home to replace some air conditioning units.

Investigators at the scene were able to determine that the pickup was speeding at the time of impact.

According to the Louisiana State Police, the stalled Impala did not have its flashers or any lights activated as it sat in the left lane of the highway.

The plaintiff slipped in the water, which was in plain view to the cashiers on duty, according to the complaint.

Ideally, the drug could mean increased mobility to those already confined to wheelchairs from spinal cord injuries.

The brain bounces around inside the skull causing swelling, bruising and chemical changes.

One spinal cord injury physical therapist says that kids should not dive into pools and lakes no matter how deep the water is.

According to the woman’s complaint, she was in the store’s parking lot on June 2010 and slipped on some oil on the cement.

While walking down a staircase on the ship, he slipped and fell on a loose tile.

One of the survivors said the roads were slick from the rain, and that the driver lost control on the bridge.

At the time of his fall, there was not a handrail on the wall alongside the staircase, according to the complaint.

He hit a curb and drove into a street sign, which apparently threw his Honda 12 feet into the air.