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If you were involved in a frontal collision, it's likely that your face made contact with the airbag, steering wheel, or dashboard. Side-impact crashes can also cause facial injuries due to the impact and broken glass. How often do car accidents cause facial injuries? According to studies, facial injuries are common in collisions. One study,...

Navigating intersections is an inevitable part of our daily travels in Chicago. Depending on how well an intersection is designed, it can go smoothly or be a frustrating experience. Some poorly-designed intersections can be dangerous. In fact, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that 40 percent of all crashes happen at intersections. These crashes...

Illinois recently became the 11th state in the U.S. to legalize recreational marijuana for adult use. As of January 1, 2020, residents ages 21 and older can purchase cannabis products from licensed sellers. There may be as many as 295 cannabis shops operating in Illinois by year's end. Of course, the legalization of marijuana may...

If you were just involved in a crash, you may have felt fine enough to get out and walk around. You may have taken all the required and recommended courses of action: exchanging insurance information with the other driver, calling the police, documenting the crash scene, and speaking to witnesses. You don’t have any noticeable...

The statistics are alarming. Pedestrian deaths are up almost 30 percent since 2013. Cyclist deaths have increased by about 14 percent. Media coverage of crashes isn't helping. Yet we see little public outrage over the rising death rates. Why? In part because the media, according to a report in a journal of the National Academy...