Lexington, KY, has a relatively good road safety record for a city its size. In a survey of 100 U.S. cities, Lexington ranked as the 29th safest city for drivers. However, Lexington has one of the highest rates of traffic congestion in the country and a high percentage of uninsured drivers. Here is an overview of road safety issues facing Lexington, KY. Lexington Accidents and Injury Rates Lexington has not yet completed its data collection for 2021 traffic accidents. And 2020’s data has several anomalies due to pandemic lockdowns in March and April. As a result, 2019 is the most Continue Reading

Airbags can prevent injuries and deaths in car accidents. Frontal airbags prevented 50,457 fatalities from 1987 through 2017. Even more lives have been saved through the invention of side airbags and curtain airbags. Some interesting facts about airbags from the IIHS include: Front airbags are required on all passenger vehicles beginning with the model year 1999 Side airbags are not mandated Front airbags reduce driver deaths by 29 percent and front-seat passenger deaths of people 13 years and older by 32 percent Side airbags can reduce the risk of death for driver-side crashes by 37 percent when the airbags protect Continue Reading

While nobody wants to get into one, car accidents are a fairly common occurrence and happen by the thousands every day across the country. Recent data suggests that over 38,000 people die on average every year in car accidents. That number certainly is high, but the good news is that for a number of reasons—graduated license laws and advanced safety technologies among them—car accident deaths are trending downward. Of course, not every accident ends in death. In fact, only a small minority are fatal. A more common outcome of a car accident is an injury that requires medical attention. As Continue Reading