Nashville Automobile Accident Attorney Reviews A Distracted Driver Roadway Departure Crash
Roadway Departure Fatality
Melissa Frederick was 33 years and fifteen minutes old when her life ended. We will probably never know just what it was that caused her to leave the interstate roadway, hit a guardrail, get ejected and then crushed by her vehicle.
As an experienced Nashville automobile accident attorney I know that the investigators will conduct toxicology tests to determine if she had ingested any drugs or alcohol, they will check her cell phone records to determine whether she was talking or texting at the time she left the road, but whatever the results, the bottom line is that a young Tennessee woman is now dead, another highway fatality statistic. My prayers and sympathy go out to her family and friends.
I write about this tragedy in the hopes that others who read it will learn something from this fatal Tennessee car crash. The use of seat belts is required by Tennessee law. Seatbelts can help save you and your passenger’s lives in the event of a traffic crash. The THP investigator noted in his report that Ms. Frederick was not wearing her seatbelt and was ejected and crushed by her own vehicle.
As an experienced Nashville automobile accident attorney we know that these crashes are referred to as “Roadway Departure Crashes” (RDCs). The Federal Highway Administration defines a RDC as a non-intersection crash that occurs when a vehicle crosses an edge line or a centerline, or otherwise leaves the traveled way.
According to the Federal Highway Administration roadway departure crashes are frequently severe and account for the majority of highway fatalities. In 2008, there were 19,794 fatal roadway departure crashes resulting in 22,080 fatalities, which was 53 percent of the fatal crashes in the United States. FHWA uses the Fatal Analysis Reporting System (FARS) compiled by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to compute statistics on roadway departure crashes.
The lesson here for Tennessee drivers is that you must keep all of your attention on the act of driving and avoid distractions. If you or a loved one is injured or killed in a Tennessee automobile accident contact the experienced Tennessee automobile accident lawyers at Phillip Miller & Associates and learn about your rights and remedies.
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