Nashville Motorcycle Lawyer Reports On A Fatal Tennessee Motorcycle Roadway Departure Crash
Why Did He Drive Off The Raod?
As an experienced Tennessee motorcycle accident attorney I have reviewed hundreds of accidents and I am becoming alarmed at the number motorcycles involved in roadway departure crashes this year. The local media article I read about a fatal motorcycle roadway departure crash in Cumberland County Tennessee didn’t give me much information but that’s not uncommon in single vehicle accidents.
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 driver inattention is the leading factor in most crashes. Nearly 80 percent of crashes and 65 percent of near-crashes involved some form of driver inattention within three seconds before the event. Primary causes of driver inattention are distracting activities, such as cell phone use, and drowsiness. We will probably never know what caused this driver to take his attention from the task at hand, it only takes a second or two of a distraction and you’re off the road into the safety barrier.
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