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Motor Vehicle Accidents Resource Links

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
The NHTSA is a government agency dedicated to making American roads safer for travelers.

US Department of Transportation (DOT)
The Department of Transportation is a federal agency focusing on policy and lawmaking to ensure safer US travel.

Teen Driver Safety Series
This article, from a car-evaluation Web site, explores the dangers of teen driving and suggests ways of making it safer.

Auto Insurance Information
The Insurance Information Institute answers questions and disseminates information on auto safety, auto insurance, teenage drivers and more.

Nine Ways to Lower Your Auto Insurance Costs
The Federal Citizen Information Center (FCIC) provides information on steps you can take to obtain a lower auto insurance rate.

Insurance Institute for Highway Safety / Highway Loss Data Institute
These organizations focus on studying and preventing highway motor vehicle accidents.

Motorcycle Accidents Resource Links

American Motorcyclists Association
An organization that pursues, protects and promotes the interests of motorcycle enthusiasts.

Bikers Rights Online
Devoted to motorcycle riders' rights, this site includes articles, studies and a review of helmet laws that is searchable by state.

Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is a nonprofit research and communications organization funded by auto insurers. For over 30 years, the Institute has been a leader in finding out what works and does not work to prevent motor vehicle crashes in the first place and reduce injuries in the crashes that still occur. The site features vehicle ratings, safety facts and publications.

Motorcycle Consumer News
An advertising-free, multi-faceted resource for the motorcycling public.

Motorcycle Riders Foundation
A motorcyclist rights organization based in Washington, D.C.

Motorcycle Safety Foundation
Provides information on motorcycle rider training, operator licensing and government relations, rider courses, riding gear and motorcycle safety for riders of all ages.

National Agenda for Motorcycle Safety
Provides a look at motorcycle safety today and a blueprint for the future.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Provides crash statistics and articles about motorcycle accidents, product safety and passenger safety.

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Personal Injury, General Resource Links

Practical Law: Personal Injury Claims
This Web site, made available to the public by the ABA Division For Public Education contains useful information about personal injury claims.

US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
The CPSC is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of property damage, serious personal injury, or death from consumer products such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters, and household chemicals that pose a fire, electrical, chemical, or mechanical hazard or can injure children. The CPSC's Web site includes recalls and product safety news, information on reporting an unsafe product, and more.

Tort Law: An Overview
This Web site, maintained by the Legal Information Institute (LII) at Cornell University Law School, provides general information about tort law, including discussion of intentional torts, negligent torts, and strict liability torts.

Dog Bite Liability
This Web site contains an article from the Insurance Information Institute (III) about dog bite liability. The article discusses dog owners’ liability, recent developments in state legislation, important court decisions, and other related issues.

Products Liability: An Overview
This Web site, maintained by the Legal Information Institute (LII) at Cornell University Law School, provides general information about the law of products liability as well as links to federal and state judicial decisions and statutes concerning products liability.

Damages: An Overview
This Web site, maintained by the Legal Information Institute (LII) at Cornell University Law School, provides general information about the law of damages, including discussion of compensatory and punitive damages.

National Center for Statistics and Analysis (NCSA)
One of NCSA's guiding principles is to provide easy public access to its data concerning the causes and injury outcomes of crashes. To that end, the NCSA makes available through its Web site crash research and investigation data, statistics, and analysis.

Motor Vehicle and Equipment Recalls
This Web site, provided by the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI), allows users to search its database of motor vehicle, equipment, child safety seat, and tire recallsNeed More Information?

Truck Accidents Resource Links

Share the Road Safely
From the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), a division of the US Department of Transportation (DOT), dedicated to reducing motor vehicle accidents involving large trucks.

Insurance Information Institute
Includes information on vehicle safety, insurance and more.

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)
Division of the US Department of Transportation (DOT). Contains information about safety programs, regulations and facts related to the prevention of commercial truck and bus accidents, injuries and fatalities.

Insurance Institute for Highway Safety / Highway Loss Data Institute
Features vehicle ratings, safety facts and publications.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
Division of the US Department of Transportation. Provides crash statistics and articles about traffic accidents and vehicle safety.

American Trucking Associations
Trucking industry trade association. Includes information and research about the trucking industry, highway safety and driver safety.

US Department of Transportation (DOT)
Federal agency charged with ensuring a safe transportation system. Features statistics, dockets, rules and other relevant information.

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