California Passenger Accident Attorney

Passenger accidents in motor vehicles account for a significant number of serious injuries and deaths each year. In bringing a case for a passenger involved in an automobile accident, absent special circumstances there is seldom an issue of liability. Since the passenger was not operating the vehicle, either the driver of his vehicle or the other vehicle is responsible. Where your driver was a family member and is the at-fault party, issues of inter-family tort immunity arise, sometimes preventing recovery. If the at-fault-driver has no insurance or inadequate insurance and you have uninsured/underinsured coverage, or are a resident of a household having such insurance, that insurance company may be held to pay for all your damages.

Northern / Southern California Passenger Accident Attorney

Insurance companies will not pay claims just because somebody was hurt in a passenger accident. Because of that, it is crucial to have the best possible Southern and Northern California passenger accident attorney. Cunningham & Lansden have offices located in Camarillo, Sacramento and Placerville. Our Camarillo, Sacramento or Placerville passenger accident lawyers can also come to you, if you can't come to us.

Preventing Injuries to Children:
In the United States during 2005, 1,335 children ages 14 years and younger died in passenger accidents in motor vehicle crashes, and approximately 184,000 were injured. That's an average of 4 deaths and 504 injuries each day. Among children under the age of 5, in 2006, an estimated 425 lives were saved by car and booster seat use. One out of four occupant deaths among children ages 0 to 14 years involved a drinking driver. More than two-thirds of these fatally injured children were riding with a drinking driver. Restraint use among young children often depends upon the driver's seat belt use. Almost 40% of children riding with unbelted drivers were themselves unrestrained. Child restraint systems are often used incorrectly. One study found that 72% of nearly 3,500 observed car and booster seats were misused in a way that could be expected to increase a child's risk of injury during a crash.

Child safety seats reduce the risk of death in passenger accidents by 71% for infants, and by 54% for toddlers ages 1 to 4 years. There is strong evidence that child safety seat laws, safety seat distribution and education programs, community-wide education and enforcement campaigns, and incentive-plus-education programs are effective in increasing child safety seat use.

Preventing Injuries to Adults:
Seat belts in automobiles are a very important safety feature in passenger accidents. Over the past ten years, highway injuries and fatalities have dropped. The reason for the decline is because more and more people are wearing seat belts. Wearing seat belts will reduce injuries and save lives. Each year, the number of people wearing seat belts increases and the rate of fatalities decreases. Those who don't buckle should understand the risks involved. Many people in vehicles, who do not use seat belts, end up in terrible fatalities, but those that have seat belts properly fastened have the improved ability to avoid fatalities. Because of the increasingly amount of drivers and passengers, they should always properly wear the seat belt.

Email or call Sacramento passenger accident lawyers Cunningham & Lansden now for a free case evaluation. We serve clients in Northern and Southern California with passenger accident attorneys that are experienced and familiar with passenger accidents cases. Our regional offices are in Sacramento, Camarillo and Placerville.