Auto Accidents

You can never predict the actions of other motorists sharing the roadway. Because of this, driving defensively can help you identify and appropriately respond to threats to ensure your safety. The Phillips Law Group's Phoenix car accident attorneys have provided these defensive driving tips that can keep you and others...

After the seventh wrong-way accident involving injuries or fatalities in Arizona so far this year, renewed focus is being placed on efforts to prevent wrong way drivers. Last week, the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) announced plans to install a prototype system aimed at preventing wrong-way driving. Wong-way driving collisions...

Distracted driving has become an all too common habit among U.S. drivers. As the number of auto-related fatalities increased to the highest reported number in nearly a decade, traffic safety advocates are raising concerns over the public's dangerous driving habits, specifically distracted driving. To address this issue, U.S. traffic safety...

Three people have died, including a seven-year-old boy, after two separate traffic collisions that involved multiple vehicles on 43rd Ave. in Phoenix on Sunday. The Phoenix Police Department is investigating both incidences and believe either speed or impairment was a major factor with the driver invovled in the first collision....

A new report from AAA revealed that while many U.S. drivers desire autonomous technologies in their new vehicle, the majority still feel uneasy about sharing the road with a self-driving car. Auto safety experts have routinely praised innovative technologies, like self-driving capabilities, for the potential safety improvements that are projected...

According to preliminary figures from the National Safety Council (NSC), an estimated 40,000 people were killed in fatal auto accidents in 2016, marking a six percent increase from the previous year and a 14 percent rise since 2014. 2016 displayed the largest two-year rise in traffic fatalities in 53 years...

A study published by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety has found that millennials, ages 19 to 24-years-old, are the age group most likely to engage in poor driving habits. AAA researchers analyzed several generations of drivers and their likelihood of engaging in dangerous behavior that would increase the risk...

Arizona has been rated as one of the worst states in the U.S. for driver and passenger protection due to the lack of traffic safety laws. The Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (AHAS), a consumer-based group, released its annual Roadmap Report of State Highway Safety Laws, which indicates that...

An Arizona Senate committee has approved a bill that would ban teens from using electronic devices while driving during the first six months after acquiring a driver's license. Senate Bill 1080 is Arizona's latest attempt at a small step toward banning texting while driving. The state is currently only one...

Two of Arizona's cities, Phoenix and Tucson, have been named as the leading cities with the most aggressive drivers in the U.S. The findings were reported in a studyconducted by Automatic, a San Francisco-based connected car company. Automatic concluded that drivers in Phoenix had the highest levels of aggression on...