Rollover crashes kill more than 10,000 people each year in the United States.

If you or a loved one have been injured in a vehicle rollover accident, contact one of our attorneys to schedule a free consultation with an experienced personal injury attorney.

Attorneys at the New York law offices of Ajlouny and Associates represent the victims of rollover accidents. If you or a loved one has been injured in a vehicle accident, and are facing serious injuries speak to a personal injury attorney today.

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Rollover Accidents: Roofs of a car are not always designed to hold the weight of the car, leaving passengers in a rollover accident vulnerable to serious injuries.

If a vehicles roof collapses, the passengers may be crushed under it's weight and serious injuries to the head and neck may occur.

Contact us by calling 800-535-5029 to schedule a free initial consultation. We are able to come arrange a meeting at your home or a hospital visit.

SUV Rollover Statistics

• 10,657 passenger vehicles were involved in fatal rollover crashes. (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, or NHTSA)
  
  
• Crashes in which a vehicle rolled over accounted for more than half of all single-vehicle crash deaths. (NHTSA)
  
  
• Vehicle rollover crashes are especially serious because they so often result in head injuries. Head trauma is the most frequent type of fatal and nonfatal injury in rollovers. (NHTSA)
  
  
• The rate of serious injury in passenger vehicle rollover crashes is 36 percent higher than in crashes where there is no rollover. (NHTSA)
  
  
• The high fatality and injury rates are due, in part, to the high percentage of rollover crashes in which passengers are ejected from their vehicles. Ejections account for 63 percent of all fatalities in rollover crashes and often result in costly and debilitating head injuries. (NHTSA)
  
  
• More than 90 percent of passenger vehicle rollover crashes are single-vehicle crashes, and 8,345 of the 10,142 occupant deaths occurred in single-vehicle rollover crashes. (NHTSA)
  
  
• More than half, 56 percent, of single-vehicle crash deaths resulted from rollovers compared with only 11 percent of rollover deaths in all multiple-vehicle crashes. (Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, or I

Causes
http://www.safercar.gov/Rollover

Rollovers are complex crash incidents and are particularly violent in nature. Rollovers, more so than other types of crashes, reflect the interaction of the driver, road, vehicle, and environmental factors. So while vehicle type does play a significant role, other factors such as driver behavior and road and environmental conditions can also cause a vehicle to roll over.

VEHICLE TYPE

All types of vehicles can rollover. However, taller, narrower vehicles such as SUVs, pickups, and vans have higher centers of gravity, and thus are more susceptible to rollover if involved in a single-vehicle crash.

SPEED

Fatal rollover crashes are speed-related more often than fatal non-rollover crashes. Some 40% of fatal rollover crashes involved excessive speeding . Additionally, nearly ¾ of fatal rollovers took place where the posted speed limit was 55 miles per hour or higher.

ALCOHOL

Nearly half of all fatal rollover crashes involve alcohol . Impairment can result from any blood alcohol concentration (BAC) above .00 . Even a small amount of alcohol will negatively affect your judgment, muscular coordination, and vision, making you more likely to lose control of your vehicle.

LOCATION

Rural roads tend to be undivided and without barriers. They are thus more likely to be the scene of a fatal rollover. Almost ¾ of fatal rollovers occur in rural areas where the posted speed limit is typically 55 miles per hour or higher.

ROUTINE DRIVING

NHTSA data also suggest that over 90% of the vehicles in fatal, single-vehicle rollover crashes were involved in routine drivingmaneuvers (going straight or negotiating a curve) at the time of the crash. This further suggests that driver behavior (distraction, inattentiveness, speeding, and impaired driving) plays a significant role in rollover crashes.

SINGLE-VEHICLE CRASHES

NHTSA data show that nearly 85% of all rollover-related fatalities are the result of single-vehicle crashes. This means that the majority of rollover crashes and fatalities do not involve any other vehicle besides the one that rolled over, further suggesting that driver behavior plays a significant role in rollover crashes.

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