Richmond Accident Attorney: Weather Factors Into Interstate Highway Accidents

Teenagers and the elderly are often thought of as the most prone to having vehicle accidents. However, that is not necessarily so. Inexperience or slowed reflexes many times do factor in car crashes, but Virginia State Police statistics disclose that the drivers in more than half the accidents reported every year are in the "prime of life."

Even highly trained and experienced drivers get involved in traffic accidents on Virginia's interstate highways, especially those that are heavily traveled and often congested, such as I-95, I-295, and I-64 in and around Richmond. Especially when the weather is foul, obstructing visibility and lessening traction and control. This is what happened recently in Southwest Virginia when a State Police Trooper ran into the rear of a tractor trailer while responding to an accident on I-81 when his car hit a patch of standing water and hydroplaned. Though his "gray and blue" was totaled, the Trooper fortunately escaped with non-life threatening injuries.