The Cochran Firm Legal Blog

Over two million people are killed in automobile accidents each year worldwide. Driving defensively by observing traffic laws, wearing your seatbelts, not drinking and driving or speeding, and being alert to your surroundings, will go a long way to keeping you safe on the highways. However, nothing can keep you safe one hundred percent of the time. Even very careful drivers are involved in accidents.

Many automobile accidents are caused by recklessness, negligence or distracted drivers. Speeding, driving while under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs, cell phone use and road rage, all contribute to the high rate of accidents on our roads.

Automobile accidents can involve a head-on collision, a rear-end collision, a side-impact collision or a multi-car pile-up. A single vehicle can be involved in a rollover accident or hit a tree or other stationary object. Automobile accidents may also involve a collision with a bicycle, a motorcycle, public transportation vehicles or even a pedestrian.

These accidents can involve serious injury, permanent disability and even death. The resulting consequences of these accidents can be physically and financially catastrophic to the victim and families left behind in the case of a death caused by the accident.

If you live in Atlanta, Georgia or the surrounding area and you or someone you care about was injured or killed in an automobile accident, please contact an experienced automobile accident attorney at The Cochran Firm, Atlanta office to schedule a confidential consultation at no cost to you to learn about your legal rights and whether you are entitled to compensation.

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