car crashes

Traffic fatalities are up for four straight years, by a combined 16 percent, for the first time since the 1960s. Distracted driving is a chief culprit.

It is shocking this driver made it out alive.

The economic and societal harm from motor vehicle crashes amounted to a whopping $871 billion in a single year, according to a study released Thursday by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

If you've ever been driving on the Turnpike or the Parkway and been cut off or blown past by a person in hot sports car, then this video is a must-see for you.  If you're a car lover, well, turn your head as this may make you weep.

Traffic fatalities rose 5 percent last year, according to an analysis of preliminary state data, reversing a seven-year decline in which the number of annual traffic deaths reached their lowest level in more than six decades.