This likely won't come as much of a surprise to you that vehicular accidents happen all the time. Thousands of them yearly rack up auto industry, insurance and personal injury costs with many accidents resulting in death. Serious injuries and death may be cause for a legal claim. Consult with a law firm with extensive experience in personal injury claims to find out your options.

While it is said that death and taxes are the two most immutable constants in life, the third addition is traffic accidents. At some point virtually everyone will be involved in one. Whether the cause is poor road conditions, inattention to the business of driving, reckless driving or being in the wrong spot at the wrong time, accidents have very real financial and personal consequences. Victims of traffic accidents are entitled to compensation for their suffering and losses.

In 2005 alone the statistics showed that an estimated 6,420,000 cars were in crashes. The absolutely staggering cost of these crashes is well over $230 billion dollars. As a result of these accidents, there were roughly 2.9 million injury claims and 42,636 deaths. On average 115 people die every day in a car crash in the US, and that translates to approximately one death every 13 minutes.

Now you'd think with all the enhanced safety features most vehicles pack today the accident rates would be declining. That's not the case. Much like the saying "Guns don't kill people, people kill people" accidents are not caused by vehicles. The driver of those vehicles causes them.

Texas has the rather dubious distinction of being a state that ranks quite high in terms of drunk driving fatalities, and in 2006 racked up 1, 544 deaths. Even more deaths can be attributed to speeding and reckless driving. Legal representation in situations like this is crucial particularly if you are facing brain, head, spinal or neck injuries, fractures, or broken bones.

Know your rights if you are in a serious injury accident, particularly if the injuries could be permanent. There needs to be negligence on the part of the other driver. You have two years to file a claim in Texas. State laws do vary, so consult with an attorney about a potential claim.