Motorcycle Accidents

A 71-year-old man died yesterday from injuries suffered after he was struck by a car while riding his motorcycle.

Terry Hofslund was riding his Suzuki when he was struck by a car turning across his lane of traffic. Hofslund was thrown from the motorcycle and struck a third vehicle, suffering multiple fractures. He succumbed to his injuries Sunday.

Hofslund was wearing a helmet. According to police, the driver of the car was issued a ticket for failure to yield.

Pitman, Kyle, Sicula & Dentice is a Wisconsin personal injury law firm handling motorcycle accident cases through out the state. Our Wisconsin injury attorneys have successfully represented injured people in almost every county. We know Wisconsin.

The Wisconsin State Journal identified the worst intersection in the city today.

The worst intersection for crashes in Madison in 2009 was West Badger Road and South Park Street with 18 incidents, city traffic officials reported Monday.

The second most dangerous intersection was Commercial Avenue and North Thompson Drive, followed by a three-way tie: South Midvale Boulevard and Mineral Point Road, Portage and Thierer roads and South Blair Street and John Nolen Drive.

City Traffic Engineer David Dryer said each crash was mapped and diagrammed using global positioning software.

Wisconsin will join six other states in a weekend crackdown on impaired driving on Interstate 94.

The I-94 Corridor Traffic Enforcement Project will begin on Friday evening and end early Saturday morning. The project involves local, county and state police from Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota and Wisconsin.

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 491 people died in traffic-related deaths over the 4th of July weekend in 2008. Forty-three percent of those deaths involved a driver or motorcyclist with a blood alcohol percentage of at least 0.08%.

The Jefferson County Sheriff’s office is reporting that a near-collision between a pickup truck and a motorcycle in Jefferson County Saturday night led to a crash that fatally injured the cycle passenger.

The motorcyclist, Gary Broom, 57, Ixonia, managed to evade the truck but lost control and crashed.

Broom’s passenger, Susan Forster, 55, of Oconomowoc, died Monday.

According to the Sheriff’s Office, the crash remains under investigation.

Pitman, Kyle, Sicula & Dentice is a Wisconsin personal injury law firm handling motorcycle accident cases through out the state. Our Wisconsin injury attorneys have successfully represented injured people in almost every county. We know Wisconsin.

Pitman, Kyle & Sicula is a Wisconsin personal injury law firm handling car accident cases throughout the state.  Our Wisconsin injury attorneys have successfully represented injured people in almost every county. We know Wisconsin.

Using federal funding for overtime enforcement, sheriff’s deputies and state troopers will be cracking down on speeding on heavily traveled highways in Wisconsin through September.

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is warning drivers to be on the look out for deer in the month of June.

According to DOT statistics, June is the worst or second worst month for car-deer crashes. Deer-car collisions are the third-most common vehicle crash in the state. The most common is vehicle-vehicle followed by vehicle-fixed object.

DOT officials say this is the time of year that does are looking for places to give birth, and fawns are wandering off after separating from their moms.

Last year, there were 16,338 deer vs. motor vehicle crashes in Wisconsin. Dane County had the most crashes with 873, followed by Waukesha with 680 and Shawano County with 648.

Pitman, Kyle, Sicula & Dentice is a Wisconsin personal injury law firm handling car accident cases throughout the state.  Our Wisconsin injury attorneys have successfully represented injured people in almost every county. We know Wisconsin.

A 31-year-old Sun Prairie man was seriously injured Tuesday afternoon when he crashed his motorcycle into a car that had pulled out in front of him.

The motorcyclist, Andrew Morgan, suffered serious but non-life threatening injuries in the crash, which occurred on U.S. 51 and County V in the town of Windsor.

According to the sheriff’s report, Timothy Lewis, 20, of DeForest, pulled into the motorcycle’s path from County V when Morgan was southbound on U.S. 51.

Lewis was taken to a local hospital for a blood draw, to determine if controlled substances may have contributed to the crash, the sheriff’s report said.

Pitman, Kyle, Sicula & Dentice is a Wisconsin personal injury law firm handling motorcycle accident cases through out the state. Our Wisconsin injury attorneys have successfully represented injured people in almost every county. We know Wisconsin.

This was posted on the Wisconsin State Journal’s website today…

Tell us about Madison’s dangerous intersections

Whether or not you agree with the decision by city officials to place bike boxes where Williamson Street, John Nolen Drive, and Blair Street meet, you probably think that’s one challenging intersection: for pedestrians, cyclists and drivers alike.

What are Madison’s other dangerous intersections? Nominate your notorious crossings in an e-mail to mpitsch@madison.com. They don’t have to be the busiest intersections or those where the most accidents take place, but they have to be challenging. So let us know why you think the intersection is a tough one. We’ll collect your thoughts to help us shape a future story.

Last year, Wisconsin saw a 17% decrease in the number of motorcycle accidents (2,829 vs. 2,347). Wisconsin officials attribute the decrease to rider training, traffic safety education and law enforcement. Fatal motorcycle accidents also declined albeit by a slim margin. Last year, 84 motorcycle drivers and passengers were killed in Wisconsin traffic crashes compared with 88 deaths in 2008. Incapacitating injuries due to motorcycle crashes also decreased from 715 in 2008 to 601 in 2009, which is 16 percent reduction.

The Wisconsin Motorcycle Safety Program has provided rider training through the state technical colleges for 28 years and has graduated more than 120,000 riders since 1982.

Pitman, Kyle, Sicula & Dentice is a Wisconsin personal injury law firm handling motorcycle accident cases through out the state. Our Wisconsin injury attorneys have successfully represented injured people in almost every county. We know Wisconsin.