USA Today published its annual statistical review of deaths that result on our nation's rural roads.  In 2008, more than half of fatal car accidents in the U.S. occurred on rural roads.  While that may not sound significant, only 23% of our nation's population lives in those rural areas.  So statistically, the car accidents that do take place in rural areas are serious enough to cause more fatalities than those that occur in urban city areas.

In Missouri, 604 out of 960 fatalities in serious car accidents occurred in rural areas in 2008.  So 63% of Missouri's fatal car accidents took place in rural areas.  So causes the car accidents in rural areas to be more severe than those that take place in urban areas?  For starters, most rural roads and highways in Missouri are one lane in each direction. When serious car accidents due occur in these areas, they are usually head-on car accidents that result in catastrophic personal injury and/or death. 

Not all Missouri car accidents in rural involve two vehicles.  Many accidents are caused by large wild animals jumping out of the woods into the roadway.  Others involve large tractor-trailers or semi-trucks.  If you have been involved in a serious Missouri car accident, contact a Missouri Car Accident Injury Lawyer immediately.  Don't take chances and gamble with your injury claim.  Insurance companies never act fairly until an injury victim hires a Missouri personal injury lawyer.  Don't be victimized twice.