Mississauga Personal Injury Law Blog

In Ontario, personal injury accidents between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. increase dramatically in the 30 days after the clocks get set back an hour. This is partially because drivers in the province and throughout Canada are more likely to be driving home in the dark. A lack of light can make it harder to navigate roads that could also be slick with rain or leaves. It can also be harder to see when rain falls on pavement that is now illuminated by street lights.

According to government statistics, the personal injury rate goes up 19% during that period of time. However, the pedestrian collision rate actually falls by about 6% when the rest of the day is accounted for. Furthermore, the collision rate actually drops in November when compared to the period from June through October.

When a person is injured in a slip-and-fall accident in Ontario, he or she may be able to recover for damages against the owner of the property where the accident occurred. Ontario property owners are responsible for keeping their buildings reasonably safe and hazard-free. Businesses, governments and private individual owners are all under this obligation to visitors, customers and passers-by. In some cases, even trespassers may have legal claims following a slip-and-fall accident in Ontario.

It is important in accident cases like these to bring claims quickly because there are legal deadlines that cannot be missed. Furthermore, evidence must be preserved to increase the chance of a claim's success. Where the liable party in the case is a city government or other government body, the injured party may have only days to make a filing. The facts of every slip-and-fall case are unique, but there are some common conditions that might lead to injury. These include spills in stores and wet floors resulting therefrom, dangerous stairways and uneven flooring.

Two people were killed in a head-on collision in Clearview Township on Aug. 31, according to the Huronia West Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police. The accident occurred at around 11 p.m.

According to media reports, a Ford Mustang was traveling on Highway 26 when it attempted to pass several vehicles and smashed head-on into an oncoming Chevrolet Blazer. Two passengers in the Mustang, a 19-year-old female and a 20-year-old male, were killed in the collision and pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the Mustang, a 20-year-old male, suffered serious injuries and was transported to a hospital in Toronto. The driver of the Blazer, a 67-year-old man, also suffered serious injuries and was taken to a local hospital.

On Aug. 12, two people were killed in a multi-vehicle accident on Highway 401 in Mississauga. Three other people were injured in the fiery wreck.

According to the Ontario Provincial Police, a red Chevrolet Corvette was tailgating another car in the westbound lanes of the highway around 9:30 p.m. when it clipped a transport truck as the driver attempted to change lanes. The impact caused the truck to lose control, swerve into another lane, strike a Mazda, smash into a guard rail and burst into flames. The truck's trailer, which was loaded with skids of water, jumped the guard rail and entered the highway's eastbound lanes.