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Survivors Find Unexpected Lessons in Life After a Crash
When we talk about the impact of a crash, the conversation often focuses on what was lost. We talk about the physical injuries, the emotional trauma, the medical treatments, the financial stress, and the changes that can completely alter a person’s life. We...
Hot Car Safety: What Not to Leave Behind
When summer temperatures soar, your vehicle can become more than uncomfortable. It can become dangerous. On a hot day, the temperature inside a parked vehicle can rise dramatically within minutes, even when the windows are cracked. Extreme heat can affect your...
Tips to Prevent Vehicle Theft: A Crash Survivor’s Perspective
A vehicle is more than four wheels and an engine. For many of us, our vehicle represents freedom. It gets us to medical appointments, therapy sessions, work, family gatherings, and the everyday moments that help us rebuild our lives after being involved in a motor...
Donating Blood: A Simple Act That Can Save the Life of a Crash Victim
Every day, lives are changed in an instant by serious motor vehicle crashes. I've often thought about those first few hours after my serious crash. While survivors may not remember what happened, trauma teams do. They remember the rush to stop the bleeding, stabilize...
Driving Through Wildfire Smoke: Road Safety Tips When the Air Turns Hazardous
Wildfire smoke can transform a familiar drive into a dangerous situation within minutes. Across many parts of Canada, communities are experiencing the impacts of wildfire smoke, bringing reduced visibility, poor air quality, and added challenges for drivers on the...
Healing Through the Haze: Wildfire Smoke and Crash Recovery
Wildfire smoke has become an unfortunate reality for many communities across the globe. Even if a wildfire is hundreds or thousands of kilometres away, smoke can travel long distances, affecting air quality and creating health concerns for everyone. As a survivor of a...
Driver Medical Emergency: What Passengers Should Know
Most of us get into a vehicle expecting to arrive safely at our destination. But what if the unexpected happens? What if the person driving suddenly experiences a medical emergency? A heart attack, stroke, seizure, diabetic emergency, or sudden loss of consciousness...
Why Electric Vehicles Scare Me
It happened again. I was recently walking through a parking lot, paying attention to the vehicles around me, when suddenly an electric vehicle was right behind me. I hadn't heard it approaching. There was no familiar engine noise warning me that a vehicle was moving...
How to Keep Children Safe on the Roads This Summer
Summer is finally here. School is out, the days are longer, and children are spending more time outdoors walking to parks, riding bikes and scooters and playing with friends. While summer is a season of fun, it also brings increased risks on our roads. More children...
Why Preserving Evidence After a Motor Vehicle Crash Matters More Than You Think
Recently, I spoke with a crash survivor who said something that has stayed with me: "I wish someone had told me what to keep after my crash." Those words reminded me just how overwhelming the days following a motor vehicle crash can be. When you find yourself...
Helping Children Cope When a Parent Is Hospitalized After a Motor Vehicle Crash
A motor vehicle crash can change a family’s life in an instant. When a parent is seriously injured and hospitalized, children are often left facing a confusing and frightening situation they may not fully understand. At the Crash Support Network, we often hear from...
What Every Driver Should Know About Turtles Crossing
At the Crash Support Network, our mission is to raise awareness about the impact of motor vehicle crashes, to promote road safety and encourage safer choices behind the wheel. While much of our work focuses on supporting people affected by crashes, road safety also...
The Things Crash Survivors Think About That Most Drivers Never Do
For many people, driving is simply part of daily life. It is routine. Familiar. Automatic. We buckle our seatbelts, start the engine, and head off to work, school, appointments, or family gatherings without giving much thought to the journey itself. For crash...
Brain Injury Awareness Month: Understanding, Support, and the Road to Recovery
This is a time to bring attention to one of the most life-altering yet often invisible consequences of a motor vehicle crash. For many crash survivors, the injury is not always obvious at first. There may be no casts, no visible wounds, and no immediate signs to...
Recognizing PTSD Awareness Month and the Invisible Impact of Trauma
June is recognized as PTSD Awareness Month, a time dedicated to increasing understanding of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and the many ways it can affect people long after a traumatic event has ended. For crash survivors, this month carries a deeply personal...
Better Than the Weather Channel? When Crash Survivors Become Their Own Forecast
“Looks like rain.” For many motor vehicle crash survivors, that phrase doesn’t come from checking a weather app. It comes from our body. If you’ve ever noticed increased pain, stiffness, headaches, nerve discomfort, or fatigue before a storm rolls in, you’re...
Summer Road Trips and Safety Tips
Summer is road trip season. Whether you're heading to the cottage, visiting family, exploring a new destination, or enjoying a weekend getaway, roads become busier as people take advantage of the warmer weather. For many, road trips are filled with excitement and...
Recognizing National Trauma Survivors Day
Every year on the third Wednesday in May, communities, healthcare professionals, advocates, and support organizations recognize National Trauma Survivors Day which is a day dedicated to raising awareness about traumatic injuries, prevention, recovery, and the...
What Are Accommodations and Modifications After a Crash?
Recovering from motor vehicle crash is rarely just about physical healing. Even a seemingly minor collision can leave lasting effects consisting of fatigue, limited mobility, and emotional stress that can affect everyday life. Returning to work, driving, managing...
Personal Injury Claims: Why Answering Your Lawyer Matters
When you've been injured in a motor vehicle crash, you already know how heavy everything can feel. The appointments, the pain, the paperwork, the constant reminders of what happened. And when an email from your personal injury law firm comes in, it can trigger that...
Respecting Funeral Processions on the Road
A funeral procession is one of the most solemn sights you will encounter on the road. It is not just a line of slow-moving vehicles; it’s a visible expression of grief, respect, and remembrance. Each vehicle represents someone whose life has been touched by the person...
What a Car Crash Teaches You Without Asking
Life has a way of teaching us lessons we never asked for, often through experiences that shake us to our core. Being injured in a motor vehicle crash is one of those experiences. Beyond the immediate physical recovery, there are lessons that are sometimes quiet and...
Roadside Memorials: Moments That Make Us Pause
I still remember the first time I noticed one. Driving home on a familiar stretch of road, I saw a small, weathered cross tucked, a few faded flowers lying at its base and a photo of a young girl. She had a mesmerizing smile. She was so incredibly happy in the...
When Imaging Fails to See the Pain – Invisible Injuries
A car crash divides your life into “before” and “after.” Even weeks later, once the initial chaos has passed and your scans come back normal, you may still find yourself in pain, dizzy, or struggling with your mood. It is a confusing moment; you might fear you haven’t...
