Buggy Accidents

After a buggy accident, people often ask “Why can’t there be buggy lanes for the Amish?” One big roadblock is cost. It’s generally judged too expensive to install buggy lanes in most of the hundreds of small communities where Amish live. So in reality it tends to happen primarily in the largest settlements. With that […]

Continue Reading Buggy Lanes Coming To Geauga County

A somewhat bad news, and a rare good news story today in the buggy accidents department. First, this is the largest number of accident victims I have ever seen in a buggy incident. Thankfully, they all seem to have just minor injuries. The accident happened in Buckingham County, Virginia. This is the same area as […]

Continue Reading 15 Injured In Virginia Amish Buggy Crash; Buggy Accidents Decline In Lancaster County

A 16-year-old was killed in Lancaster County Saturday evening, when the buggy he was traveling in was hit by a speeding pickup. Three others in the buggy were seriously injured. From Lancaster Online: Samuel K. Lapp died as a result of the accident along Route 372 in Eden Township, state police confirmed Monday. Lapp’s older […]

Continue Reading 16-Year-Old Amish Teen Killed, 3 Others Seriously Injured; Truck Driver Charged With Speeding

I share this news because a picture is worth a thousand words. And there are two “good” images of this bad accident. Bad, but not as bad as it could have been. A distracted driver hit a buggy in upstate New York on Wednesday, reports country radio station Big Frog 104 (as an aside, great […]

Continue Reading Distracted Driver Removes Two Wheels From Buggy In Crash – But Passengers & Horse Mostly OK

Another hit-and-run on an Amish buggy. This one happened yesterday in Clare County, Michigan, a place we recently covered here. From 9and10news.com: The Clare County Sheriff’s Department is asking for help to find whoever was behind the wheel during a hit-and-run with an Amish buggy. Deputies says it happened Sunday on Beaverton Road. They believe […]

Continue Reading Authorities Seek Hit & Run Driver (Clare County, MI)

The family of a 23-year-old Pennsylvania Amish man killed in an April hit-and-run may be closer to finding answers in a case described as having a “number of strange twists”. From WJAC: CENTRE COUNTY, Pa. (WJAC) — It’s been nearly three and half months since an Amish man was killed in a hit-and-run crash on […]

Continue Reading Investigators Closer To Answers In Deadly PA Hit & Run?

I’m not loving sharing all these bad happenings on the roads with you. But after posting the sad case of a drunk driver who killed a young Amish father in Wisconsin last week, I surely can’t overlook this latest story. An 18-year-old Amish male was charged for “recklessly operating a buggy while drunk.” I don’t […]

Continue Reading Amish 18-Year-Old Runs Stop Sign While Drunk, Buggy Tips Over, Ejects Passengers

Via WMTV: LAFAYETTE COUNTY, Wis. (WMTV) – A Gratoit man has died following he and his son were thrown from their Amish buggy when it was struck from behind by a pickup truck. According to the Lafayette Co. Sheriff’s Office, Elmer Stoltzfus, 22, passed away shortly after 9:00 a.m. His toddler son also suffered serious […]

Continue Reading Buggy Hit By Drunk Driver: Young Father Killed, Toddler Seriously Injured

From the Akron Beacon Journal: RIPLEY TWP. — Four children were seriously hurt Wednesday after a collision between an Amish pony cart and a vehicle. The crash occurred around 11:10 a.m. on County Road 329 at Township Road 524, according to a news release by Holmes County Sheriff Timothy Zimmerly. Sheriff’s deputies say a 56-year-old […]

Continue Reading Pony Cart Driven By 8-Year-Old Struck In Holmes County; 3 Children Seriously Injured, 1 Killed

The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) has completed an extensive study – the Statewide Amish Travel Study – examining road safety in the Buckeye State. The study is presumably the precursor to safety improvement projects for the state’s 70,000+ residents who travel by horse-and-buggy. The study found that over 700 accidents occurred on Ohio’s state […]

Continue Reading The 3 Biggest Road Safety Dangers – According To Ohio Amish