In the United States, there are over 2.6 million workers who drive large trucks for their job. This includes tractor-trailers, fire and emergency trucks, delivery box trucks, moving trucks, construction-related trucks and other large commercial vehicles. In a recent survey, 35 percent of drivers of large trucks reported they had been involved in 1 or …
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Since 1975, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety – Highway Loss Data Institute or IIHS-HLDI, has been keeping track of truck fatalities. 2009 proved to have the lowest number of deaths in large truck crashes since they began recording them. From 2009 to 2017, depending on which category of victims you were tracking, fatalities involved …
It?s big news when a bus is involved in an accident, simply due to the number of passengers who might be at risk in a crash of any kind. The National highway Traffic Safety Administration ?statistics estimated in 2007 that there were about 137 bus-crash related deaths every year, with approximately 14,000 injuries. The statistics …
Over the past decade, the number of people injured and killed in crashes involving large trucks has escalated into the thousands. While some fatalities over that time period included truck occupants, over 70% of those who were killed were occupants of other vehicles involved with trucks. The increase in fatalities for truck crashes increased 4% …
Truck Accidents and Brake Failure in the Central Valley Read More »
It isn?t every day that a person gets to witness a truck explosion; however, in December of last year many people did just that when a box truck exploded in Boyle Heights, CA. Miraculously, no one was hurt in this event, not even the driver or passenger in the truck. Debris was scattered all over. …
If you are seriously injured in a truck accident, you can face a long road to recovery. Large trucks can weigh up to 80,000 pounds and can inflict devastating injuries to those who are in their path during an accident. Not only are there medical bills and ongoing treatments you may need, you could be …
It?s raining, but you?re busy and can?t let it slow you down. You get into your car and hit the roads. The problem is, so does everyone else, which only compounds the danger. Now you?re driving on slick roads with possibly thousands of other drivers. Some of those drivers have deadlines to meet and may …
The Rainy Day Truck Accident: More Common Than You?d Think Read More »
There are numerous reasons 1 in 10 highway accidents involve a truck. They are larger, heavier, and take considerably longer to stop. There are also more cars on the road than trucks, so the likelihood of an accident involving the death of an occupant of a smaller vehicle is further increased. Finally, many trucks have …
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