Truck accidents have some of the most devastating outcomes particularly due to the large weight differential of a truck and a passenger vehicle. In 2017, 4,761 fatalities were reported from accidents involving trucks according to the NHTSA which was about a 9% increase from the previous year — even though other vehicle fatalities had actually decreased about 2% in the ...
Trucking accidents often cause catastrophic injuries requiring months or years of recovery. The violence of a truck crash frequently inflicts some of the worst trauma on victims, leaving them with spinal cord injuries, disc injuries, head injuries, neck injuries, shoulder injuries, elbow injuries as well as many other injuries. The worst truck accidents are fatal or cause permanent disabilities that ...
More than 750 motorists are killed and another 20,000 suffer personal injuries in truck accidents caused by fatigued drivers each year. The long hours spent behind the wheel of a big rig can be monotonous for even the most proficient of truckers. Fatigue and drowsiness result in delayed reaction times and inattention, not to mention the risk of a trucker ...
