truck accident statistics - Articles

Accidents involving commercial trucks occur when large trailers collide with other vehicles or pedestrians.   Over 500,000 truck accidents occur each year in the United S...

 

Drivers of delivery trucks have a duty of care to drive safely and prevent accidents, despite pressures to deliver packages on time. This legal guide explains some of the...

According to the law regarding negligence, the defendant in a truck accident case can avoid liability by proving that the plaintiff in the case had some form of contribut...

Big rig and semi accidents occur quite often on the roads all across the country these days, resulting in serious injuries and sometimes even death. These accidents are c...

Independent truck drivers have it incredibly rough these days because they do not work for one specific trucking company. Instead, they can work for various trucking comp...

There are thousands of trucks on the roads of the United States these days that transport millions of items ranging from clothing to food to electronics to paper material...

Every year 18-wheeler truck accidents injure over 150,000 people and kill over 5,000. As many drivers have observed, Texas has its fair share of 18 wheelers. We have su...

For Americans, the number of car accidents occurring each year is proportional to the number of cars on the road, which to date, has increased steadily.  According to aut...

Truck driver fatigue is defined as the exhausted, sleepy, or tired feeling a driver experiences while operating a commercial motor vehicle.  Truck drivers work very long ...