Truck Accident Lawyers - Semi Tractor Trailer Accident Lawyers

Every 16 minutes a person is killed or suffers injuries in accidents involving 18-wheel tractor-trailer or semi

In 2001, 429,000 large trucks in traffic accidents (both fatal and minor) involved in the United States:
- 4793 were involved in fatal accidents
- 5082 people died
- 131,000 were injured
- In 2001 there were 6536 total crash with tractor trailer trucks in Pennsylvania, there have been 154 fatal.

In 2003, there were a total of 58,512 vehiclesFatal accidents involved crashes in the U.S.

- 4669 were large trucks involved in fatal truck accident
- Large trucks are more likely to be involved in a fatal accident involving several vehicles as passenger cars.

In 2003, Texas 5040 fatal traffic accidents, 438 of which would be fatal truck accidents experienced. This number has risen to 5039 a total of fatal accidents and 401 truck accidents for the previous year 2002. In Pennsylvania, there were 2233 fatal trafficAccidents in 2003, of which 213 were fatal truck accidents, as opposed to Florida in the corresponding figures for 2198 and 174 for the year 2002. Had 4432 fatal traffic accidents in 2003 with 343 of them by truck, which was higher than 4431 total traffic accidents for the year 2002, but lower than the 351 fatal truck accidents in the same period. The highest number of fatal traffic accidents happened in California, is the incredible number of fatal car accidents in 5725 in 2003. But in332, the number of fatal truck accidents were not the highest among all states in the USA.

Trucking revenues totaled $ 610 billion last year and revenue is projected to nearly double by 2015. The majority of fatal truck accidents occur in rural areas (68 percent) during the day (66 percent) and on weekdays (78 percent). In 2002, the majority of large truck crashes occurred in good weather (71 percent), on dry roads (71 percent), during the day (75 percent) and on week days (88Percent).

About 27 percent of all large truck drivers in fatal truck accidents in the United States had been involved in at least one speeding conviction, compared to 19 percent of fatal crashes involved motorists. From 1992 to 2002, the number of large trucks involved in fatal accidents by up to 10% increase due to driver fatigue, unsafe vehicle operation, large, unstable loads or defective equipment.

Defects contribute to the number of large trucksAccidents per year. Some of these deficiencies are:

- Tires or wheels: 80 crashes
- Brake-related: 76 crashes
- Engine / Transmission: 52 crashes
- Wheel: 13 crashes

Around 700 truck drivers and passengers in truck cabs die each year. In addition, almost 3,700 people die in cars and other cars annually in collisions with heavy trucks.
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety reports that in crashes with large trucks and otherVehicles, 98% of the deaths occur to people in cars.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has warned groups using 15-passenger vans about the dangers of fully loading the vans and then put an inexperienced driver behind the wheel. The NHTSA also found that 15-passenger vans are large trucks and should only be driven by people with experience driving large trucks.

The FMCSA's Motor Carrier Management Information System (MCMIS)classifies a truck as large if the gross vehicle weight (GVWR) of more than 10,000 pounds.

The majority of fatal collisions with tractor-trailer trucks are trucks that are pulling a trailer. A recent survey showed that 64% of fatal truck crashes had one trailer. Thirty-two percent of those involved single-unit trucks (without trailers) and less than 4% of those multi-trailer vehicles (more than a trailer).