Accidents involving large trucks claimed 3,757 lives on American roads and highways in 2011. No deaths were reported in America due to a commercial airliner crash in 2011. None were reported in 2010, either. Flying is safer than ever—thanks, in part, to rigid requirements for airline pilots to ensure they are alert, trained and qualified.…
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New Statistics: Truck Accidents Still Deadly as Ever
The number of deaths and injuries in accidents involving the nation’s largest trucking carriers has remained mostly steady in recent years, despite fewer miles traveled by the trucks, according to statistics kept by the federal government. Trucking companies are required to report their accidents to the government. Data for the two-year period ending Oct. 18,…
Read More »FMCSA gets a Makeover
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced improvements to its Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) program on August 24, 2012. These changes aim to strengthen the Agency’s ability to identify and address high-risk truck and bus companies based on compliance concerns. The updates mainly alter the manner in which cargo and speeding violations are handled,…
Read More »The Truck Accident Attorneys Roundtable: A New Kind of Law Firm
I am very excited to be a founding member of the Truck Accident Attorneys Roundtable. The Roundtable is a new kind of law firm – designed to bring together the most experienced and well respected truck accident lawyers from around the Country to maximize results in truck accident cases and at the same time to…
Read More »Trucker Drives Box Truck into Canal, Swims to Safety
Accident Facts A truck driver is being charged with failure to maintain the lane after he drove a 2000 Freightliner box truck through the guardrail on eastbound Interstate 20 and into the Augusta Canal. Driver Brent Whitlock escaped with minimal harm and swam to the shore. His dog was in the truck with him and…
Read More »Two Accidents Involve a Total of 10 Vehicles, Including Tractor-Trailers
Accident Facts Two crashes involving a total of eight passenger vehicles and two semi trucks occurred around 9:30 a.m. on July 13 on the northbound I-95 in Riviera Beach, Florida. The first accident involved four passenger vehicles and a tractor-trailer. Officials on the scene said that the wreck was likely caused by heavy rain. An…
Read More »Fatal Accident Involving Truck Company with History of Poor Vehicle Maintenance
Accident Facts Flying debris from a tractor-trailer’s transmission took an eight-year-old boy’s life and permanently injured his mother, according to WGLC-TV. The Georgia State Patrol report that the Chevrolet Trailblazer, in which Cameron Mcilwain was traveling with his mother, Jameka Nicole Malone, and his infant sister, Kanary Malone, was heading westbound I-20 near downtown Atlanta.…
Read More »Teen Boy Dies in Accident with Semi Truck
Accident Facts A teenage boy is dead after an accident involving his pick-up truck and a tractor-trailer on the Bobby Jones expressway. The youth, Taylor Durrence, lost control of his vehicle and swerved, hitting the semi truck carrying diesel fuel head on. Nineteen-year-old Durrence was killed instantly. The semi truck driver was not injured, although…
Read More »The Dangers of Truck Accidents (Infographic)
We created this infographic to remind you, our readers, just how dangerous truck driving can be. Data was used from the Center for National Truck and Bus Statistics. Feel free to add the graphic to your blog. The instructions are at the bottom on how to do so. The Dangers of Truck Accidents A word…
Read More »North Carolina Mental Health Director Killed by Logging Truck
UPDATE: Trucker convicted in death of Steven Jordan. Accident Facts Steven Laverne Jordan, mental health director for North Carolina, was killed in an accident on July 4th. Charges have been pressed against Clifton Ellis Jr., driver of the logging truck that struck Jordan as he biked north on Louisburg Road. Both the logging truck and…
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