Commercial trucking cases are not like other car accident cases. Special rules apply to the operation of interstate trucks, as well as to the preservation of records that may be needed to determine why your accident happened and hold the wrongdoer responsible.
Tractor-Trailer Accident Lawyer
We are Tractor-Trailer Accident Lawyers who have handled tractor-trailer and other commercial truck accidents in New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania & Maryland. Not all commercial trucks are tractor-trailers. In addition to 18 wheelers, big rigs or semi-trucks, commercial trucks can include buses, vans, pick-up trucks, dump trucks, diesel, and others.
There are many, unique causes of truck accidents.
Common causes include:
- Driver fatigue
- Alcohol and drug use and abuse
- Lack of training
- Over-scheduling the driver by the dispatchers
- Improper investigation and background checks before hiring drivers
- Aggressive driving
- Failure to drive appropriately for the weather conditions
- Improper maintenance and failure to properly inspect the vehicle
- Overloaded trailers and improperly loaded trailers (shifting loads can cause loss of control).
According to trucking info .net:
- In the United States, a person is injured or killed every 16 minutes as a result of a tractor-trailer accident.
- There are 2 million tractor-trailers on the roads of this country.
- There are 15.5 million commercial trucks on the roads.
- In 2006, the transportation industry logged over 423.9 Billion miles.
- The trucking industry’s annual revenue is estimated at around $255.5 Billion.
- There are more than 200 Million licensed truck drivers in the U.S., causing over 7 Million accidents a year, in which 3.5 Million people are harmed.
Tractor-Trailer Accident Lawyer
If you need to speak to a commercial truck accident attorney or Tractor-Trailer Accident Lawyer for an accident in Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C., or New Jersey, please contact us today!
