California Truck Accidents Statistics

Many trucks pass by in California every day. Thousands of semis, big rigs, 18-wheelers, and tractor trailers travel every highways and roads in the state each day; one reason why truck accidents frequently happen and serious injuries follow, even death. And another reason why California truck accident lawyers exist.

Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) had provided some truck accidents statistics that are very surprising and here are some of them:

• There are approximately 450,000 large truck accidents which occur in the U.S. every year and result to the death of 5,000 motorists.

• Among the 5000 that die every year, 74% of them are passengers of the car, and only 16 % are passengers of large trucks.

• 140,000 are seriously injured in a truck accident in U.S. every year.

• A person is injured in a truck accident every 16 minutes.

Accidents of course can’t happen without any contributing factors. These accidents may occur with only one contributing factor but sometimes it occurs with a combo. These contributing factors may either be one or two of the following:

• The driver is tired or fatigued

• The driver is under the influence of drugs or alcohol

• The truck driver is inattentive

• The truck driver may be inexperience or is not fit to drive

• The driver is over speeding

• The breaks are faulty or does not function well

• The hitch equipment has a defect

• Trailer lights, headlights, or turn signals are faulty

• Trailer guards are missing

• The truck is overloaded with cargo

• The cargo shifted while in travel

• There’s a violation in the FMCSA regulations

• The truck company is negligent

A truck accident may cause a person to sustain serious injuries and therefore proper medications are needed, as well as proper legal counsel for the recovery of the damaged.

So if you are a victim of a truck accident, call a California truck accident lawyer now and be informed of what you should do in order to collect just compensation for the injuries you have sustained.