Truck Accidents

Consumer Notice reports that more 5,000 people are killed in accidents involving large trucks each year. Tens of thousands more are seriously injured. Even though large trucks, like semis that carry food and other vital goods, are only 4% of the 268 million vehicles on the road, they are responsible

According to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, truck driver errors account for nearly one-third of truck/passenger vehicle accidents. Because large trucks weigh 20 to 30 times as much as passenger vehicles, when they two are involved in an accident, the results can be deadly. In 2018, more than 4,000

Tractor-Trailer Accidents are some of the worst accidents on the road. All too often, victims of tractor-trailer accidents are left with catastrophic or even fatal injuries. Recently, two people were killed, and six people were injured in a fiery I-75 crash in New Tampa. The driver of a tractor-trailer and

From 2013 to 2014, the number of large trucks involved in injury crashes increased by 21%, from 73,000 to 88,000 (per the Federal Motor Carrier Assoc).  However, the years before it went down significantly.  The number of injury crashes involving large trucks or buses decreased steadily from 95,000 in 2004