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Truck Accident Lawyer for all types of trucking accidents.

Click on the map to find a truck accident lawyer in your state or city or simply begin to fill out the free case review form before it's too late - due to varying statute of limitations constraints, your case can be terminated before you can collect.

Types of truck accidents where a lawyer can help:

• Delivery Truck Accidents
• Personal Truck Collision
• Truck Rollover
• Work Truck Accidents

Our nation's road and highways are becoming more dangerous each year, with over 42,000 fatalities occurring and almost 2,000,000 more people sustaining injuries annually in automobile and truck accidents. Collisions involving trucks have proven to be especially catastrophic - physically and economically.

Types of Trucks involved in accidents:

• Semi-trailer trucks
• Moving vans
• Tractor trailers
• Construction vehicles
• Commercial hauling trucks

With the number of semi-trailer trucks, moving vans, tractor trailers, construction vehicles, and other commercial hauling equipment on America's roads and highways increasing - combined with an exponential increase in commercial and recreational interstate travel - injuries involving trucks collisions are rising almost daily. Most of these trucking accident victims seek out a lawyers.

Statistics on truck and trucking accidents:

• In 2000, there were 4,930 fatal crashes involving large trucks
• There were 101,000 trucks involved in injury crashes
• Since the late 1970s, 12 to 13% of all traffic-related crashes were caused by large trucks
• Over half of all large truck fatalities occur on non-divided 2 lane roads
• Speeding, poor weather, and curved roads significantly increase the odds of both rollovers and jackknife
• As the length of a truck increases, the odds of rollover decrease but the odds of truck jackknifing increase
• Texas, California, and Florida are where truck accidents are most likely to occur
• Rear-ending (11%), sideswiping (12%), head on collisions (19%), and turning across the path of passenger vehicles (13%) are the most likely cause of accidents with large trucks.

Trucking accidents and serious injuries

Truck accidents can cause serious injuries for a number of reasons. First and foremost, the sheer size of the truck can cause a deadly impact - some commercial vehicles can weigh more than 10,000 pounds. The speed of trucks continues to increase, with rising speed limits and a stronger emphasis by commercial companies on expediency. These two factors converge to make trucking collisions extremely dangerous: In 2003 alone, nearly 560,000 large trucks were involved in traffic accidents; in which 5,100 people were killed and another 145,000 were injured.

What can be done if you are hurt or injured in a truck accident?

If you are the innocent victim of an accident with a truck, you have the right to seek damages for your injuries and for lost time. Don't waste any time before standing up for what you deserve. Contact a truck accident lawyer today.

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Delivery Truck Accidents

Delivery trucks are important vehicles for small businesses and major corporations alike. However, these drivers have an added mandate to behave responsibly on the roads to avoid dangerous and sometimes deadly collisions with other motorists.

Delivery trucks often have obstructed views due to their size and shape that can impede their ability to see other drivers, resulting in accidents. If you have been a victim of a delivery truck driver, whether the responsibility rests with the driver or with the truck manufacturer, you should contact an experienced delivery truck accident attorney as soon as possible to ensure that you are compensated for your injuries.

You have the right to seek damages for your suffering, so don't waste any time before standing up for what you deserve. Click on your state to find a delivery truck accident lawyer in your state or city or simply begin to fill out the free case review form before it's too late - due to varying statute of limitations constraints, your case can be throw out, regardless of your right to reparations.

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Truck Collision

Traffic accidents continue to take an expensive toll on America each year, with injuries and deaths sustained by victims becoming a serious threat to the traveling public. Collisions involving trucks can be particularly destructive. Tragically, motorists that share the roads and highways with trucks and other large vehicles are seriously handicapped in the event of a collision. Car occupants - frequently the driver - usually sustain nearly 80 percent of the fatal injuries in accidents involving large trucks.

Over the past 20 years, large truck travel has more than doubled, and as a direct consequence, truck accidents have increased exponentially. In fact, in 2002 alone, nearly 560,000 large trucks were involved in traffic collisions, in which over 5,000 people died and another 156,000 sustained injuries. Due to the incredibly large size and considerable speed of large trucks, these collisions are usually disastrous. If you've been injured in a truck collision, you deserve to be compensated for your experience.

If you are the victim of truck driver negligence, you need to contact a qualified and experienced truck collision lawyer or trucking lawyer immediately so that you can be rightfully compensated for your injuries. It's important to start the process as soon as possible so that the statute of limitations constraints don't expire, leaving you without the rightful recourse for financial reparations.

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Truck Rollover

As the number of trucks from small pick-ups to massive semis chokes the already congested arteries of our nation's roads, trucking injuries and fatalities have become more frequent than ever before. In fact, rollovers (where the vehicle turns over on its roof, endangering the inside passengers) accounted for more than 12,000 fatalities in the U.S. in 2003, which is more than side and rear impact crashes combined. Rollover accidents are far more likely to cause serious injuries than are other types of accidents and tragically, rollover accidents have a much higher fatality rate as well.

In particular, truck rollovers are becoming an increasingly dangerous menace to road and highway safety. The large size of trucks and the awkward distribution of weight inside contribute to an even more precarious situation, and nearby cars often take the brunt of the injuries and the destruction when a truck rolls over. These accidents can sometimes be caused by driver negligence, but they're often the disastrous result of a design flaw or a defective tire. Rollover accidents caused by tread separation, tire blowouts, or other tire defects often result in catastrophic injuries and deaths as well.

If you have been the victim of a truck rollover, you know firsthand the destruction that such an accident can create. Some dire consequences of a truck rollover accident include pain and suffering, loss of current and future income, impaired physical ability, and loss of enjoyment, just to name a few. You should be compensated for your suffering, and only an experienced personal injury attorney can make sure that you receive all the reparations that you deserve. Click on your state to find a qualified truck accident lawyer in your state or city or simply begin to fill out the free case review form today.

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Work Truck Accidents

Trucks - both commercial and recreational - are a necessary and important part of our nation's economy, but truck drivers have an even greater responsibility to drive safely and within the law due to their increasing culpability in dangerous accidents. While nearly sixty percent of motor vehicle accidents causing injuries or deaths concern trucks, many of these collisions involve commercial or work truck vehicles.

Certain factors relating to commercial trucking converge to create an especially precarious situation on our nation's roads and highways. A strict emphasis on expediency and maximizing profit margins by companies put a dangerous burden on truck drivers and often contribute to driver fatigue, intoxication by chemicals used for sleep deprivation, and a reduced adherence to maintenance standards for the trucks themselves. For innocent motorists in their path, this can be a recipe for disaster.

Trucking accident and transportation liability cases in general involve a complicated set of laws and large amounts of evidence, and work truck accidents are no exception. Because the industry is heavily regulated, an accident involving a truck is significantly more complex than an automobile accident case. If you've been injured in a work truck accident, you deserve an experienced attorney who knows how to fight for what you deserve.

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