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Every year, nearly 500,000 semi-trailer truck traffic collisions happen in the United States. About 5,000 of these collisions lead to deaths, and more than 100,000 result in serious injuries. In fact, one in eight road accidents is caused by an accident involving a tractor trailer or big rig semi truck. Not surprisingly, most deaths and injuries involve the passengers in the cars affected by tractor trailers. Truck drivers usually avoid unharmed. Ninety-eight percent (98%) of the people who die in these types of accidents are the people in the small passenger cars. Many technical factors can cause a truck accident, and that is why these types of claims require personal injury lawyers that has extensive experience with truck traffic collisions.
The following are some of the most common causes of a trucking accident: Driver fatigue, Incorrect driver training and experience, Use of drugs and alcohol by the driver, Unsafe equipment, Incorrect maintenance, Wrong size, weight and loading, Failure to comply with the laws and regulations applicable to the truck, Road and environmental conditions, Speed and incorrectly adjusted brakes, Mobile phone use and subtitling, Incorrect reactions to a situation.