Category Archives: Truck Accident
Unsecured Cargo Loads Can Cause Truck Accidents
We’ve all seen debris on the road that clearly fell out of the back of a truck. Whether it is lumber, a mattress, or cardboard boxes, these items pose a very real risk of injury to road users. A recent study conducted by AAA revealed that dangerous road debris had caused 200,000 crashes in… Read More »
Blind Spots Can Cause Truck Accidents
Besides being much larger than the average passenger vehicle, commercial vehicles also have far vaster blind spots. This can make it even more dangerous to share the road with commercial vehicles, which already outweigh most cars by many thousands of pounds. Knowing where these blind spots are on semi-trucks can go a long way… Read More »
What Causes Trucks to Roll Over?
While most drivers have accepted the need to share the road with commercial vehicles as a necessary evil, the risk that these vehicles pose to other road users cannot be understated. Weighing as much as 80,000 pounds and often exceeding 70 feet in length, these kinds of vehicles can cause a catastrophic amount of… Read More »
Common Truck Accident Injuries
The kinds of injuries that are caused by truck accidents are often severe and may reach the level of catastrophic due to the massive size difference between commercial vehicles and passenger cars. These injuries can lead to lifelong health problems, expensive medical bills, lost earning ability, permanent disability, and in some devastating cases, even… Read More »
What Caused My Jackknife Truck Accident?
Jackknife accidents are a type of crash unique to semi-trucks and tractor trailers that occur when the cab and trailer portions of a vehicle start moving independently, with the trailer portion swinging out to the side of the cab and forming a 90 degree angle. There are a lot of different causes for these… Read More »
Hazmat Truck Accidents
The cargo being carried by a semi-truck won’t always affect the outcome of an accident claim where negligence was a factor. Injury claims can, however, end up being more complex in situations where the truck in question was carrying hazardous materials. Read on to learn more about how these kinds of accidents differ from… Read More »
What Caused Your Truck Accident?
Even collisions that would normally qualify as minor can have devastating consequences when one of those vehicles is a commercial truck, as they are simply so much larger than standard passenger cars. Fortunately, injured parties who can prove that someone else’s negligence was responsible for their crash could recover damages for any accident-related damages…. Read More »
Avoid These Mistakes After A Truck Accident
Even truck accident victims who were not at fault for causing their crash could end up jeopardizing their case by making one of a few common mistakes. For help improving your chances of filing a successful truck accident claim, reach out to our experienced Tulsa truck accident lawyers today. Failing to Seek Medical Care … Read More »
Flatbed Truck Accidents
Thousands of truck accidents occur on U.S. roadways every year. These crashes involve a wide range of trucks, including not only semi-trucks, but also tanker and flatbed trucks. Collisions with any of these kinds of trucks almost always have devastating results, but crashes with flatbed trucks, which are some of the largest commercial vehicles… Read More »
What Are The Different Types Of Truck Accidents?
Truck accidents, like any other type of collision involving a passenger car, vary in type and seriousness. There are, however, certain types of crashes that are unique to commercial vehicles. These include underride and override crashes, jackknife accidents, and wide turn accidents. If you were involved in one of these types of collisions with… Read More »
