Tractor Trailers Leave a Trail of Death Across U.S. Highways
In the United States, a person is killed or seriously injured in an accident caused by a tractor trailer every 15 minutes. In fact, around 500,000 trucking accidents occur every year in the U.S. and approximately 5,000 of those involve fatalities. In 2019, in Maryland alone, statistics showed that there were 60 tractor trailer accidents...
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Thousands of People are Injured or Killed Each Year Because of Fatigued Truck Drivers
Each year, over 200,000 accidents occur between large trucks and automobiles killing approximately 4,000 people and severely injuring thousands more. Most collisions occur during good weather conditions on straight roadways. A large number of accidents are due to sleep-deprived truck drivers. Despite the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration setting industry regulations which limit the number...
CONTINUE READINGTractor Trailer Awareness Protects Drivers
A Howard County, Maryland resident was critically injured last week when his passenger vehicle collided with a tractor trailer on Interstate-70. Unfortunately, tractor trailer accidents are not uncommon on our roadways. For instance, did you know according to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) there has been a 20% increase in trucking accidents over...
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