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There are an estimated 500,000 tractor trailer accidents each year nationwide. In 2002, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) reported 130,000 injuries and nearly 5,000 deaths related to large truck accidents. One in every eight traffic fatalities is attributed to collisions with tractor trailers, also known as eighteen wheelers. When the average passenger vehicle weighing 3,596 pounds confronts a commercial tractor trailer weighing as much as 80,000 pounds, the outcome is inevitable. The truck driver usually escapes with minor injuries while the occupants of the passenger vehicle are seldom as lucky - they are either seriously injured or die. Even with these frightening scenarios and statistics, powerful trucking industry lobbyists continue to call for the weakening of truck safety rules and regulations to reap a higher profit.

Large trucks are more likely to be involved in a fatal multi-vehicle crash than are passenger vehicles. In fact every 16 minutes, a person is killed or sustains injuries in accidents involving 18-wheelers, tractor-trailers or semi-trucks

Although commercial trucking growth is good news for the trucking companies and the nation’s economy, it is bad news for the cars, vans and SUVs that share the road with these potentially lethal giants. There are many different reasons for accidents involving large trucks, and commercial vehicles including:

- Unrealistic delivery schedules
- Long hours
- Jackknifing
- Inspection failures
- Improper loading
- Drug and alcohol use
- Repeated driving violations

Driver fatigue and drowsiness are conditions that result in reckless behavior such as failure to keep in the proper lane and running off the road. Often a truck driver's fatigue is caused by inadequate daily sleep, rather than a complete absence of sleep. A truck driver's extended hours of operation can create a scenario of continuous sleep deprivation by limiting a driver's daily sleep.

When truck accidents do occur, trucking companies involved in the accident often send representatives to the accident scene to confront accident victims immediately following the event, when they are most vulnerable.

If you or a loved one have been injured in a tractor trailer accident, you need an experienced lawyer to protect your rights. Trucking companies involved in the accident often send representatives to the accident scene to confront accident victims immediately following the event, when they are most vulnerable. Since these companies have attorneys fighting for them, you need someone on your side.

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Pennsylvania Truck Accident Lawyers
Munley, Munley & Cartwright
Toll Free: 1-800-346-7401

New York Tractor Trailer Attorneys
Ziff, Weiermiller, Hayden & Mustico LLP
Toll Free: 1-800-806-2852

California Truck Accident Lawyers
Nielsen & Associates
Toll Free: 1-866-815-2616

Missouri Truck Injury Attorneys
Fox, Goldblatt & Singer, P.C.
(877) 858-4699

Maryland Truck Accident Lawyers
Also handling truck accident cases in: DC, GA, WV, SC and MN
Janet, Jenner & Suggs, LLC
Toll Free: 1-888-463-3529

NC Truck Accident Attorneys
Hardison & Associates
Toll Free: 1-800-434-8399

New York Truck Injury Attorneys
Scott C. Gottlieb & Associates
Toll Free: 1-800-825-5529

Texas Tractor Trailer Accident Attorneys
Kraft & Associates
Toll Free: 1-800-989-9999

Kansas Truck Accident Lawyers
Paul Hogan, LLC
Toll Free: 1-866-303-1411