Trucking Accidents Part 2 | Truck Accident Attorney New York City

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Trucking Accidents: The Truck Driver’s Perspective (Part 2)

A 2007 report from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration identified the following major causes of large-truck accidents:

• Speeding is found in nearly one-quarter of trucking accidents. With each mile of increased speed, the force of impact from an 80,000 pound truck becomes that much more deadly.
• Driver fatigue is problematic but does not occur as often as expected. It continues to play a role in 13 percent of accidents.
• More common than driver fatigue is drug use, illicit, prescription and over-the-counter, accounting for 26 percent of crashes.
• Unfamiliarity with roads and areas traveled is also a factor in accidents.
• In nearly one in ten crashes, truck drivers ignored simple safety measures, like using a turn signal.
• In 14 percent of accidents, truck drivers failed to properly check blind spots.
• Distractions like roadwork or accidents divert driver attention from the road ahead.
• Drivers of big vehicles may underestimate the level of evasive action needed to avoid crashes.
• Road rage and aggressive driving are risky for all motorists. But the sheer size and weight of large vehicles make this behavior especially dangerous in truck drivers.

Trucking accidents play apart in one out of every nine traffic deaths. The majority of these crashes are caused by drivers of non-commercial vehicles. Drivers and occupants of non-commercial vehicles also suffer more than 3 times the rate of fatalities as drivers and passengers in trucks.

by Ruth Stern, Esq. for The ORLOW Firm