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Truck accidents (including 18 wheelers and tractor-trailers) have become a national epidemic. Because of greed and the pressure on trucking companies to deliver goods as well as deregulation of the trucking industry, there have been more semi-trailer trucking accidents than ever.

More than 5,000 people a year are killed in truck accidents and almost 150,000 are injured. Truck accidents are more likely to involve multiple vehicles and result in serious injury and death than are car accidents.

Injuries and fatalities are not the only toll inflicted by large truck crashes. There is also a sizeable financial toll that goes along with such crashes.

According to a 1999 study performed by the FMCSA (Cost of Large Truck- and Bus-Involved Crashes), the average cost per crash involving a large truck is $75,637. With 429,000 large truck related crashes in 2001, the total monetary expense for 2001 is minimally $32,448,273,000.00 using 1999 cost estimates. Certainly this figure has grown over the past 3 years.

Additional findings in the FMCSA's study include:

  • In 1999, the average cost per large truck crash involving property damage was $11,300.
  • The average cost per large truck crash involving an injury was $217,005.
  • The average cost per large truck crash involving a fatality was $3.54 million. The cost related to human life and injury is immeasurable.

TREC has been steadily expanding its library through its own research and analysis. TREC generated data is the basis for The CRASH Foundation's annual reports, which rates the states on truck safety. These reports draw national attention to the increasing epidemic of heavy truck crashes. In 1997, 444,000 big rigs crashed, killing 5,355 people, and injuring 133,000 more.

If you or a loved one is a victim of truck accident please contact an experienced truck accident attorney with The Truck Accident Lawyers Network.

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The Truck Accident Lawyers Network is a national network of truck accident attorneys in all 50 states. If you or someone you know has been the victim of a truck accident, please complete the form below to contact an experienced truck accident lawyer in your area.

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