Fatal Truck Wrecks

The majority fatal truck wrecks involve passenger vehicle occupants. The vulnerability of people traveling in smaller vehicles; trucks often weigh 20-30 times as much as passenger cars and are taller with greater ground clearance, which can result in smaller vehicles underriding trucks in crashes.

Contributing Factors of a Truck Wreck

• Equipment failure and negligent maintenance
• Truck driver fatigue
  (Drivers of large trucks are allowed by federal hours-of-service regulations to drive up to 11 hours at a stretch)
• Aggressive driving and speeding
• Truck underride accidents - lack of underride protection or defective under guards
• Truck driver error & carelessness

Among other notable truck wreck cases, our Truck Wreck Attorneys recovered $8,750,000 from a large trucking company which was responsible for the deaths of a 67-year-old and a 19-year-old who were from Mexico.

Ninety-seven percent of fatal two-vehicle accidents involving a passenger vehicle and a large truck in 2019 were occupants of the passenger vehicles.

Eleven percent of all motor vehicle crash deaths in 2019 occurred in large truck crashes.

Miller Weisbrod's Truck Wreck Attorneys represent victims of truck accident injury and wrongful death nationwide. If you or a loved one was injured or tragically killed in a truck wreck, the time to act is now. We take immediate action to root out the truth about what caused your truck accident and who is to blame, protecting your rights and seeking maximum compensation right away. To discuss your case with an experienced Truck Wreck Attorney, we invite you to call our offices in Dallas toll free at 888.987.0005 for a free consultation.