Trucking Accidents

Many consider trucking accidents to be the deadliest type of vehicle crash. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reports that large trucks, including tractor-trailers, semi-trucks, and big rigs, were involved in 4,761 fatal collisions in the United States in 2019, killing 5,005 individuals. Passenger deaths happen when a truck driver or company's carelessness...

Accidents involving heavy trucks, such as big rigs, semi-trucks, tractor-trailers, and 18-wheelers, can be devastating. In addition to causing vehicle damage, they can injure and kill truck drivers, drivers of other vehicles, and pedestrians. Many different factors lead to truck accidents. Yet carelessness often underlies them. For instance, the driver may be distracted, or the...

Although many people drive cars daily as they commute to work and school, visit friends, and run errands, certain behaviors can make driving dangerous and cause fatalities. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety reports that 38,824 people perished in car accidents in the United States in 2020, a seven percent increase from 2019. Of those who...

Drivers who are distracted and cause accidents that harm others are usually negligent according to the law. If you were the victim of a distracted driving accident, you could hold the driver responsible under West Virginia law. With the help of a skilled West Virginia car accident attorney, you could recover monetary compensation for...