Trucks, Rigs and 18 Wheeler Accidents Blogs - Page 3
According to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 3,986 people died in large truck crashes in 2016. Of those deaths, Seventeen percent were truck occupants, 66 percent were in cars, and 16 percent were pedestrians, bicyclists or motorcyclists. The number of people who die in large truck crashes has been on the rise, as fatalities were 27 percent higher in 2016 than in 2009.
Large commercial trucks or big rigs, pose a greater threat out on the road than your average commuter vehicle. Truck braking is sometimes a factor in crashes. Loaded rigs can take 20-40 percent farther than average cars to stop. This can be exacerbated by wet and slippery roads or with poorly maintained brakes. Truck driver fatigue also poses an increased crash risk variable. Drivers of large trucks are legally allowed to drive up to 11 hours at a time. However, research indicates that some drivers violate this regulation.
Truck Explodes in Collision
Sometimes, you just have to thank your lucky stars when it comes to Dallas car accidents. You never know what’s going to happen on the roads, and because of that… there are sometimes miracles happening every single day.
A Chevy …
UPS Driver Collides With Motorcycle
Look twice. Save a life. You see the bumper stickers everywhere concerning motorcycles. They’re small and they’re easy to miss, even on a clear afternoon. The damage to the motorcycle driver is usually significantly more severe than the damage to …
Bus Crash Injures Four
Many people choose to take the bus as a way to save money, environmental concerns or a number of other reasons. Public transit is considered a great value for the money and a convenient way for people to get around. …
Major Charter Bus Crash in South Texas
Eight people have died and approximately 40 additional people were injured after a charter bus crash in South Texas.
According to authorities, the accident happened on …
Two Charter Buses Collide, Military Personnel Injured
An accident on the southbound Interstate 35 in Fort Worth has left 10 people injured when two charter buses transporting military personnel from Oklahoma to North …
Cement Truck Accident in Anna Turns Fatal
One person has been killed in a two-vehicle involving a cement truck in Anna on Tuesday afternoon.
According to Lonny Haschel, a spokesperson with the Department …
Fire Truck Crashes into Dairy Queen
Three people have been injured after a fire truck crashed into a Dairy Queen in Farmersville last week.
Authorities say that the incident could have …
1 Dead, 17 Injured in Bus Accident
One person is dead and another 17 injured after a bus accident that occurred on I-30 early Sunday.
Dallas authorities say that the accident occurred …
Fatality in Semi-Truck Rear-Ending
A man has been killed after crashing his vehicle into the back of a semi-tractor trailer in Bunt County late Tuesday.
According to police investigators, …
DART Bus Hits Driver
It was an average, ordinary day. There was nothing special about the weekday at the bus terminal, nothing out of the ordinary. The bus drivers …
Guardrail in Road Sends Prison Bus Flying
Road debris doesn’t have to be big to cause a major accident, but when it is big the results can be devastating. A prison bus …
Truck Rams through Fence, Car, House
It was a beautiful Dallas night, perfect for sleeping in. The Pleasant Grove area wasn’t going to get much sleep, though. The driver of a …
Mower Truck Crushes Family of Three
We’ve said this before and we’ll say it again: drinking and driving affects far more than just the person drinking. The point is driven home …
Don’t Mess with Semis
When you’re on the road, the vehicles that you don’t want to mess with are the tractor trailers. This isn’t because the drivers are mean or vindictive, but more that they drive vehicles that are much much larger than yours. …
Students Injured in Bus Crash
Accidents happen. Accidents happen, and the drivers of school buses are not exempt from the effects of those accidents. While we would love or them to be absolutely infallible, they’re not. In this case, however, the fallibility of the driver …
Softball Team Fatally Injured by Careless Trucker
Four people are dead and a dozen more are injured after a semi tractor-trailer collided with a bus carrying the women’s softball team from a Texas community college. According to investigators, it appears that the truck driver made no attempt …
Wine Truck Catches Fire, Shuts Down Lanes for 3 Hours
A toast goes out to the driver of a big rig for excellent maneuvering. Early in the morning, just before rush hour, a semi carrying 41,000 pounds of wine caught fire.
Office Richard Harrison had no explanation for the …
Grand Jury Fails to Indict Tour Bus Driver
A Dallas grand jury has declined to indict the driver of a casino tour bus that crashed on a Dallas-area highway, leaving three people dead.
According to court records, Lloyd Rieve was charged with negligent homicide in a crash last …
Multiple Tractor Trailer Pileup on I-30
Fog was the cause of a multi-car pileup on a stretch of Interstate 30 that goes over Lake Ray Hubbard early Friday morning. According to the Garland Fire Department, several 18-wheelers and over a dozen cars were all involved in …
Rig Spills Utility Poles All Over Highway
A big rig carrying utility poles spilled its load when it rear-ended another vehicle on Interstate 35 early Tuesday morning. According to officials, the accident happened around 2:00 a.m. near the Whitlock Lane intersection when the driver of the …
Two Semis Crash into Overpass and Cause a Collapse
A two-vehicle crash has left a portion of an Interstate 20 overpass closed after it collapsed after the accident late Tuesday night. Official reports indicate that the accident occurred around mile marker 170 when an 18-wheeler hit a guard rail. …
Greyhound Bus Flips, Injures 34 People
An accident involving a Greyhound bus that drove off an interstate highway in southwest Ohio has left 34 people injured. None of the injuries of the victims on the bus was considered life-threatening, though several people were trapped and had …
College Bus Strikes Utility Pole on the way to the Opener
A bus that was transporting TCU students to the Horned Frogs’ opening game with LSU struck a utility pole late Saturday afternoon, injuring nine passengers who were on board the bus.
TCU students were headed to AT&T Stadium in Arlington, …
Big Rig Plunges off Overpass and Catches Fire
A truck driver has died when his semitrailer rig veered off an interchange overpass on Interstate 30 then crashed and burned on the road below near Dallas on Saturday afternoon.
The police said in a statement that Saturday’s crash happened …
Crash with a Fire Truck Injures One Person
A Dallas Fire and Rescue engine and another motorist were involved in a two-vehicle crash in Oak Cliff that left one person injured on Tuesday afternoon.
According to spokesman for Dallas Fire-Rescue, Jason Evans, the accident happened around 12:00 noon, …
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