A high percentage of traffic crashes and deaths involve large trucks. A large truck is any truck whose vehicle weight is over 10,000 pounds.
Because of their size, crashes involving large trucks are more likely to result in serious injury and death than are car crashes. Approximately 10 percent of all those injured in a large truck crash will die. Large trucks are also more likely to be involved in multiple-vehicle crashes than are passenger cars.
Poor equipment and driver fatigue are often the cause of such crashes. Both Federal and state regulations govern trucking and cover areas such as safety of equipment and hours of the drivers. Trucking companies are required to keep records of such information; in case of an accident it will be necessary to find and research such records to determine if negligence has occurred.
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