A motor vehicle accident is a scary experience for anyone, and even scarier when a truck is involved. Across the United States, crashes with trucks cause thousands of fatalities every year, and many of those are the occupants in the passenger cars. Colliding with a big rig on the highway can have catastrophic consequences and as a result, crashes involving trucks have a higher fatality rate than those involving only passenger vehicles. Because of their massive size and weight, cars don’t stand a chance when they collide with a truck.<\/p>\n
According to IIHSHLDI (Insurance Institute for Highway Safety; Highway Loss Data Institute), there’s been a 20% increase in crashes involving commercial trucks<\/a> in the past ten years across the country, and many of those are due to truck driver error. <\/p>\n