Kentucky Semi Truck Accidents
Statistics for Kentucky semi truck accidents
It makes sense that semi truck accidents tend to cause a much higher level of damage than car accidents, since semi trucks are much larger vehicles and therefore more able to cause destruction. The National Center for Statistics and Analysis (NCSA) reports that large trucks—semi trucks, 18 wheelers, tractor trailers, and other large commercial trucks—make up only three percent of total vehicles on the road and only about seven percent of total miles traveled in any particular year, yet more than eight percent of all fatal crashes involved large trucks in 2007.
In 2007, there were 1,188 fatal crashes in Kentucky, 103 of which involved large trucks. A semi truck accident in Kentucky is also more likely to be involved in a fatal multiple-vehicle accident than any other type of vehicle.
In terms of injuries, according to 2007 data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), there were 236,468 non-fatal large truck accidents in 2007. In 54,961 (about 23 percent) of those crashes, 80,752 individuals involved sustained injuries.
What causes a semi truck accident?
Of course, anything can cause a Kentucky semi truck accident. But the following list of causes of trucking accidents have been designated by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) as recurring truck accident scenarios which most often lead to fatalities and injuries:
- Trucks hitting pedestrians
- Collisions between a large truck and one or more smaller passenger vehicles
- Loss of control of the semi truck due to tire blow-out, vehicle failure, weather conditions, or other factor
- Animal in roadway
- Driver causing the accident due to negligence, falling asleep behind the wheel, medical emergency, or other factor
Consult with a semi truck accident lawyer in Kentucky if you have been in an accident
Most semi truck accidents could have been prevented. If you believe that you were injured in a trucking accident that resulted from negligent behavior, fatigue, intoxicated driving, improper loading of cargo, or another preventable factor, meet with a semi truck accident attorney in Kentucky who can evaluate your case.
Contact Anderson & Horne, PLLC today
To find out how the Kentucky truck accident lawyers at Anderson & Horne, PLLC can help you resolve your Kentucky semi truck accident matter, contact the firm today.
