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California Truck Accident Lawyer Offers Statistics on Truck Wrecks

California Truck Accident Attorney Michael Padway is announcing useful information and statistics you should know about semi-truck accidents.

Truck accidents cause more injuries and a larger number of deaths than any other traffic accidents on the road. While the statistics aren’t pretty, they do paint an accurate picture of the seriousness of truck accidents on the road today.

* Every 16 minutes, a person is injured or killed in accidents involving 18-wheelers, tractor-trailers or semi-trucks.

* Every year, 500,000 large trucks are involved in accidents.

* More than 5,000 people are killed each year in large truck-related crashes, and more than 110,000 are injured.

* 12% of traffic fatalities in the United States are due to truck accidents.
Approximately 1% of fatal truck accidents in the U.S. are caused by a drunken truck driver.

* The majority of truck accidents occur in rural areas.

“There are laws in place to help prevent and reduce truck accidents, but some truck drivers continually break these laws,” stated Truck Accident Attorney Michael Padway.

“For example:

There are laws that are supposed to regulate how many consecutive hours a truck driver can drive. Unfortunately, many truck drivers do not obey these laws. This results in unnecessary accidents which do cause injury and even death to their victims.

There are laws that are meant to prevent improper truck maintenance. Unfortunately, many trucking companies and drivers fail to follow these laws. This also causes unnecessary accidents and deaths from malfunctioning equipment.

There are laws to prevent drivers from operating overloaded trucks. Unfortunately, many unnecessary accidents are caused by overloaded trucks or shifting loads.

These laws were put into effect to protect you, but they’re not always adhered to. If the driver of the truck involved in your accident was breaking any one of these laws, we can help you prove your case and get a settlement and compensation.”

About Michael Padway

Michael Padway is an experienced truck accident attorney who has handled thousands of personal injury cases and helps semi truck accident victims get the right settlement or verdict for their case. Michael Padway works with other top attorneys across the country on truck accident and personal injury cases. This enables Michael to help you by referring the right lawyer for your case no matter what state your truck wreck occurred in.

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