Truck Accident Attorneys in San Diego

A San Diego trucking accident lawyer presents
an overview of truck and 18 wheeler accidents

Over 250,000 dangerous large truck and 18-wheeler accidents occur each year in the U.S., and large truck related accidents kill and injure over 150,000 Americans per year. Only 3% of all vehicles on US highways and streets are semi-trailers (also called big rigs) and large trucks, yet auto accident and trucking accident lawyers know that in multiple-vehicle crashes, those large trucks and 18-wheelers are involved in over 25% of all passenger vehicle occupant deaths.

The risks to occupants of passenger cars in truck and 18-wheeler accidents are very high. Nearly 78% of the people killed and 84% of the people seriously injured in 2-vehicle crashes involving a passenger vehicle and a large truck are the occupants of the passenger vehicle.

Car occupants are not the only people with high risk factors for death or serious injury in large truck and semi tractor-trailer crashes. Over 700 truck drivers die each year when they get behind the wheel.

Serious injuries and fatalities are not the only toll inflicted by large truck accidents. They also inflict a significant financial toll:

• The National Transportation Safety Board shows the average cost per large truck and semi tractor-trailer crashes involving an injury is $217,000.
• The average cost per large truck crash involving a fatality is $3.54 million.
• The total cost of all semi tractor-trailers and large truck crashes in the U.S. is over $ 34-billion per year. This constitutes a cost of $3,894,096 per hour.

Trucking accident lawyers see these three most common risk factors in large truck accidents:

• Reckless Driving
• Mechanical Failures
• Driver Fatigue

Our page of Frequently Asked Questions has more information about each of these.

The plaintiff’s citizenship or immigration status is not an issue in cases involving collisions with dangerous trucks,  or issues of negligent installation or maintenance of truck tires and parts. Casey Gerry has represented Mexican citizens, Mexican nationals living in the US, and undocumented immigrants who have been harmed by unsafe trucks and negligent drivers. If the harm was due to driver negligence or to unsafe or defective design, manufacture, or defective component truck parts on the part of a US manufacturer, Casey Gerry attorneys can pursue redress in US courts.

If someone you know has been injured in an 18-wheeler trucking accident in Souther California, an experienced San Diego trucking accident lawyer at Casey Gerry may be able to help if you contact us now.