Leonard, Rickman and Holloway, PC: Practice Areas: Truck Accidents
A Georgia trucking accident lawyer presents an overview of truck and 18 wheeler accidents
Tractor trailers and large trucks can be very dangerous. Serious injuries and fatalities inflicted by large trucks inflict a high toll on Georgia motorists. Hundreds of 18-wheeler accidents occur each year in Georgia and large truck related accidents kill and injure innocent victims. While large trucks and semi tractor-trailers comprise a small percentage of the vehicles on our roads, auto accident lawyers know that in multiple-vehicle crashes trucks and 18-wheelers are involved in many passenger vehicle occupant deaths.
The risks to occupants of passenger cars in truck and 18-wheeler accidents are very high. Yet car occupants are not the only people with high risk factors for death or serious injury in large truck and semi tractor-trailer crashes. Many truck drivers themselves die each year when they get behind the wheel.
Trucking accidents also inflict a significant financial toll. The average cost per large truck crash involving a fatality is $3.54 million.
Trucking accident lawyers see these three most common risk factors in large truck accidents:
- Reckless Driving
- Mechanical Failures
- Driver Fatigue
If someone you know has been injured in an 18-wheeler trucking accident in Georgia, an experienced Georgia trucking accident lawyer at Leonard, Rickman & Holloway may be able to help if you contact us now.