Semi truck accidents are among some of the worst there is! This isn’t because truckers are bad drivers! It is not because drivers of small cars are bad drivers! We will come back to drivers in a second, but if it isn’t the drivers that make semi truck accidents, then what is it?
It is the vehicles themselves actually that cause semi truck accidents!
A semi truck with a trailer can weigh 80,000 or more pounds! While an average car or small ¾ ton truck will only weigh about 4,000 pounds. So, anyone who has ever thrown a water balloon at a friend, knows the balloon doesn’t stand a chance, and neither does the small car when it hits a commercial truck!
According to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), Semi truck accidents account for approximately 415,000 crashes (those that were actually reported) in 2015.
Of those about 1 percent or 3600 to be exact was fatal, and in 20 percent were involved serious injury. The FMCSA maintains details to report on all the data related to semi truck accidents.
