Articles on the topic of truck accidents from the legal blog of Viles & Beckman personal injury lawyers in Fort Myers, FL. Learn about Florida injury law.
Florida was one of the top 10 states in the United States for the number of fatal truck accidents occurring on its roads from 2014 to 2016, according to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). Unfortunately, trucks are involved in 2.4 percent of all car accidents. Trucks, however, do a disproportionate amount of damage …
How many truck accidents are caused by mechanical failure? It’s difficult to get an exact count, but according to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)’s Large Truck Crash Causation Study, 10 percent of all truck accidents are caused by the vehicle itself (that is, not by the driver’s actions or the environment, such as …
According to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), roughly 11,000,000 commercial trucks operated on American roads in 2018. That’s a lot of trucks… and a lot of truck accidents. The FMCSA reports Florida historically has a slightly-higher-than-average fatality rate from large truck accidents, making it important for Florida drivers of any type of vehicle …
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