TRUCK ACCIDENT ATTORNEY
SAN DIEGO

Catastrophic truck accidents cause over 5,300 fatalities each year and over 133,000 serious injuries in the United States each year. Full-loaded commercial trucks traveling the highway can weigh up to 80,000 pounds, easily crushing 3,000 pound automobiles. Collisions involving a commercial truck are likely to cause serious, permanent, and even fatal injuries.

The potential dangers surrounding truck accidents can be greatly increased should the truck be carrying hazardous or flammable materials. Burns, respiratory injuries, and explosions may result from the accident in addition to impact injuries.

In order to make a claim in a serious truck accident case, the victim must prove that the truck driver was negligent in his operation of the vehicle, and therefore liable for your sustained injuries. Everyone on the road is expected to operate their vehicle with reasonable care under the circumstances (taking into account traffic, weather, and local conditions), the accident and resulting victim’s injuries were produced by the driver’s failure to observe such cautions. If you have been seriously injured in a truck accident in San Diego, you must prove that:

1. The truck driver owed any parties involved in the accident the “duty to exercise a reasonable duty of care” to avoid injuries. We all hold legal duties to drive responsibly on the road and prevent harm to passengers, pedestrians, and other drivers.
2. The truck driver failed to operate their vehicle with reasonable care.
3. The truck driver failed to operate their vehicle with reasonable care, thus resulting in the injuries of other parties.

Causes of Serious Truck Accidents:

1. Driving a commercial truck without the proper training or licenses
2. Many truck drivers are compensated not by how long they drive, but by how quickly they can take their cargo from one point from another. These systems of compensation encourage faster speeds that may be unsafe on the roadways.
3. Trucking companies keeping unrealistic schedules for drivers, encouraging them to hurry, despite risks.
4. Driving while under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
5. Driving for continuous hours without a break or rest, causing fatigue and sleepiness.
6. Securing heavy loads inadequately on the truck.
7. Loading the trucks more than their maximum capacity.
8. Truck drivers avoiding required pre-trip inspections.
9. Motorists changing lanes abruptly in front of a truck.
10. Motorists unsafely passing a truck.
11. Driving between large trucks.

If you have been seriously injured in a truck accident in San Diego, it is integral to contact an experienced and aggressive serious truck accident attorney immediately.