Last year, over 3,800 people died as the result of crashes that involved trucks. Just 16 percent of those fatalities were the truck drivers or others inside the trucks. A whopping 69 percent were people in passenger vehicles. Fifteen percent were motorcyclists,...
Truck Accidents
Winter weather brings increasing risk of truck crashes
Even here in the southeast, winter weather can be unpredictable. In fact, a snow or ice storm can be more dangerous in a state like Georgia where drivers aren't used to them than in states where they're a regular part of winter driving. In recent years, weather...
Why is Interstate 16 one of Georgia’s deadliest roads?
If you've driven from Cumming down to Savannah, you've likely taken Interstate 16. What you may not have known is that it's considered one of the deadliest roads in the state. Last year, 28 people were killed on I-16. Tractor-trailers were involved in 18 of the...
Dedicated advocacy for the victims of truck crashes
As most people make their way to work, school, the store or other everyday destinations via the highways, they generally aren't too concerned by the many trucks traveling in their immediate vicinity. That's because they trust that those behind the wheels of these...
Truck-school bus crash kills 15-year-old, injures multiple others
An accident involving a tractor-trailer and a school bus on Aug. 29 claimed the life of a 15-year-old Valdosta, Georgia, girl. Additionally, 20 of the nearly 30 Lowndes High School students on board, as well as the bus driver, were injured. The crash occurred on...
Is a lower national speed limit for trucks about to become a reality?
For nearly a decade, road safety advocates -- including Roadsafe America and the American Trucking Associations -- have been working diligently to convince federal agencies such as the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety...