Broward Injury Lawyer Blog
More than 4,100 people died in large truck crashes in a single recent year – 30 percent more than a decade ago. These collisions largely result in deaths to passenger vehicle occupants, primarily because trucks weigh 20-30 times as much, take up to 40 percent longer to stop and are frequently operated by fatigued drivers.
One bright spot is that technology is increasingly on the side of those hoping to hold drivers, carriers and truck owners responsible for negligent driving and truck maintenance.
Historically, Florida truck accident investigations were limited to photographs of crash scene, snapshots of vehicles and witness testimony. Expert witnesses helped to reconstruct the crash and fill in the details of what happened.
Pertinent information in a truck accident lawsuit includes:
- The area of impact in the road.
- The angles of the impact.
- Speed of the vehicles involved both prior to and at the point of impact.
- Determining motorist reactions to whatever occurred prior to the crash.
