On the surface, car and truck accidents can seem similar: they both usually end in injuries and cause major vehicle damages. However, when you take a closer look, you'll notice the two types of collisions have many differences. Many types of large truck accidents can occur, which pose unique circumstances for victims and those at fault. With the help of

Tragically, two tractor trailer drivers were killed in two separate accidents involving bridges in the Houston area. The first occurred on July 3 when a tractor trailer was cut off by another vehicle and fell off the Houston Ship Channel bridge. Eyewitnesses believe he tried to avoid hitting another vehicle, overshot, and fell down the freeway. The vehicle landed upside

Tragically, a child was killed and her father was left in critical condition after an accident in Harris County this week. The accident occurred when a sedan and an 18-wheeler were traveling westbound on the East Freeway near Crosby Lynchburg Road. According to police, it appears that the truck may have tried to merge into the sedan’s lane. As a

A Texas truck driver was recently issued a citation for careless driving after he caused the death of a Houston woman. Officers discovered a 2016 Freightliner semi-truck was travelling on a four-lane highway when he stopped and made a turn. He didn’t realize he was on a four-lane road and headed east into the westbound passing lane. The truck driver

Tractor trailers and other trucks on the roads must be properly maintained. Maintenance is what ensures both the safety of truck drivers, and others who share the roads with large trucks. Tractor trailers can weigh 80,000 pounds when they are fully loaded, so it is essential to make sure they are secure and properly maintained. The federal government has passed

With thousands of trucks crossing Houston and the state of Texas on a daily basis, accidents involving trucks are not uncommon. Unfortunately, truckers often have very tight deadlines that can cause them to drive while fatigued or distracted. Also, many truck drivers on the roads are not properly trained. All trucking companies have a responsibility to hire qualified, competent drivers.

A major accident involving a tractor trailer occurred on I-10 in Baytown, causing traffic to back up for several hours. Fortunately, only minor injuries occurred. An eastbound tractor trailer swerved to miss another vehicle in the next lane. This caused the truck to jackknife and roll over onto its side. Four other passenger vehicles were damaged in the accident. The

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is considering new proposals that would help lower the number of accidents in which passenger vehicles crash underneath commercial trucks, including tractor trailers. One of the biggest dangers that tractor trailers and other large trucks pose is that they are so much higher off the ground than passenger vehicles, which makes them much more

Any rear-end car accident can cause a great deal of damage to the vehicle and its occupants. There are roughly 2.5 million rear-end collisions in the U.S. every year. However, when the rear-ending vehicle is a large truck that weighs several tons, it’s likely that the injuries and vehicle damage will be catastrophic. There are roughly 42,000 rear-end accidents each

Every year in the U.S., hundreds of truck drivers die in rollover accidents. In a tractor trailer crash, most of the attention goes to the crash victims that are in the other vehicles involved in the accidents. Rollover accidents, however, are especially deadly for tractor trailers. Rollover accidents account for only 3.3 percent of all large-truck crashes, but they are