The Most Common Types of Truck Accident Cases

Intersection Truck Collisions

Intersection or T-bone accidents are often the result of commercial truck drivers making critical errors at intersections. They are also the result of a driver completely ignoring traffic laws that protect the rest of the commuters who occupy the roads.

Intersection crashes result in severe injuries since the vehicles often get knocked off course and pushed into a second collision when hit. Sometimes the commercial truck can push the car off course toward oncoming traffic, which puts the occupants of the vehicle at extreme risk of further collision and trauma, such as crashing into guardrails, telephone poles, and other motor vehicles.

One reason for this type of truck crash is that semi – trucks don’t come to a complete stop quickly. Since it takes longer for trucks to stop entirely, a trucker trying to roll through the intersection will have less reaction time to stop before causing a T-bone crash. A truck driver trying to avoid hitting a car at an intersection can often lead to a truck rollover.

Failing to yield at a four-way stop is another way crashes occur. It can be devastating when a truck driver disobeys the rules and barrels their way through the intersection when another driver has the right of way.

Intersection crashes are also frequent in incidents where truckers speed up to get through an intersection before the traffic light changes.