CAR, MOTORCYCLE AND TRUCK ACCIDENT LAWYER

• Preserve the evidence - which may disappear in time. This evidence may include photographs of damage to the vehicles, roadway conditions and skid marks, as well as witness statements.
• Speak to the insurance company - You should not speak to any representative from any insurance company without first consulting your legal rights with a lawyer.
• Discovery - will conduct discovery in order to compel information from the opposition.
• Assure medical treatment - make sure that you have the best medical treatment possible and properly document your injuries and their effect on your life.

CAR ACCIDENT STATISTICS

In 2002, there were 6.3 million motor vehicle crashes in the U.S. reported to law enforcement authorities, resulting in 2.3 million disabling injuries and 44,000 deaths. The National Safety Council estimates the total cost to society of these crashes to be $242.7 billion - representing a cost of more than $800 per year for every American.

Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of injury death in America and of injury death at work. Motor vehicle crashes are the eighth leading cause of death overall. The World Health Organization reports worldwide that 1.2 million people die in traffic crashes each year.

TRUCK ACCIDENT LAWYERS

Truck Accident Lawyers recognize the necessity of understanding the commercial vehicle regulations on both the federal and state level.

Accidents involving large trucks are among the most serious and most deadly in the United States. Trucking companies are required to follow Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations concerning their equipment and their drivers’ hours of service.

The department of transportation is also charged with the task of adopting regulations regarding the safety of motor carriers.

Driver fatigue is a common problem, as hours of service regulations are routinely violated. Careful examination of records after an accident often shows serious and even fraudulent violations of those safety regulations. However, trucking companies are only required to maintain many of those records for six months. Without obtaining those records before they are destroyed, the injured person or survivors of a person killed in a truck wreck has a much more difficult time proving the trucking company’s negligence.

The following represents facts and figures regarding large truck accidents and the serious damages they inflict on our roadways every year.

In 1999 alone, 475,000 large trucks (gross vehicle weight rating greater than 10,000 pounds) were involved in traffic crashes in the United States, with 4,898 of those fatal crashes.

A total of 5,362 people died (13 percent of all the traffic fatalities reported in 1999) and an additional 142,000 were injured in those crashes. One out of eight traffic fatalities in 1999 resulted from a collision involving a large truck.

Of these fatalities, 78 percent were occupants of another vehicle, 8 percent were non-occupants, and 14 percent were occupants of the involved truck.

Of all injuries that resulted from crashes involving large trucks, 74 percent were occupants of another vehicle, 3 percent were non-occupants, and 23 percent were occupants of the involved truck.

Large trucks were much more likely to be involved in a fatal multiple-vehicle crash - as opposed to a fatal single-vehicle crash - than were passenger vehicles (84 percent of all large trucks involved in fatal crashes, compared with 62 percent of all passenger vehicles).

Most of the fatal crashes involving large trucks occurred in rural areas (68 percent), during the daytime (67 percent), and on weekdays (79 percent). During the week, 74 percent of the crashes occurred during the daytime (6:00 AM to 5:59 PM). On weekends, 62 percent occurred at night (6:00 PM to 5:59 AM). The percentage of large truck drivers involved in fatal crashes who were intoxicated - with blood alcohol concentrations (BAC) of 0.10 grams per deciliter (g/dl) or greater - was 1 percent in 1999.

Intoxication rates for drivers of other types of vehicles involved in fatal crashes in 1999 were 17 percent for passenger cars, 20 percent for light trucks, and 28 percent for motorcycles. Drivers of large trucks were less likely to have a previous license suspension or revocation than were passenger car drivers (9 percent and 13 percent, respectively). Almost 30 percent of all large truck drivers involved in fatal crashes in 1999 had at least one prior speeding conviction, compared to just under 20 percent of the passenger car drivers involved in fatal crashes.

MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT LAWYER

A Motorcycle Injury Lawyer experienced with accident reconstruction is critical to a succesfull settlement.

If you have been seriously injured in a motorcycle accident due to the negligence of another driver, motorcycle product defect or unsafe roadways or hazards contact an attorney

States there are an average of 2,000 motorcyclists are killed each year and another 50,000 injured in traffic collisions.More than 80 percent of all motorcycle accidents result in injury or death.

ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION

Accident reconstruction is a critical element of a crashworthiness case. This is particularly useful in both screening cases and assessing the merits of a case. Immediate vehicle inspection and technical analysis is critical in many cases to the eventual success of the case.

• Lawyers looking to recover will often need to employ experts to reconstruct the scene of the accident.
• Experts will try to determine the most probable scenario that led to the accident. Information including statements, photos, skid marks, road way factors, laws of physics are used to analyze the dynamics of the collision.
• The most important evidence will be physical evidence in the form of photos and measurements of the scene often taken by police investigators at the scene in fatal and catastrophic injury cases.
• A diagram can be constructed showing the impact and rest positions.

FACTORS COMPENSATION CLAIMS

A Car Accident Lawyer in a serious personal injury matter can exponentially increase the value of your case. Our Lawyes bring professional experience to calculate the full extent of monetary damages.

A Car Accident Attorney files on behalf of injured drivers and passengers and the families of loved ones who have died in car crashes.

Damages sought include general and compensatory damages for:

• Wrongful death;
• Past and future physical pain and suffering, mental anguish and physical impairment;
• Past and future medical, incidental and hospital expenses; and
• Past and future loss of earnings and earning capacity.

A Car Accident Lawyer will provide you a Free Consultation.

• They accept no fee until money is recovered for you.
• Fees comes only from successful case settlements.
• They will visit you at Home or in the Hospital.
• The client never pays an expense or fee unless successful.

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