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Fatalities in truck crashes increased slightly in 2018 while overall deaths across modes decreased
According to NHTSA, there were 4,951 people killed in crashes involving large trucks, up from 4,905 in 2017 (a 0.9% increase). There were 885 large truck occupants killed in crashes, along with 4,066 occupants of other vehicles and non-occupants (pedestrians and cyclists).
October 22, 2019
Overdrive Radio
After the accident: Coping, personal perspective, first-responder heroics and practical guidance
And a story of reunification of Harry Pierce’s ridealong pet, Blue, and his wife in Wyoming, after Pierce’s fatal head-on crash with a motorist making a reckless pass in Kansas. Listen: First responders detail accident recommendations and professional truckers discuss how to cope with tragedy.
September 16, 2019
Voices
Trucking Solutions Group’s accident-awareness outreach with open call September 4
Organizers hope the September 4 call, during which three speakers, including professional truckers, will detail some of their own on-highway experiences, will provide insight on “how to react at an accident if you are involved or if you come upon one.”
September 3, 2019
Channel 19
Crash data before and after the Ontario province’s speed limiter mandate
Detail on a 2017-completed Ontario Ministry of Transport analysis of some crash metrics pre- and post- its 2009 speed limiter mandate. Bottom line: some food for thought as you consider whether to take concerns to your reps with the recent U.S. Senate bill that would mandate a 65-mph speed setting.
July 2, 2019
Business
Truck-involved fatalities increased in 2018, estimates show
NHTSA’s preliminary data estimates that 36,750 people were killed in traffic crashes in 2018. The agency estimates truck-involved fatalities increased by 3%, while pedestrian and pedalcyclist fatalities increased by 4% and 10%, respectively.
June 19, 2019
Channel 19
A case for manual shifting, for less (not more) automation, for engagement on the long road
The incremental additions of automated features at highway speeds is ultimately an experiment with how much distraction the human brain can resist before it falls asleep at the wheel. Vehicle makers new and old, and end users, would do well to recognize and take very seriously the implications.
April 18, 2019
Business
Two killed after truck crashes off of Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel
The tractor-trailer collided with a van sending the semi over the guardrail and into the bay. More details on this accident here on Overdrive.
July 30, 2018
Business
Canadian trucker charged in crash involving hockey team that killed 16, injured 13
The trucker has been charged with 16 counts of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death and 13 counts causing bodily harm. More information here.
July 9, 2018
Business
Fatal truck-involved crashes increased in 2016, FMCSA says
There were 104,000 crashes involving large trucks that resulted in 145,000 injuries in 2016. That is a significant increase over 2015. More here.
May 15, 2018
Business
NTSB: Truck-involved highway fatalities rose in 2016
In total, NTSB determined highway deaths increased across the U.S. by 1,976 year-over-year. There were 722 fatalities resulting from crashes involving medium- and heavy-duty trucks in 2016 compared to 665 in 2015.
November 28, 2017
Business
Eight killed in two fiery truck-involved crashes Tuesday in Texas and Kansas
A crash involving four trucks and two passenger vehicles along I-35 in Waco, Texas, claimed three lives, including a truck driver, and a crash along I-70 in Kansas involving two trucks and four passenger vehicles claimed five lives.
July 13, 2017
Channel 19
When enforcement is well necessary — a note from Rich Wilson
Wilson’s letter follows news of a box-truck owner-operator shut down after a fatality crash. Also: Do owner-operator hotshot truckers (at 10,001-26,000 lbs.) need to join a random drug/alcohol testing consortium? Depends on the CDL status and desires …
January 21, 2017
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