The Most Common Types of Truck Accident Cases

Intersection Crashes

Intersection or T-bone truck crashes are often the result of drivers making critical errors at intersections or completely ignoring traffic laws that protect the rest of the commuters who occupy the roads. Intersection crashes result in serious injuries since the vehicles often get knocked off course and pushed into a second collision when hit. Sometimes the car can be pushed off course toward oncoming traffic, which puts the occupants of the vehicle at extreme risk of further collision and traumas, whether it’s crashing into guardrails, telephone poles, or other cars.

One reason for these types of crashes is that trucks don’t come to a complete stop. Since it takes longer for trucks to stop entirely, a trucker trying to roll through the intersection will have insufficient time to stop before causing a T-bone crash.

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

Intersection crashes are also frequent in incidents where truckers speed up to get through an intersection before the traffic light changes red and attempting to stop after realizing they’re not going to make it through.