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- Rear-End Collisions<\/strong>
Semis take much longer to stop than ordinary vehicles, even unloaded. According to the DOT, nearly one in five accidents involving commercial trucks<\/a> are rear end crashes, and in the majority, a trucker crashed into another driver.
<\/li>\n\n\n\n- Rollovers<\/strong>
Trucks also have a higher center of gravity, and even at reduced speeds they can rollover. This is especially true in bad weather or on poor road conditions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.justinian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Rear-End-Collisions.jpg\")
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- Jackknifing<\/strong>
Trailer hitches can be up to eighty feet long. Even a slow-moving truck that jackknifes may sweep across the road and collide with cars several lanes over.
<\/li>\n\n\n\n- Underriding<\/strong>
Set on enormous tires, trucks are much taller than ordinary automobiles. Their greater ground clearance poses a significant danger to lower cars.
Collisions between semi trucks and other cars often lead to underriding, an accident in which a lower motor vehicle moves underneath the front, rear or side of a semi-trailer.
The consequences can be devastating. Many underriding accidents destroy the car, injure the driver and passengers, and even cause fatalities. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nDepartment of Transportation Data Shows the Dangers of 18-Wheeler Accidents<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
There are fifty times more cars than commercial vehicles on the road (depending on location and time of day). However, one in ten car accident deaths<\/a> involve commercial vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Auto accidents involving commercial vehicles have risen steadily across Texas and the fifty states, with increased injuries and property damage. Even worse, fatal<\/em> car crashes with commercial vehicles have risen forty percent<\/a>, and most involved trucks<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- Underriding<\/strong>
- Rollovers<\/strong>