Truck accident attorney Amy Witherite discusses reports that say fatal truck accidents are on the rise due to factors like truck driver fatigue.
Statistics show that there has been an increase in the number of fatal crashes involving tractor-trailer trucks in recent years. Related fatalities reportedly rose for four consecutive years according to some estimates.
Source: The New York Times Report “The Trucks Are Killing Us”
“The death toll in truck-involved crashes rose 17 percent from 2009 to 2013. Fatalities in truck-involved crashes have risen four years in a row, reaching 3,964 in 2013, the latest data available. Those crashes are killing not only car drivers but also, during 2013 alone, 586 people who were truck drivers or passengers.”
According to Texas based truck accident lawyer Amy Witherite of the Eberstein Witherite LLP firm, many factors have been listed by transportation safety advocates that account for the increase. One of the most disconcerting issues, the attorney notes, is the increase in fatigued truck drivers and more unregistered commercial trucks on the road.
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