Truck Accidents

In most auto accidents, liability or fault usually falls on some combination of the drivers involved. When a commercial vehicle (specifically a truck and trailer) is involved, many other parties outside of the drivers themselves can be held liable for injuries, damages, etc. Who exactly can be liable in these situations? It can be a…

It is a common practice for all motorists to practice extra precaution while traveling through work zone areas. However, fatal work zone accidents are still happening in each and every state. In New Jersey in 2019, there were 4,423 work zone collisions on roads that are monitored and maintained by the state’s Division of Highway…

Hitting the road anywhere in the United States typically means sharing it with trucks of all sizes, including 18-wheelers. This is especially true in New Jersey, where major highways such as the New Jersey Turnpike, Route 287, and Route 78 – among many others – serve as vital conduits for 18-wheelers carrying heavy loads to…

One of the (few) benefits of traveling on the NJ Turnpike is that it is an interstate highway, which makes it a more straightforward way to get from NJ to another state. The downfall, of course, is that you’re sharing the road with tractor-trailers and commercial vehicles, and a run-in with one of those semis…

The bed of a truck struck a New Jersey Transit rail bridge on the morning of Monday, June 14, in Hawthrone, causing the truck to overturn. The incident caused rail service to be delayed for a short time while emergency responders cleaned up the scene and investigators could examine the bridge for any structural damage.…

Sideswipe accidents, also called blind spot accidents, happen when the side of one vehicle collides (or “swipes”) the side of another. Often, these accidents occur during lane changes and merges, or when a tractor-trailer sideswipes a vehicle coming from the other direction. When a sideswipe accident happens between a passenger car and a truck, the…

Drivers traveling through the state of New Jersey encounter many challenges and hazards. There are a lot of cars on our roads at any given time, and our massive highways and interstates are legendary. The New Jersey Turnpike is the second deadliest highway in NJ, surpassed only by the Garden State Parkway. Over the years,…

Trucking accidents have various complexities many times due to the fact that multiple parties may bear responsibility for these crashes. In the majority of cases, the truck driver bears a certain amount of liability for the accident. Sometimes the driver operates the truck in a reckless manner, or drives too fast for road conditions, or…

The road is a dangerous place, and tractor-trailers can make it ever more dangerous. Even though commercial trucks help the economy, they are the most dangerous vehicles on the roads of New Jersey. Between high rates of speed, impaired drivers, drowsiness and distractions, driver negligence is one of the biggest safety concerns there is. But…