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  The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) released a study in December 2016 to determine the most common causes of truck accidents. The IIHS notes that, although truck driving has gotten progressively safer for decades, 3,852 people died in large truck accidents in 2015 alone. The report examines 197 crash and control pairs and highlights several risk factors, including defective vehicles, fatigued truck drivers and short-haul exemptions. Defective vehicles pose a significant threat on the road. Vehicle defects were found in nearly three-quarters of the crash-involved trucks in the study during a post-crash inspection. Trucks with brake violations were 50

“Trucks are overrepresented in fatal highway crashes,” according to John Lannen, executive director of the Truck Safety Coalition. The size of semi-trucks along with the stresses of driving trucks make them particularly vulnerable to accidents. But, as driving becomes more technologically advanced, more options become available to make semi-trucks safer. Anti-Jackknifing Technology One of the most dangerous things that can happen to a semi-truck is jackknifing. Jackknifing is when the semi’s trailer moves out of sync with the cab and forms an L or V shape with the truck, which can easily lead to a dangerous accident. Jackknifing is usually a

Truck crashes that cause injury and even fatality have been climbing over recent years, after a lengthy period of declining numbers. We took a look at a 2015 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration report (the 2016 data isn’t on the site yet) that focuses on accidents involving large trucks or buses – and we’re seeing significant increases, especially since 2009. Here are more specifics. The number of crashes with injuries increased by 62 percent (when looking at data from 2009 to 2015) The number of large trucks/buses involved in fatal crashes is up by 26 percent (when looking at data from