In 2018, a total of 4,136 people died in large truck crashes. Sixteen percent of these fatalities were truck occupants, 67 percent were occupants of cars and other passenger vehicles, and 15 percent were bicyclists or motorcyclists. The total number of people killed was 31…
On December 5, 2018, authorities reported that a semi-trailer truck going the wrong way on Interstate 74 near Bloomington, Indiana, collided headfirst with a high school bus carrying the Normal West High School junior varsity girls’ basketball team. Both the driver of the semi and…
On February 20, 2018, U.S. Senate Minority Leader, Charles E. Shumer, released a press release in which he called on the federal government to implement new truck safety standards that would require big rigs to be equipped with energy-absorbing underride guards. These guards are extra…
According to a study by the University of Pennsylvania—sponsored by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and the American Transportation Research Institute of the American Trucking Associations—almost one-third of truck drivers (28 percent) have some form of sleep apnea. Drowsy driving is dangerous for…
