Nashville Fatal Auto, Truck, and Motorcycle Accident Lawyers

What are the types of fatal vehicle accidents?

There are so many different types of accidents that can be fatal. There are a few accidents that are more common than others, including:

• Car accidents. Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of personal injury in the United States. For certain age groups, vehicle accidents are a leading cause of death in fatal accidents. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reports that 38,824 lives were lost in traffic accidents nationwide in 2020 – the highest number of deaths since 2007. Whether the accident was caused by a drunk or distracted driver, speeding, or poor weather conditions, the majority of auto collisions were caused by driver error.
• Truck accidents. More than 4,000 people died in large truck crashes in 2020 according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). Fifteen percent of those who died were occupants of trucks. Sixty-eight percent were occupants of cars and other passenger vehicles. Sixteen percent of the people who died in truck accidents were pedestrians, bicyclists, or motorcyclists. Commercial truck accidents can be very complicated, but our Nashville fatal truck accident attorneys know how to investigate every detail of an accident. We know how to use that information to determine all those who are responsible. Truck underride accidents, truck rollovers, jackknife accidents, and spilled cargo accidents are especially deadly.
• Motorcycle accidents. The IIHS reported that, in 2020, there were 5,579 motorcycle fatalities. There were 83,000 people injured in motorcycle accidents in 2020. Our Nashville fatal motorcycle accident attorneys understand the complexities of investigating motorcycle crashes. Motorcycles are much more likely to cause fatalities than other vehicle accidents because a motorcycle has no physical protection – unlike cars and trucks which have hoods, roofs, trunks, and side doors or sidings.
• Pedestrian and bicycle accidents. People who are walking down the street or riding a bicycle on the roads have no protection from the motor vehicles with which they must share the road. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in 2020, more than 7,000 people died in accidents involving vehicles. One of every six persons killed in 2020 was a pedestrian. About 104,000 pedestrians required ER care. In 2019, nearly half of the traffic accidents that killed a pedestrian involved a drunk driver. Many fatal pedestrian accidents and bicycle accidents in Nashville happen at intersections.

• Construction accidents. Many traffic fatalities happen at roadway construction sites. The operators and owners of these sites need to ensure that their workers are protected. They need to ensure drivers are directed away from the traffic site. The owners may be liable if they fail to warn drivers from a proper distance and in a proper way. Operators should use detour signs, cones, lane markers, overhead signs, and other methods to warn drivers. Good lighting is essential. Workers may be injured while driving trucks into or out of the site. Both public entities and private companies may be liable for Nashville roadway construction accidents.

We enlist the services of accident reconstruction specialists. We do not stop until we have succeeded in obtaining the maximum compensation possible from the liable defendants. We fight hard for our clients who have suffered the tragic loss of a loved one in a motorcycle crash.

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