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Personal Injury Law Short List Index | Truck Accident Personal Injury Cases
Individuals involved in an truck accident that were injured or families of individuals killed in an truck accident, may have the legal right to obtain compensation.
Truck accidents may result in serious injuries or death. Serious injuries can permanently negatively impact the victim's health and lifestyle. If the accident was caused by driver error, someone's negligence, a road hazard, a design flaw or a manufacturing defect, victims or their families may be entitled to compensation for their injuries, loss of wages and other losses.
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In 2002, 12,866 individuals were killed in truck accidents and another 905,000 were injured. The U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Safety Administration categorizes Motor Vehicles into six types. The table below summarizes Light Truck and Large Truck occupant injuries and fatalities from 1990 to 2002. See Automobile Accidents for statistics pertaining to cars, passenger vehicles, automobiles, etc. | | Number of
Occupants Injured or Killed | | Year | Light Trucks
(including pickups, vans, and utility vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less) | Large Trucks
(including single-unit trucks and truck tractors with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 10,000 pounds) | Occupants
Injured | Occupants
Killed | Occupants
Injured | Occupants
Killed | | 1990 | 505,000 | 8,601 | 42,000 | 705 | | 1991 | 563,000 | 8,391 | 28,000 | 661 | | 1992 | 545,000 | 8,098 | 34,000 | 585 | | 1993 | 601,000 | 8,511 | 32,000 | 605 | | 1994 | 631,000 | 8,904 | 30,000 | 670 | | 1995 | 722,000 | 9,568 | 30,000 | 648 | | 1996 | 761,000 | 9,932 | 33,000 | 621 | | 1997 | 755,000 | 10,249 | 21,000 | 723 | | 1998 | 763,000 | 10,705 | 29,000 | 742 | | 1999 | 847,000 | 11,265 | 33,000 | 759 | | 2000 | 887,000 | 11,526 | 31,000 | 754 | | 2001 | 861,000 | 11,723 | 29,000 | 708 | | 2002 | 879,000 | 12,182 | 26,000 | 684 | | Total | 9,320,000 | 129,655 | 398,000 | 8,865 |
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