Last month, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) released safety data from 2011, including the following: One-third of truck occupant fatalities occurred when occupant was not wearing a seatbelt; 64% of large truck fatal crashes occurred on rural roads; of the 530 fatal crashes in work zones in the country, 27% — or 144 […]
North Carolina Truck Accidents
Tractor Trailer Spill Injures Two in Bertie County, NC
Two crates flew from a truck on southbound NC-11 in Bertie County, N.C., striking two other vehicles and injuring two motorists on Thursday, April 26. According to WNCT.com, one of the crates hit a passing tractor trailer, forcing that vehicle to veer into a tree. The driver of that truck was pinned inside his vehicle […]
Woman Killed in Tractor Trailer Crash in Winston-Salem
The driver of a minivan was killed when a tractor trailer smashed into her vehicle in Winston-Salem, N.C., on Tuesday, March 27. According to MyFox8.com, the woman was turning from Byerly Road onto Reidsville Road when she crossed into the path of a semi traveling northbound on Reidsville. The driver of the truck swerved to […]
Dump Truck Spill Causes Two Accidents in New Bern, NC
One passenger car crashed into a median cable and a second vehicle struck a guardrail after both rolled through the sludge lost by a dump truck in New Bern, N.C., on Monday, March 19. According to the Sun Journal, the dump truck was hauling a byproduct of human waste used in making fertilizer when its […]
Tractor Trailer Crashes with SUV in Charlotte, NC
A motorist was injured when a tractor trailer hauling mulch overturned in west Charlotte, N.C., on Thursday, March 15. According to WCNC.com, the 18-wheeler flipped and spilled mulch across Billy Graham Parkway after it collided with an SUV at about 3 p.m. One of the drivers was freed from his vehicle by rescue crews and […]
