Commercial Truck Accident — $12.1 Million Result

Car accidents are grouped by how the crash happened, not by a single master list. Traffic safety analysts and courts sort them three ways at once: by point of impact (where the vehicles struck), by cause (what the driver or condition did wrong), and by vehicle movement (what the cars were doing at the moment of contact).

This page describes three less-obvious causes of truck accidents. Tire blowouts can cause sudden loss of control and send heavy tire fragments (often 50-100 pounds) flying into traffic. High winds can knock over trailers because of their large surface area, leading many drivers to stay off roads above 60 mph. The article frames these alongside more common causes like rear-endings and poor merging, and suggests increasing following distance near trucks.