Improving truck crash data and monitoring of high颅-risk carriers are among the key factors that will lead to improved heavy truck safety, a panel of trucking experts told a Senate Commerce subcommittee last week.
March 20, 2017GovernmentBusinessSafety
Wisconsin Using Grants to Reduce Crashes
For a third straight year, Wisconsin鈥檚 State Patrol has received federal and state funding in hopes of continuing to reduce large truck crashes in the state. The yearlong grants of nearly $500,000, which boosted聽the three-year total over $700,000, took effect Oct. 1.
October 25, 2016BusinessSafety
In Ohio, Large Trucks Get the Blame, but Car Drivers Cause Majority of Wrecks
Nationwide, fatal crashes involving large trucks and buses have dropped for decades. But with more trucks and more small cars on the road, the number of truck-involved crashes on Ohio roads has been rising in recent years.
September 13, 2016BusinessSafety
DA Moves to Have Charges Dropped Against Total Transportation of Mississippi
A Georgia district attorney requested on July 6 that five vehicular homicide charges and two lesser counts against聽Total Transportation of Mississippi聽resulting from an April 2015 crash be dismissed.
July 7, 2016BusinessSafety
Total Transportation President Says Company Will Fight Charges
John Stomps, president of Total Transportation of Mississippi, responded June 21 to the recent indictment of his company in Bryan County, Georgia, in the wake of the April 2015 crash that killed five Georgia Southern University nursing students and injured two others.
June 21, 2016BusinessSafety
Four Families Settle Georgia Truck Accident Lawsuits
Total Transportation of Mississippi, the employer of a tractor-trailer driver blamed for a fiery interstate crash that killed five Georgia nursing students, has agreed to settle multiple wrongful death lawsuits for large sums, with at least one victim鈥檚 family receiving $14 million, attorneys in the case said April 20.
April 22, 2016BusinessSafety
Most Truck Crashes Occur During Daytime, Data Provider Vigillo Says
A two-year compilation of federal crash data shows that most fatal, injury and tow-away truck-involved crashes occur during daytime hours, peaking from聽about 6 a.m. to 7 p.m., according to Data-analytics provider Vigillo.
June 11, 2015GovernmentBusinessSafety
FMCSA Extends Comment Period on Crash Weighting
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said it will accept comments for an additional month on its crash-weighting analysis published in January.
February 19, 2015BusinessSafety
Traffic Deaths Drop 4% in First 6 Months, National Safety Council Estimates
About 16,180 people died in motor vehicle crashes in the first six months of 2014, a 4% decline from the same period last year, the National Safety Council said.
August 14, 2014BusinessSafety
Fatigue in National Spotlight After Deadly Crash in N.J.
The truck-involved crash that critically injured comedian Tracy Morgan and killed a colleague is shining a spotlight on highway safety and driver fatigue as Congress simultaneously tackles those issues.
June 16, 2014