Blog Archive: Truck Accident | Van Sant Law

July 1, 2025 Summer Trucking Dangers in Atlanta, GA: Why Big Rigs Pose a Bigger Risk Summer is a time for road trips, vacations, and bustling highways, especially here in Atlanta, GA, where traffic is a daily challenge....

April 9, 2024 Truck Accident Frequently Asked Questions Welcome to the Van Sant Law truck accident FAQs page. We have created this resource to help Georgia truck accident victims find...

October 2, 2022 Protect Your Right to Recovery After a Truck Accident Each year, tens of thousands of people across the country are injured—and approximately 5,000 are killed—in accidents involving large commercial trucks such...

June 6, 2022 Common Injuries Associated With Georgia Truck Accidents When fully loaded with cargo, big rigs, 18-wheelers, semis, tractor-trailers, and other large commercial trucks can weigh up to 20 times more...

August 22, 2019 Tired Truckers Can Cause Catastrophic Crashes Driving when you’re tired is a regular part of life for many people in Georgia, but it can lead to serious accidents....

June 17, 2019 Trucking Companies May Share Liability for Accidents Large truck accidents can leave victims seriously injured, unable to work, and facing mounting debt. If you or someone you love was...

May 20, 2019 Truck Accidents and Hazardous Cargo Are a Dangerous Combination Motorists might not realize that many of the large commercial trucks sharing the roads with them are transporting dangerous cargo, such as...

April 7, 2019 Understanding Truck Crashes on Rural Roads Large commercial trucks transport goods to and from points all across the country. In doing so, drivers of these massive vehicles spend...

March 20, 2019 Truck Driver Shortages Increasing the Risk of Trucking Accidents If you or a loved one was hurt or killed in a trucking accident, you may be coping with devastating loss. The...

March 20, 2019 Tired Truckers Make Drivers Leery of Atlanta Truck Crashes Truck collisions are often among the most serious or deadly of accidents due to the large size of tractors and other commercial...

March 20, 2019 Better Use of Weather Data Could Help Prevent Atlanta Truck Accidents Bad weather can be a major problem for truck drivers and trucking companies. Long-haul truckers have to drive through all different kinds...

March 19, 2019 Beware of Faulty Replacement Airbags When, as consumers, we count on products to work as they are supposed to, and they do not and cause harmful consequences,...

March 19, 2019 Trucking Companies Must Ensure Drivers Have Proper Skills to Prevent Truck Crashes Truck driver shortages are increasingly a concern when it comes to keeping truck companies staffed. Just this past May, Fortune reported a...

March 19, 2019 Tailgating and Truck Accidents The costs and losses after a truck accident can be very expensive and you should not have to bear this burden. If...

March 19, 2019 Steps to File a Claim Against a Trucking Company Georgia law requires truck drivers and trucking companies to compensate accident victims if the truck driver causes a crash. For help enforcing...

March 19, 2019 Poorly Maintained Trucks Result in Atlanta Personal Injuries Efforts to prevent Georgia truck collisions often center around controlling the behavior of truck drivers. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)...

March 4, 2019 Protecting Your Future if You Suffer a Spinal Cord Injury in a Truck Crash A spinal cord injury can change a truck accident victim’s life in an instant. One moment, they’re a fiercely independent adult going about their...

February 18, 2019 Distracted Truckers Can Cause Dangerous Truck Wrecks Distracted driving endangers everyone on the road. This is particularly true when the heedless driver is behind the wheel of a big...

February 5, 2019 Improperly Loaded Cargo Can Lead to Devastating Truck Accidents Though large commercial trucks and passenger vehicles are expected to share the road safely, serious collisions often occur. When they happen, it’s...

February 27, 2018 The List of Possible Defendants in a Trucking Accident Case When you are injured in a motor vehicle accident with another passenger vehicle, identifying the defendant is easy: it is the driver...

June 4, 2017 The Dangers of Truck Accidents – Even at Low Speeds Low Speed Truck Accident Lawyer Serving Atlanta and all of Georgia When you consider the sheer size and weight of a semi-truck...

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