As one of the largest freight transportation companies in North America, Con-Way Transportation has annual revenues in the billions of dollars. This leading Fortune 500 transport company offers LTL (less than a truckload) cargo shipping, full truckload delivery, logistics, supply chain management, and warehousing services to 500+ locations in 20 countries.

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Causes of Serious Accident Behind Many Trucking Accident Cases

It is the responsibility of the trucking company and all of its drivers to provide primary duties to stay safe on the roadways and adequately maintaining their vehicle. The trucker must give their full attention while driving on the road, and have years of experience and extensive training in handling powerful, large vehicles. When trucking companies and the driver are negligent in their actions, catastrophic accidents involving severe injuries and death can happen. Numerous factors can cause an accident, including:

• Reckless or Negligent Driving – Truckers are often negligent or careless in their actions when behind the wheel. Negligent actions can include improperly changing lanes/passing/turning, not using turn signals and failing to obey traffic laws/signs/lights.
• Driving at Excessive Speed – The number one cause of catastrophic accidents involving large commercial vehicles is driving at excessive speeds. Driving fast does not provide the trucker enough time to react to any unexpected situation including stopping in time.
• Driving While Tired or Fatigued – With tight delivery constraints and deadlines, drivers can quickly become fatigued behind the wheel, increasing the potential of causing catastrophic accidents on the roadway.
• Impaired Driving – Intoxication and the use of drugs can cause impairment where truckers are unable to control the vehicle. There illegal, reckless action can lead to catastrophic events with severe injuries and the potential of death.
• Equipment Malfunction – Defective parts including brake pads, tires, and axles on the truck and trailer puts the driver and all other motorists and passengers on the road in harm’s way. If a fully loaded semi-truck weighing 70 to 80 tons cannot stop in time, due to defective truck parts, serious accidents can occur.
• Poor Roadway or Weather Conditions – Inexperienced truckers often make crucially dangerous driving decisions when driving under poor roadway and weather conditions, putting other motorists and passengers at risk of being involved in an accident.

Con-Way’s Large Commercial Truck Fleet

Con-Way Transportation, Inc. is an old company, initially started in Portland Oregon in 1929, as Consolidated Truck Lines. By the end of the 1930s, this local transport company became a regional cargo delivery service provider, taking on many new routes from the West Coast to the east. By 1996, the company was renamed Consolidated Freightways, before filing bankruptcy in 2002. Re-branded as Con-Way Transportation in 2004, it is now headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

To maintain roadway safety, routine inspections performed by the U.S. DOT and FMCSA (Federal Motors Carrier Safety Administration) have removed 280 trucks from the Con-Way Transportation fleet from service along with 35 drivers. This statistic represents 7.8 percent of the total truck fleet as compared to a 20.72 percent national average. These numbers also represent 0.7 percent of the total number of Con-Way Transportation drivers that have been let go, compared to 5.51 percent of the national average.