Pascoe Law Firm
Knight Transportation Truck Accident Attorney
Principal office located in Friendswood, Texas.
Available to service League City, Webster, Pearland, Galveston, and the surrounding areas within Texas.
Knight Transportation Truck Accident Attorney
Knight Transportation employs more than 5000 workers in truck drivers. The publicly-traded company on the New York Stock Exchange (KNX) allows it to operate more than 4000 tractors pulling over 8800 trailers nationwide. The company offers numerous delivery solutions, including Drive van, intermodal, refrigerated, brokerage, dedicated, and rail & port services.
In 1991, the company generated $13 million in annual income. By 2018, Knight Transportation generated an annual revenue of $906 million. Currently, the company operates 25 locations nationwide from Oregon to California, Florida to Pennsylvania.
Knight Transportation is an LTL (less than truckload) carrier, meaning the company delivers mixed freight. This type of trucking is opposite a Truckload (LT) carrier that delivers trucks containing similar products, goods, and materials to multiple locations.
Accidents Involving Knight Transportation
According to statistics maintained by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), there are approximately half a million trucking accidents occur every year in America. These accidents result in more than 5000 fatalities, including the deaths of truck drivers, other motorists, passengers, motorcycles, bicyclists, and pedestrians.
Like all major trucking companies, Knight Transportation maintains tight schedules where truckers work long hours to ensure shipments arrive on time. This demand for optimal customer service places a significant burden and stress level on the truck driver who must meet their deadlines. As a result, Knight transportation deals with hundreds of accidents with and without injuries and wrongful death. A small sample of recent Knight Transportation accidents includes:
- Accident on December 9, 2019 – The Laredo Police Department filed a report of a Knight Transportation-owned summary tractor-trailer involved in a two-vehicle crash during daylight hours on General Milton Dr., Laredo, TX. The accident resulted in one injury.
Contact information for The Headquarters and Service Center Support System includes:
20002 N. 19th Ave.
Phoenix, AZ 85027
(602) 269-2000 (phone)
(602) 352-8200 (refrigerated)
(602) 606-6203 (fax)
Website Address: http://www.knighttrans.com/
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Common Causes of Semi-truck Accidents
Statistics by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) revealed many of the common causes associated with large commercial vehicles in the United States that include:
- Aggressive Behavior – Aggressively operating a vehicle could result in wrongful death or severe injuries of innocent passengers and motorists.
- Driving Distracted – The trucker should never use their mobile phone, send text messages, or read their email while operating their commercial vehicle. Distracted driving could lead to severe harm or death.
- Driving Drowsy – Maintaining tight schedules often means the trucker must drive for hours on end, which can lead to fatigue and drowsy driving.
- Driving under the Influence – If the truckers involved in an accident, law enforcement will often perform a test at the accident scene to determine if the truck driver consumed alcohol or took illegal drugs.
- Improperly Loaded or Overloaded Cargo – If the worker overloads or incorrectly loads the tractor-trailer, any shift in the cargo can cause a serious problem when in transport. The shipment may move unexpectedly and cause a rollover.
Sometimes, the commercial trucker is found to be responsible for causing an accident because of their erratic movements because they are tired, fatigued, or meeting the demands of the tight schedule. In these cases, lawyers can obtain financial compensation for their clients because they proved the trucker, and the trucking company failed to maintain a safe environment for those sharing the roadway, which led to an accident.
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