Orange County Commercial Truck Accident Lawyer
Orange County Commercial Truck Accident Lawyer Sebastian Gibson, Named a Top Lawyer 14 Years in a Row and Now With Over 45 Years of Experience
The Right Choice in Personal Injury Attorneys
When you’ve been injured in a commercial truck accident in Orange County or anywhere in California, finding the right Orange County commercial truck accident lawyer is essential to protect your rights and to make sure you obtain the compensation you deserve for your injuries and all you’ve been through.
Orange County Commercial Truck Accident Lawyer Sebastian Gibson offers over 45 years of experience representing traffic accident victims and clients who deserve the best in legal representation and is ready to provide immediate assistance to you and yours after an accident.
When you work with Sebastian Gibson, you’re working with an attorney who is named a Top Lawyer in Palm Springs Life Magazine year after year after year, and an attorney you can count on who has the determination to obtain a result you can be proud of.
Tired of trying to reach an attorney who will actually answer your calls or respond to your emails? Call us and see the difference when you’ve chosen the right Orange County commercial truck accident lawyer for your case.
Choosing the Right Orange County Commercial Truck Accident Attorney For Your Case
If you’ve recently injured in an Orange County commercial truck accident and you want to get the compensation you deserve for your injuries, it’s essential you get the best Orange County commercial truck accident lawyer you can find.
Now is the time to retain an Orange County commercial truck accident lawyer before an insurance company tries to take advantage of you or lumps your case into their lowest ranked groups of cases handled by adjusters who specialize just in dealing with people who don’t have commercial truck accident attorneys representing them.
Accident Statistics for Orange County
In 2012, Orange County, had 20,225 victims killed or injured in accidents. Two thousand and forty-six were accidents in which alcohol was involved. Nine hundred and seventy-seven were motorcycle accidents, nine hundred and eleven were pedestrian accidents, and one thousand four hundred and sixty-one were bicycle accidents. The rest were car and truck accidents.
Four thousand seven hundred and sixty two of the accidents in Orange County were speed related accidents, sixteen hundred and five were accidents which took place at night and one thousand and sixty-two were hit and run accidents.
Don’t be treated as just another statistic by an insurance company. Stand out from the crowd with Orange County personal injury lawyer Sebastian Gibson.
Bicycle, Car, Motorcycle, Truck and Pedestrian Accidents
There are a number of factors which contribute to the risk of a traffic collision. They include the vehicle design, speed, the design of the road, road conditions, the skill of the driver, the condition of the car, motorcycle or commercial truck, a driver’s impairment, and the behavior of the driver such as whether the driver was texting, changing the radio station or dealing with kids or a dog.
Research has shown that the risk of a crash increases both for drivers who travel slower than the average speed as well as for drivers who travel higher than the average speed.
However, the risk of a collision and injury rises exponentially as the driver travels at higher and higher speeds as does the severity of injury and lethality.
Most crashes related to speed involve drivers speeding too fast for conditions.
Driver error, intoxication and other human factors contribute in whole or in part to 93% of all crashes.
A survey of British car drivers found that most thought they were better drivers than average drivers and that after being in a crash, nearly all did not believe themselves to be at fault.
While younger drivers have good reaction times, young male drivers have a disproportionately higher number of accidents. While older drivers have slower reaction times, they tend to drive less and more cautiously.
Teens and early twenty-aged drivers have the highest incidence of accidents and fatalities. The highest accident incidence rate occurs within the first year of licensed driving.
A location that may not look dangerous may have a high crash frequency while drivers who perceive a location to be hazardous may take more care.
In rollover accidents, 83% of ejections during the rollover are fatal when the driver does not wear a seat belt, compared to 25% when they do.
Motorcyclists are more than twice as likely to suffer severe injuries after a collision than drivers of cars.
These Are Some Of the Biggest Trucking Companies Whose Trucks You’ll See On The Highway
The number of trucks on the road is simply staggering. Today there are about 40 million trucks registered and used for business purposes (excluding government and farm).
There are nearly 1.2 million for-hire trucking companies on file with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, in addition to private carriers totaling over 800,000, and a further 80,000 plus interstate motor carriers.
The size and weight of these trucks is equally staggering. Big rigs can weigh up to 80,000 pounds. There are by some estimates, as many as 15.5 million trucks operating in the U.S. Of this, 2 million tractor trailers are being operated, and over 5.5 million semi-trailers are on the roads and highways.
Not surprisingly, with this number of trucks on the road, it is estimated that over 500,000 truck accidents occur each year.
The top biggest trucking companies include the following:
Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. provides truckload transportation as well as logistic services. Knight operates a fleet of 4,000 tractors and 8,800 trailers and also provides brokerage and other freight management services.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services operates more than 12,000 trucks. Over 100,000 trailers and containers are in its fleet. It was one of the first large US truck companies to utilize a system of trucking containers straight from trains and ships.
XPO Logistics is a freight brokerage provider worldwide, with approximately 38,000 independent carriers operating over one million trucks
Old Dominion Freight Line provides truckload shipping and also offers truckload brokerage, supply chain consulting, and warehousing. It operates approximately 41,000 tractor and trailers.
Schneider National operates 10,120 company trucks and 33,830 trailers on the road and provides brokerage, supply chain management, and port logistic services, among other services.
Werner Enterprises is a transportation and logistics company that operates with more than 8,000 trucks and 24,000 trailers.
Landstar System has a network of independent agents consisting of more than 16,000 trailers, 10,000 owner operated trucks and nearly 60,000 other capacity vehicles.
US Xpress Enterprises today has more than 15,500 trailers and 7,000 tractors providing logistic services.
Daeske is one of the biggest flatbed trucking companies with a fleet of more than 13,000 specialized trailers and 6,000 tractors.
CRST International has a current fleet of about 4,500 trucks.
An Estimate of the Number Of Trucks Operated in Company Fleets
However, there are more than 200,000 companies, excluding farmers, who operate private fleets of trucks in the United States as well.
Among those private fleets, some of the largest include the following:
Walmart – 6,500 tractors and 55,000 trailers
Amazon – 40,000 semi-trucks and 30,000 vans
Waste Management Inc. – 26,000 collection and transfer vehicles
PepsiCo – 36,000 trucks and over 14,000 tractors
Coca- Cola – 5,487 tractors, 1,354 trucks, and 7,500 trailers
Sysco – 7,800 trailers and 9,400 total vehicles
US Foods – More than 5,400 tractors, nearly 350 straight trucks and more than 8,400 trailers
UPS – Nearly 100,000 delivery trucks, over 27,000 truck tractors, and nearly 100,000 trailers.
FedEx – More than 100,000 trucks in its Express division and more than 170,000 vehicles in its ground transportation fleet.
This Is How Many Trucks Are Manufactured and Sold Each Year, A Number Which Will Almost Certainly Rise
Over 235,000 heavy trucks were produced in the United States in 2020. More than 4.3 million heavy trucks were produced worldwide. The most popular semi-trucks in America include these trucks:
Freightliner, which has about 40% of the commercial truck market share and which sells about 190,000-200,000 trucks per year.
Kenworth, which sells over 150,000 trucks per year and which has about a 14% market share.
Peterbilt which manufactures medium and heavy-duty trucks has about a 13% market share. Peterbilt is a subsidiary of Paccar which also owns heavy-duty truck manufacturer Kenworth. Peterbilt makes over 150 trucks each day.
International has about an 11% market share.
Volvo Trucks make up about a 10% market share. A Swedish commercial vehicle manufacturer, it also owns Mack Trucks.
It’s no wonder when you see so many large trucks on the freeways, roads and highways these days why truck accidents are so frequent.
Orange County Commercial Truck Accidents and Insurance Companies
If you’ve been injured in any type of commercial truck accident, while riding your bicycle, walking as a pedestrian in or out of a crosswalk, riding a motorcycle or in an accident with a commercial truck, now is the time to retain an Orange County commercial truck accident attorney before an insurance company tries to take advantage of your situation.
If you’ve lost a loved one in a wrongful death accident with fatalities, the calculation of the damages you’re entitled to for your loss are in many cases complex beyond belief and an Orange County wrongful death attorney is essential.
If you’ve been seriously injured in your commercial truck accident, we can refer you to medical providers who will treat you on a lien basis where they wait to be paid until your case is settled. As your Orange County commercial truck accident attorneys, we’ll advise you how to get paid for the damage to your commercial truck or other motor vehicle and be reimbursed for a car rental. We may even be able to obtain your traffic collision report online from some police departments.
At the conclusion of your accident case after we’ve negotiated a settlement that provides the compensation you deserve for your injuries, your pain and suffering, wage loss and out of pocket expenses, our commercial truck accident lawyers will make a concerted effort to get your medical bills reduced in order to put more money in your pocket when all is said and done.
Although you have the choice to try to handle your commercial truck accident or other personal injury by yourself, should you decide to do so, the insurance company in question will view your case in an entirely different light. Without any need to offer a settlement that includes a sufficient amount in pain and suffering for attorney’s fees, to an insurance company, your case will have only a nuisance value.
Realizing you’re unrepresented by an experienced Orange County Commercial Truck Accident Lawyer, they’ll offer you only a paltry amount. Their meager offer will either include nothing or only a nominal amount for your pain and suffering. And their offer is likely to include nothing for your future medical treatment, your wage loss, your out of pocket expenses or the loss of use of your car while it was being repaired or totaled.
An insurance company won’t refer you to medical providers for treatment, won’t pay for your medical expenses up front, and in many cases won’t even tell you what you’re entitled to in the way of car rental expenses or for the loss of use of your car. And, unlike an experienced Orange County personal injury attorney, they won’t seek reductions of medical expenses you owe after your treatment or amounts you may owe to your health insurance company.
We can advise you how to get the most for the damage to your car, commercial truck or motorcycle, what you’re entitled to in the way of car rental expenses or the loss of use of your vehicle should you decide not to rent a replacement vehicle and our law firm won’t take a penny from your property damage settlement.
In fact, you pay us nothing unless we’re successful in obtaining a personal injury settlement or a mediation, arbitration or judicial award in your case. Personal injury cases are taken on a contingency fee basis by our office, which means we advance the costs of your case for such things as obtaining the police report and medical records and we are reimbursed for those costs only at the conclusion of your case and only if we’re successful in getting you a settlement or award for your damages.
Retaining Orange County Commercial Truck Accident Lawyer Sebastian Gibson is one of the best things you can do for yourself after a commercial truck accident in Orange County. Not all attorneys go to this effort. But we do.
Orange County Commercial Truck Accident Attorney Sebastian Gibson has been named a 2024 Top Lawyer for the 14th year in a row by Palm Springs Life Magazine.
