Palm Springs Truck Accident Lawyer
PALM SPRINGS TRUCK ACCIDENT LAWYER SEBASTIAN GIBSON
The Right Choice in Personal Injury Attorneys, Sebastian Gibson Has Been Named A Top Lawyer 14 Years in a Row and Today Has Over 45 Years of Exprience
After you’ve been injured in a truck accident in the Palm Springs area or anywhere in California, finding the right Palm Springs 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.
Sebastian Gibson offers over 45 years of experience representing traffic accident victims and others 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 Palm Springs Truck Accident Lawyer Sebastian Gibson, you’re working with an attorney who has been named a Top Lawyer in Palm Springs Life Magazine for the past 14 years, and an attorney you can count on who has the determination to obtain a result you can be proud of.
Palm Springs Truck Accident Lawyer Sebastian Gibson has a prestigious history of helping individuals with their truck accident insurance claims throughout the Coachella Valley from Palm Springs to Palm Desert, Indio and Coachella and in the upper desert from Yucca Valley to Twentynine Palms as well as in San Diego, Orange County, on the Central Coast of California and internationally.
If you’ve had an auto, truck, motorcycle, pedestrian or bicycle accident and need a Palm Springs Car Accident Lawyer for your injuries in the Coachella Valley or in Orange County, call attorney Sebastian Gibson. Named a Top Lawyer for 14 years in a row by Palm Springs Life, it’s not surprising Sebastian has also been recognized as a “Superb” Lawyer by Avvo, their highest rating, which rates attorneys all across the U.S.
With law degrees in both California and in Great Britain, and decades of experience in California and internationally. Sebastian Gibson has been the attorney of choice for decades by individuals with the need of an experienced personal injury, truck accident and insurance lawyer with the experience to handle matters in a swift and cost effective manner.
With offices in Palm Desert and Orange County, Palm Springs Personal Injury Attorney and Palm Desert Business Lawyer Sebastian Gibson can in most situations meet with you in your home, hospital or business and can also advise you by phone the same day when you need assistance most.
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 Palm Springs truck accident lawyer for your case.
Choosing the Right California Truck Accident Lawyer Near You
California Truck Accident Lawyer Sebastian Gibson can represent you and your family when you’ve been injured in a semi truck accident, big rig truck accident, 18 wheeler truck crash, landscaping truck accident, garbage disposal truck collision, gardening truck accident, slow moving truck that causes your injury, a truck accident in which the truck driver has fallen asleep, driven for too many hours or has failed to check over his or her truck for mechanical problems.
When you need a California Truck Accident Attorney for a truck accident on the freeway or on city roads, a Fed Ex truck that causes your injuries, a UPS truck that causes your accident, or any other type of commercial truck or delivery truck that is involved in your truck accident, the right choice is California Truck Accident Lawyer Sebastian Gibson.
Whatever your needs for a truck accident in which you’ve been involved, Palm Springs Truck Accident Lawyer Sebastian Gibson is the right choice in truck collision lawyers to assist you in your truck accident claim when a truck accident in California causes serious or catastrophic injuries or loss of life, loss of earnings and significant pain and suffering to your and your loved ones.
In the near future, we expect to be involved as heavily in self-driving truck accidents as we expect to be in self driving and autonomous car accidents in California. With the difficulties involved in truck driving with constant merging of cars on the highways and freeways, and sudden stops in city driving, unfortunately it is not difficult to anticipate that self driving trucks will be the cause of additional truck accidents in California when their software fails to anticipate the actions of other drivers or cannot avoid an accident that a human driver might have been able to avoid.
Whether your truck accident has occurred on the freeway, in the city or even within your home development, the California Truck Accident Lawyer to call when you need immediate help is Palm Springs Truck Accident Lawyer Sebastian Gibson. With over 45 years of experience, we’re heavily involved in representing truck accident victims within California and we stand ready to assist you in receiving the compensation you deserve for your California truck accident.
Make The Most Of Your Choice, Palm Springs Truck Accident Lawyer Sebastian Gibson
If you’ve recently injured in a Palm Springs truck accident and you want to get the compensation you deserve for your injuries, it’s essential you get the best Palm Springs truck accident lawyer you can find.
Now is the time to retain a Palm Springs truck accident attorney 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 truck accident attorneys representing them.
These Are Some Of the Biggest Trucking Companies Whose Trucks You’ll See On the Road
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 Additional Number Of Trucks Operated in Company Private 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.
How Many Trucks Are Manufactured and Sold Each Year
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.
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 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 likelihood of a fatality.
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.
Truck Accidents and Insurance Companies
If you’ve been injured in any type of 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 big rig or tractor trailer truck, now is the time to retain a Palm Springs 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 a Palm Springs wrongful death attorney is essential.
If you’ve been seriously injured in your car, truck, bicycle, pedestrian or motorcycle 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 Palm Springs truck accident attorneys, we’ll advise you how to get paid for the damage to your 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 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 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 Palm Springs 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 Palm Springs 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.
The Places Where Car and Truck Accidents in California Are Occurring Most Frequently According To The Most Recent Statistics
The three counties with the most fatalities on the road, based on the most recent statistics, are Los Angeles, Riverside which includes Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley, and San Bernardino.
For that reason alone, people living in Palm Springs, Palm Desert and the rest of the Coachella Valley who travel frequently out of the valley either toward Riverside and San Bernardino, or toward Los Angeles are at greater risk of having a serious accident on the freeway.
The most common cause of these accidents is driving too fast. One only needs to be on a freeway for a short time before either being tailgated by a speeding driver, or having a big rig truck suddenly move into one’s lane requiring the driver to slow down.
Collision data from 2006 to 2017 shows that the most dangerous intersections for accidents within Orange County are in the cities of Santa Ana, Orange, Anaheim, Irvine, Fullerton, Newport Beach, Huntington Beach and Mission Viejo.
Outside of Orange County, the most dangerous intersections for accidents are in the cities of Riverside, Redlands, Ontario, Moreno Valley, San Bernardino, Corona, Norco and Rancho Cucamonga.
In Los Angeles County, the most dangerous intersections for accidents are in the cities of Long Beach, Pasadena, Torrance, Whittier, Los Angeles, San Gabriel, Burbank and Arcadia.
The Number And Frequency of Truck Accidents Is Increasing in California
The most recent truck accident statistics as of the date this article is being updated shows that there is an average of 113 fatal truck accidents and 2,978 injury crashes involving trucks each year.
Unfortunately, Southern California is one of the deadliest regions in California for fatal truck accidents.
According to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the number of accidents involving big commercial trucks increased in 2017 over the number of such accidents in 2016. In 2017, 4,889 large trucks and buses were involved in fatal crashes, a 9-percent increase from 2016.
And from 2016 to 2017, large truck and bus fatalities per 100 million vehicle miles traveled by all motor vehicles increased by 6.8 percent, from 0.146 to 0.156.
Injury truck and bus injury accidents are also increasing. From 2009 to 2015, injury crashes increased 62 percent to 97,000. From 2016 to 2017, according to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration’s data, large truck and bus injury crashes increased 4 percent (from 112,000 in 2016 to 116,000 in 2017).
Call Palm Springs Truck Accident Lawyer Sebastian Gibson When You’ve Been Involved In A Major Truck Accident
We can advise you how to get the most for the damage to your car, 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 Palm Springs Truck Accident Lawyer Sebastian Gibson is one of the best things you can do for yourself after a truck accident in Palm Springs.
Choosing the Right California Truck Accident Attorney
California Truck Accident Attorney Sebastian Gibson’s practice areas in the field of truck accident law is today focused on the representation of individual victims who have been seriously injured and families who have lost a loved one when their vehicle has been involved in an accident with a big rig truck, tractor-trailer truck, semi-trailer truck, 18 wheeler, Fed Ex, UPS or other delivery truck, landscaping truck, garbage disposal truck, dump truck, cement mixer, flatbed truck, refrigerated truck, tank truck, heavy hauler, mobile crane, military truck, box truck, construction truck, car transport truck trailer, a fire truck or a heavy duty pickup truck.
Palm Springs Truck Accident Lawyer Sebastian Gibson, The Right Attorney For Your Truck Accident Anywhere in California
From Malibu to San Diego where Sebastian Gibson graduated from the University of San Diego School of Law, to his current offices in the Palm Springs area and Newport Beach to London where he has practiced law extensively, Palm Springs Truck Accident Lawyer Sebastian Gibson is the right choice when you’ve been involved in a commercial truck accident and are looking to be compensated for all your losses and injuries.
For decades one of the world’s most iconic truck accident lawyers in Palm Springs and Palm Desert, Sebastian Gibson is one of the most acclaimed commercial truck accident attorneys in the Coachella Valley.
Palm Springs truck accident lawyer Sebastian Gibson has been called “Brilliant” and “A Legend” and is a cum laude graduate of UCLA. He has law degrees both from the University of San Diego School of Law and from Cardiff University in Wales where he graduated magna cum laude.
Palm Springs Truck Accident Attorney Sebastian Gibson
With these dual law degrees in the U.S. and Great Britain, and over 45 years of combined experience both in London and California, Palm Springs Truck Accident Lawyer Sebastian Gibson is the commercial truck accident attorney to turn to if your vehicle has been involved in an accident with any type of commercial truck, from a big rig truck to a semi trailer or tractor trailer, from an 18 wheeler commercial truck to a landscaping truck to a commercial delivery truck.
Focused on assisting families and individuals like you who have had their health taken away, their vehicle destroyed, their livelihood ruined and often their family left in tatters, Palm Springs Truck Accident Lawyer Sebastian Gibson is the right choice to set things right by pursuing the commercial truck driver and trucking firm which caused you and your family so much pain.
Palm Springs Commercial Truck Accident Attorney Sebastian Gibson has been named one of the 2024 Top Lawyers by the prestigious Palm Springs Life Magazine and now has been named a Top Lawyer for the past 14 years in a row and is one of the most unusual and internationally trained truck accident lawyers in the Coachella Valley of California. He has written for the Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journal Newspapers, is a published novelist and has a top rating of “Superb” by Avvo, their highest rating, which rates attorneys all across the U.S.
