car-truck crashes

Feds reject investigation into truck side guard recall

WASHINGTON — Trucking regulators have ruled there is not enough evidence to warrant an investigation into whether trailers without side underride guards (SUGs) should be recalled as unsafe.

The Institute for Safer Trucking petitioned the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration last year for an investigation of all dry van semi-trailers due to collisions with passenger vehicles, as well as with pedestrians, bicyclists or motorcyclists, that result in “significant injuries or death” due to...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/feds-reject-investigation-into-truck-side-guard-recall

Feds reveal large-truck crash trends unchanged in 2019

Fatalities in crashes involving at least one large truck showed relatively no change last year, decreasing from 5,006 in 2018 to 5,005 in 2019, according to data released Thursday by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

Total highway fatalities fell by 2%, from 36,835 in 2018 to 36,096 in 2019. “This is the third consecutive year in which traffic fatalities have declined after reaching a recent high of 37,806 in 2016,” according to NHTSA.

The agency also reported that...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/feds-reveal-large-truck-crash-rates-unchanged-in-2019

Appeals court revives quadriplegic’s negligence claim against C.H. Robinson

A motorist who sued C.H. Robinson (NASDAQ: CHRW) for negligence in the aftermath of a 2016 crash that left him a quadriplegic will get another day in court against the logistics company after a ruling this week by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.

A three-judge panel voted 2-1 to reverse and remand a decision by the U.S. Federal District Court for the District of Nevada that had dismissed the case based on federal preemption law, known as the Federal Aviation Administration...

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