As reported yesterday in the Dallas Morning News…
Truck crackdown sought as fatalities hold steady…
WASHINGTON – Two advocacy groups called for tougher federal regulations on trucks while releasing a study that shows U.S. fatalities from truck accidents holding steady at 100 a week.
The Truck Safety Coalition and Citizens for Reliable and Safe Highways said the latest numbers show that Wyoming Arkansas and Oklahoma are the deadliest states for truck crashes based on the number of fatalities per 100000 residents in 2005.
In 1999 when the federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration was created 5380 people died in crashes with big trucks said Joan Claybrook chair of Citizens for Reliable and Safe Highways. In 2005 it was 5212 she said.
That figure has barely budged she said.
The families of truck crash victims this week are lobbying Congress and the Bush administration to create stricter rules.
Texas was roughly in the middle of the pack with 2.2 truck crash deaths per 100000. Thats 23rd in the nation.
Posted by E. Michael Grossman Texas Trucking Accident Attorney
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