Truck Accident Sources And References

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Sources And References

These public sources support the truck accident guide. Specific topic guides may cite a narrower set depending on the question.

Georgia DDS crash guidance

Georgia Department of Driver Services guidance on what drivers should do after a crash, including reporting, aid, and moving vehicles safely.

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Georgia DPS open records crash-report instructions

Official Georgia Department of Public Safety instructions for obtaining State Patrol crash reports and submitting open-records requests.

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GDOT crash data and reporting

Georgia Department of Transportation page explaining Georgia crash data and reporting, including the GDOT-523 crash report form and BuyCrash access.

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Georgia OCI auto claim tips

Georgia Office of Commissioner of Insurance guidance on what to collect after a crash and how to document an insurance claim.

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Georgia OCI auto insurance overview

Official Georgia consumer guidance on liability coverage, physical-damage coverage, and uninsured-motorist coverage.

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Georgia OCI insurance complaint process

Official complaint process for Georgia consumers who cannot resolve an insurance dispute directly with the insurer.

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HHS: Your medical records

Federal HIPAA guidance explaining the right to inspect, review, and receive copies of medical and billing records.

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HHS: Right of access under HIPAA

HHS guidance explaining the breadth of the HIPAA right of access, including billing records, claims information, and medical images.

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CDC: concussion and mild TBI symptoms

CDC guidance on delayed concussion and mild traumatic brain injury symptoms that may not be obvious at the scene.

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FMCSA hours-of-service summary

FMCSA summary of the 11-hour driving limit, 14-hour duty window, break rules, and other core hours-of-service requirements.

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FMCSA Large Truck Crash Causation Study analysis brief

FMCSA/NHTSA analysis brief explaining critical events, associated factors, and how brake problems, jackknife, cargo shift, and other truck-specific factors were treated in serious large-truck crashes.

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FMCSA large truck jackknife crash table, 2019

FMCSA Large Truck and Bus Crash Facts table showing jackknife occurrence by crash severity for large trucks in 2019.

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NHTSA underride protection announcement

NHTSA announcement on underride protection explaining that impact guards are designed to absorb energy and help prevent passenger vehicles from sliding under large trucks and trailers.

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NHTSA underride crash data collection report

NHTSA report on underride crash data collection and law-enforcement reporting, including side and rear underride crash examples and underride-reporting issues.

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NHTSA report to Congress on side underride protection

NHTSA report to Congress discussing side underride crash data, underreporting, side guard research, and the agency's review of fatal light-vehicle crashes into the sides of truck trailers.

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NHTSA rear impact guard final rule, 2022

NHTSA final rule upgrading federal rear-impact guard standards for trailers and semitrailers.

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49 CFR 393.86 rear impact guards and rear end protection

Federal motor carrier rule requiring rear impact guards and rear end protection on covered trailers and semitrailers, with exceptions and dimensional requirements.

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49 CFR 571.223 FMVSS 223 rear impact guards

Federal motor vehicle safety standard specifying rear impact guard performance requirements.

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49 CFR 571.224 FMVSS 224 rear impact protection

Federal motor vehicle safety standard requiring covered trailers and semitrailers to have rear impact protection meeting FMVSS 223.

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49 CFR 393.11 lamps and reflective devices

Federal rule listing required lamps and reflective devices for commercial motor vehicles.

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49 CFR 393.13 retroreflective sheeting and reflectors

Federal rule addressing retroreflective sheeting and reflector requirements for older trailers and semitrailers.

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49 CFR Part 393 Subpart C brake rules

Federal brake-system rules for commercial motor vehicles, including required brake systems, brakes on wheels, operative brakes, brake performance, and antilock brake-system provisions.

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FMCSA electronic logging devices

FMCSA overview of ELD requirements and how ELDs record hours-of-service data.

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FMCSA motor carrier safety planner

FMCSA's plain-English safety planner for carrier compliance topics, including records, inspections, and cargo rules.

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49 CFR 390.5 definitions

Federal motor carrier definitions used across the safety rules, including commercial motor vehicle and accident definitions.

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49 CFR 390.21 commercial motor vehicle markings

Federal rule requiring covered self-propelled commercial motor vehicles to display the motor carrier's legal or trade name and USDOT number on both sides.

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FMCSA company safety records

FMCSA public resource explaining Company Snapshot searches by company name, USDOT number, or MC number and the safety information available.

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49 CFR 387.9 financial responsibility minimum levels

Federal rule listing minimum public-liability financial responsibility levels for certain motor carriers of property and hazardous materials.

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49 CFR 396.3 inspection, repair, and maintenance

Federal maintenance-record rule requiring systematic inspection, repair, maintenance, and record retention for motor carriers.

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49 CFR 396.11 driver vehicle inspection reports

Federal rule covering driver vehicle inspection reports and the defects that must be reported.

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49 CFR 390.15 accident register and investigation records

Federal rule requiring motor carriers to maintain an accident register and make accident-related records available to authorized investigators.

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49 CFR 395.8 driver records of duty status

Federal hours-of-service record rule, including retention of driver records of duty status and supporting documents.

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49 CFR 395.26 ELD data automatically recorded

Federal ELD rule describing the data elements automatically recorded by electronic logging devices.

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49 CFR 395.11 supporting documents

Federal hours-of-service rule describing supporting documents that motor carriers must maintain to verify driver records of duty status.

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49 CFR Part 563 event data recorders

NHTSA event-data-recorder rule standardizing certain crash data elements when a covered vehicle is equipped with an event data recorder.

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49 CFR 393.80 rear-vision mirrors

Federal rule requiring regulated trucks and truck tractors to have rear-vision mirrors positioned to show the highway to the rear along both sides of the vehicle.

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49 CFR 392.22 emergency signals for stopped commercial motor vehicles

Federal rule on hazard flashers and placement of warning devices when a commercial motor vehicle is stopped on the roadway or shoulder.

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49 CFR 393.95 emergency equipment and warning devices

Federal rule requiring specified emergency equipment on truck power units, including warning devices for stopped vehicles.

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49 CFR 382.303 post-accident drug and alcohol testing

Federal rule describing when post-accident alcohol and controlled-substances testing is required for commercial motor vehicle drivers.

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49 CFR 382.401 drug and alcohol testing record retention

Federal rule setting retention periods for alcohol and controlled-substances testing records.

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49 CFR 391.51 driver qualification files

Federal rule requiring motor carriers to maintain driver qualification files and listing the records included in those files.

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49 CFR 396.9 roadside inspection reports

Federal rule addressing Driver Vehicle Examination Reports, out-of-service markings, corrective action certification, and retention of roadside inspection reports.

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49 CFR 392.9 cargo inspection and securement

Federal rule addressing driver inspection of cargo, cargo securement devices, and systems before and during transportation.

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49 CFR 393.100 cargo securement standards

Federal cargo-securement rule explaining the general securement framework for commercial motor vehicles.

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FMCSA cargo securement rules

FMCSA public guidance explaining the cargo securement framework, including preventing cargo from shifting or falling and working-load-limit concepts.

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NIOSH dump truck construction injury guidance

NIOSH guidance on preventing dump-truck-related injuries and deaths during construction, including struck-by, tip-over, crushing, electrical, and fall hazards.

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OSHA construction struck-by hazards

OSHA construction guidance on struck-by hazards involving vehicles, heavy equipment, backing, dumping or lifting devices, brakes, visibility, and work zones.

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UPS package delivery driver overview

UPS public hiring page describing package delivery drivers, brown delivery trucks, and pre-determined routes from UPS facilities.

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FedEx Custom Critical independent contractor opportunities

FedEx Custom Critical page describing independent contractor and fleet-owner opportunities involving straight trucks and tractors for pickup and delivery services.

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O.C.G.A. § 51-2-2

Georgia's respondeat-superior statute on when an employer is liable for torts committed by a servant in the prosecution and within the scope of the employer's business.

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O.C.G.A. § 51-2-4

Georgia's general rule that an employer usually is not liable for the torts of an independent contractor, subject to recognized exceptions.

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O.C.G.A. § 51-12-33

Georgia's current comparative-fault statute, including percentage reduction, the 50 percent bar, nonparty-fault notice, and the 2022 amendment effective for cases filed after May 13, 2022.

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O.C.G.A. § 40-6-48

Georgia statute on driving on laned roadways, including the rule that a vehicle should stay within a single lane and should not move from that lane until the driver has first ascertained that the movement can be made safely.

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O.C.G.A. § 40-6-123

Georgia statute on turning movements and signals, including safe lane-change movement and appropriate, timely signals.

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O.C.G.A. § 40-6-120

Georgia statute on methods of turning at intersections, including right-turn approach, left-turn lane position, and lane use in multiple-turn-lane situations.

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O.C.G.A. § 40-6-71

Georgia statute requiring a driver intending to turn left to yield to oncoming vehicles in the intersection or close enough to be an immediate hazard.

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O.C.G.A. § 51-11-7

Georgia's 'avoid consequences' statute, which the defense may invoke when it argues the plaintiff could have avoided the harm by ordinary care.

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O.C.G.A. § 9-3-33

Georgia limitations statute stating the general two-year period for personal-injury claims.

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O.C.G.A. § 33-7-11

Georgia statute governing uninsured-motorist coverage, including unknown-owner or unknown-operator claims and policy election issues.

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O.C.G.A. § 40-6-273

Georgia statute requiring prompt notice of certain injury, death, or property-damage crashes to law enforcement.

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O.C.G.A. § 36-33-5

Georgia's municipal ante litem statute, which generally requires written notice to a city within six months for personal-injury or property-damage tort claims against municipal corporations.

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O.C.G.A. § 36-11-1

Georgia's county-claim presentment statute, which generally requires claims against counties to be presented within 12 months after they accrue or become payable.

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O.C.G.A. § 50-21-26

Georgia Tort Claims Act notice statute, which generally requires written notice of a state tort claim within 12 months of the date the loss was discovered or should have been discovered.

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Georgia Senate Bill 68 (2025), Section 5

Official 2025 legislation amending O.C.G.A. § 40-8-76.1 so seat-belt nonuse may be offered in civil motor-vehicle cases on negligence, comparative negligence, causation, assumption of risk, or apportionment, subject to evidentiary limits.

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FMCSA: Our Roads, Our Safety

FMCSA public-safety guidance explaining truck blind spots, wide turns, and the substantially longer stopping distance of large trucks.

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FMCSA: Safe driving around CMVs

FMCSA public-safety page explaining that large trucks and buses face unique safety challenges, including blind spots, wide turns, and long stopping distances.

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FMCSA CMV driving tips: inadequate surveillance

FMCSA driver-safety material discussing inadequate surveillance, blind spots, No-Zone crashes, defensive driving, mirror checks, and lane-change or merge recognition failures.

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State Bar of Georgia public resources

State Bar public resources page with lawyer-finding and consumer-help links.

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