Crash configurations
Truck movement, vehicle interaction and crash mechanisms.
Entries
- Blind-spot and no-zone crashes Visibility limits around large vehicles and the separate duties of surrounding drivers and truck operators. Updated
- Jackknife crashes How tractor and trailer skids differ and why a folded combination does not identify the initiating event. Updated
- Rear-end truck collisions Following space, braking and the limits of drawing conclusions from the impact location. Updated
- Truck driver fatigue The federal fatigue prohibition, its relationship to driving limits and the limits of log-based conclusions. Updated
- Truck rollover crashes Stability, speed and load considerations in rollovers of combination vehicles and cargo tanks. Updated
- Underride crashes Rear protection standards, vehicle applicability and the distinction between rear and side underride. Updated
- Wide-turn truck crashes Off-tracking and turning space in tractor-trailer combinations, including squeeze collisions. Updated