Vancouver Truck Accident Lawyer

Truck drivers play essential roles within the supply chain. Delivering products, supplies, materials, and other commercial goods to cities and towns throughout Vancouver and the rest of the country, truck drivers work long, hard hours to help keep communities active and connected. 

Unfortunately, this necessary and vital service often comes at a cost. Truck drivers are generally required to travel for long stretches of time in difficult conditions. In order to meet tight delivery deadlines, they might choose to forego sleep, proper nutrition, and safe driving habits. Doing so, however, can lead to tragedies on the road.

Within a five year period, heavy commercial vehicles weighing over 10,900 kilograms were involved in approximately 13,000 crashes throughout British Columbia. Owing to their comparatively outsized weight, when trucks collide with smaller passenger vehicles, the consequences are often fatal. A car’s occupants are four times more likely to suffer fatal injuries than the driver of a large commercial truck. Even though large vehicles like trucks are involved in less than 10% of the nation’s average collisions, they are responsible for 21% of roadside fatalities.

Those who are fortunate enough to survive a collision with a truck may feel the repercussions of their accidents for the rest of their lives. Truck accidents frequently result in severe, catastrophic injuries from which survivors of the collision never fully recover. 

If you have been injured in a collision with a licensed operator of a large commercial truck, navigating the ICBC claims process can feel overwhelming. At Preszler Injury Lawyers, our Vancouver truck accident lawyers are passionate about helping injured residents navigate their ICBC claims with support. Take advantage of a free, no-obligation consultation with our Vancouver truck accident lawyers today. To schedule your free initial consultation, contact Preszler Injury Lawyers online or call 1-844-373-8202

Who Is Liable in Vancouver Truck Accident Claims?

People who operate commercial vehicles for a living spend more time on the road than the average driver. Although this considerable amount of experience behind the wheel should translate to safe driving habits, truck drivers may fail to operate their vehicles properly for multiple hours on end.

To stay awake for long stretches of time, truck drivers might rely on stimulants and other illicit substances, which could impede their ability to safely operate their vehicles. Truck drivers sometimes push themselves beyond the limits of physical exhaustion to reach their delivery destinations in time. Furthermore, truck drivers might exceed posted speed limits, ignore traffic signals, and change lanes without signalling. To make better time, they might also sacrifice meal breaks and, instead of stopping to eat, consume full meals while their vehicle is in motion. Doing so is a form of driver distraction, a form of negligence that is responsible for nearly a quarter of all fatalities on BC roads.

Although truck drivers may act negligently behind the wheel, determining liability for truck accident claims is not always straightforward. That is because multiple parties might ultimately be considered responsible for damages incurred by injured victims of Vancouver truck accidents (before May 1st, 2021). For example, if an at-fault truck driver’s employer was aware that they had a history of negligent driving, but decided to keep them on as an employee, the trucking company might be considered contributorily negligent and thus liable.

While all injured survivors of motor vehicle collisions in Vancouver should be able to access ICBC’s Part 7 accident benefits to help offset the costs of their injury-related expenses, the coverage granted by ICBC might not cover their total losses. In these situations, truck accident victims injured before May 1st, 2021, may be entitled to pursue damages from other parties or entities whose negligence contributed to their collision.

To learn whether you might be able to take action against an employer or at-fault truck driver, call Preszler Injury Lawyers at 1-844-373-8202 today for a free case review.

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For more than 60 years, Preszler Injury Lawyers has been helping people across British Columbia pursue the compensation they deserve for their truck accident claims. As one of the country’s longest-standing personal injury law firms, our practice is devoted entirely to injury law and helping accident victims–it’s all we do.

Schedule a free consultation today to speak with our award-winning personal injury lawyers and find out if you have a case. Our legal team is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to take your call.

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Even the most responsible, safety-minded motorists can have their lives turned upside down because of the wrongful actions (or inactions) of a negligent truck driver. If you sustained compensable injuries in a collision caused by a large commercial vehicle, consider taking advantage of your free initial consultation with our truck accident lawyers serving Vancouver.

To speak with our Vancouver truck accident lawyers about your case and your potential options for financial recovery, call 1-844-373-8202 or fill out our online case evaluation form.

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