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Were you or a loved one hurt in a crash with a large truck?

If a semi-truck, box truck, or big rig crash changed your life, you are in the right place.

Are you in an emergency right now?

  • Check yourself and others for injuries, breathing, and bleeding.
  • Call 911 if anyone is hurt or the road is not safe.
  • Move away from traffic if you can do it safely.
  • Get medical care even if you feel fine. Truck crash injuries are often more serious than they first appear.
  • This page is for after you are safe.

This page covers truck crash deadlines and what to do right now. We are the injured person's advocate. We connect you with a lawyer who handles cases like yours, so you get the full settlement your recovery deserves. Always free. Talk to an advocate. We usually reply within minutes, at most one business day.

Large truck crashes are a serious cause of death and injury on U.S. roads. In 2023, 4,807 people died in crashes involving large trucks, an 11% drop from the year before but still a six-year data point tracked by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), the federal agency that regulates trucking companies (FMCSA data reported by FreightWaves). In most large truck crashes, driver behavior such as speed, fatigue, or inattention was found to be the critical factor, and about 30% of trucks involved had a mechanical condition serious enough that the truck should have been taken off the road (FreightWaves reporting on FMCSA data).

Why truck claims are tricky

A crash with a commercial truck is not like a crash with another car. The trucking company usually has more resources and more control over the evidence than you do.

This is why truck crash claims often need someone acting fast to preserve evidence before it disappears, not months later when the company's records have already been "cleaned up."

What real truck crash cases have paid

These are publicly reported results. They show how widely serious cases vary. They are examples only. No one can promise or predict what any case is worth, and many cases resolve for far less.

We are not a law firm and this is not legal advice. The point of these numbers is simple: serious truck crash injuries carry serious lifetime costs, and the system can pay for them when the case is handled well.

Talk to an advocate. Trucking company evidence can disappear fast.

When it goes wrong: a true story

Taron Tailor and Nicholas Perkins, two young fathers, were killed in 2019 when their car slid underneath the back of a tractor-trailer on Interstate 55 near St. Louis. Their families argued that the trailer's rear guard, built by Wabash National, had a known design flaw that the company had ignored for over 20 years (Missouri Lawyers Media).

It took a jury five years, until September 2024, to award the families $462 million. It then took another six months, until March 2025, for a court to cut that award by nearly three quarters, down to about $119.5 million, and the manufacturer said it would keep fighting the decision (Transport Topics).

The families did nothing wrong. They were following the law and drove into a design flaw a company had known about for decades. The lesson is that even a strong case can take years to resolve and can shrink dramatically along the way, which is why having someone who documents everything early and stays with the case through every stage matters.

What to do in the first days

  1. Get your injuries documented by a doctor, even if you feel okay.
  2. Talk to an advocate at WeHelpInjured. It is free.
  3. Call the police and get the crash report. Note the truck's company name, DOT (Department of Transportation) number, and license plate if you can safely see them.
  4. Ask, in writing if possible, that the trucking company preserve its records: ELD data, dash-cam footage, driver logs, and maintenance history. These can be lost if no one asks in time.
  5. Photograph the scene, both vehicles, and your injuries before anything is moved or repaired.
  6. Get names and contact information for any witnesses.
  7. Never give a recorded statement to an insurance company, even your own, or accept a fast settlement, before you talk to your advocate and understand the full extent of your injuries.
  8. Warning: don't wait! Your filing deadline is a trap, and waiting too long can end your claim. Deadlines vary by state. Find your state on our state pages now.

What we can help with

All of it is free to you. We never take money from injured people.

Talk to an advocate. A truck crash is hard enough. Let us help you carry the rest.

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