Arizona Big Rig Accident Lawyers

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•Arizona Accident Statistics
•Arizona Large Truck Accident Statistics
•Arizona Bus Accident Statistics
•Arizona Truck Accident Lawyers
•Arizona Interstates & Highways
•Arizona Facts
•Arizona Transportation
•Arizona Cities
•Arizona Counties
•Arizona State Highway Patrol Headquarters
•Important Phone Numbers

Arizona Traffic Accident Statistics (2005)

Approximately 3.23 persons were killed each day.

• One person was killed every 7.44 hours.


• There were 192.45 persons injured every day.


• One person was injured every 7.48 minutes.


• Drinking drivers were involved in 5.49% of all crashes.


• Drinking drivers were involved in 20.42% of all fatalities.


• Over 79.63% of all drinking drivers involved in crashes were males.


• Rural crashes accounted for 16.78% of all crashes, and 2.23% of all fatal crashes.


• Urban crashes accounted for 83.22% of all crashes and 49.81% of all fatal crashes.


• Seventy-one and three tenths percent (71.3%) of all crashes occurred during daylight hours 6:00a.m. to 6:00 p.m.


• Fifty-two (52) children were killed and 6,069 children age 14 and younger were injured in motorvehicle crashes.

Arizona Large Truck Accident Statistics (2005)

In 2005 there were 3,407 large truck accidents in Arizona. This figure includes both fatal and non-fatal accidents. This figure includes approximately 126 fatal and approximately 3,319 non-fatal large truck accidents. Approximately 1,624 of these resulted in injuries. Of all the large truck accidents in Arizona, approximately 2,726 people were injured and approximately 97 people died. The majority of all fatalities took place on interstates and highways.

Arizona Bus Accident Statistics (2005)

In 2005 there were 343 bus accidents in Arizona. This figure includes fatal and non- fatal accidents. There were less than 10 fatal bus accidents and approximately 335 non-fatal bus accidents. Approximately 193 of the Arizona bus accidents resulted in injuries. Of all these accidents, approximately 402 people were injured and approximately 9 died.

Arizona Truck Accident Lawyers

Supporting data reveals that someone is hurt or killed in a truck accident approximately every 20 minutes. More shocking, is that big truck accidents are on the rise. Because of this, the federal government has created the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSR.) The FMCSR are a set of rules (laws) that truck drivers and truck companies must follow when they are operating their trucks interstate (from state to state.) One area the FMCSR cover is the amount of time a truck driver can drive without a break. It is common to find a truck driver operating over the hours as set out in the FMCSR. In addition, trucking companies more likely than not, do nothing to prevent this dangerous behavior, even though they are required to. An experienced Arizona personal injury attorney who handles truck accident cases will be able to obtain important records from the truck company and truck driver. These records will help determine whether the truck driver was operating in violation of any of the federal regulations. Please call 1-866-650-6363 to speak with me regarding your truck accident case. If you prefer, you can fill out the online truck accident contact form on this page.

Arizona Interstates & Highways

Main interstate routes include I-17, and I-19 running north-south, I-40, I-8, and I-10 running east-west, and a short stretch of I-15 running NE/SW through the extreme NW corner of the state.

Interstate 17 (abbreviated I-17) is an intrastate interstate highway located entirely within the state of Arizona, United States. It goes from Phoenix, Arizona at Interstate 10 to Flagstaff, Arizona at Interstate 40. The southern part of the highway was built along State Route 69, while the northern part was built along State Route 79.

Interstate 19 (abbreviated I-19) is an intrastate interstate highway located entirely within the state of Arizona, United States. It goes from Nogales, Arizona at the Mexican border to Tucson, Arizona at Interstate 10.

Interstate 40 (abbreviated I-40) is a major west-east interstate highway in the United States. Its western terminus is at Interstate 15 in Barstow, California; its eastern terminus is at a concurrency of U.S. Route 117 and North Carolina Highway 132 in Wilmington, North Carolina.

Interstate 10 (abbreviated I-10 or IH-10) is the southernmost east-west, coast-to-coast interstate highway in the United States. It stretches from the Pacific Ocean at State Route 1 (Pacific Coast Highway) in Santa Monica, California (map) to Interstate 95 in Jacksonville, Florida (map).

Interstate 15 (abbreviated I-15) is the fourth longest north-south transcontinental interstate highway in the United States, traveling through the states of Montana, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and California. The new freeways started after the 1985 sales tax approval are: Arizona 51, Loop 101, Arizona 143 (the Hohokam Expressway), Arizona 153 (the Sky Harbor Expressway), Loop 202 (the Red Mountain and Santan Freeways), and Loop 303 (the Estrella Freeway), and the final section of I-10.

Arizona Facts

Arizona is located in the Western United States as one of the Four Corners states. Arizona is the sixth largest state in area, after New Mexico and before Nevada. Of the state's 118,000 square miles, approximately 15% is privately owned. The remaining area is government forest and park land, recreation areas and Native American reservations.

As of 2005, Arizona had an estimated population of 5,939,292, which is an increase of 199,413, or 3.5%, from the prior year and an increase of 808,660, or 15.8%, since the year 2000. This includes a natural increase since the last census of 241,732 people (that is 462,739 births minus 221,007 deaths) and an increase due to net migration of 576,238 people into the state. Immigration from outside the United States resulted in a net increase of 168,078 people, and migration within the country produced a net increase of 408,160 people.

Arizona Transportation

Many of Arizona’s metropolitan areas are served by public bus transit systems. Greyhound Lines serves Phoenix, Tucson, Flagstaff, Yuma, and several smaller communities statewide.

A light rail system is currently being built in Phoenix and will connect Central Phoenix with the nearby cities of Mesa and Tempe.

Airports with regularly scheduled commercial flights include: Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (the largest airport and the major international airport in the state); Tucson International Airport, Yuma International Airport, Prescott Municipal Airport and Flagstaff Pulliam Airport.

Other significant airports without regularly scheduled commercial flights include Williams Gateway Airport in Mesa, and Scottsdale Municipal Airport in Scottsdale.

Arizona Cities

Chandler | Flagstaff | Gilbert | Glendale | Lake Havasu City | Mesa | Peoria | Phoenix | Prescott | Scottsdale | Tempe | Tucson | Yuma

Arizona Counties

Apache | Cochise | Coconino | Gila | Graham | Greenlee | La Paz | Maricopa | Mohave | Navajo | Pima | Pinal | Santa Cruz | Yavapai | Yuma

Arizona Highway Patrol Headquarters

DISTRICT 1
Kingman - DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS
2319 East Andy Devine
Kingman, AZ 86401
Phone: 928-753-5552
Fax: 928-753-8780

DISTRICT 2
Flagstaff - DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS
1100 West Kaibab Lane
Flagstaff, AZ 86001
Phone: 928-773-3608
Fax: 928-773-3615

DISTRICT 3
Holbrook - DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS
2411 East Navajo Boulevard
Holbrook, AZ 86025
Phone: 928-524-6177
Fax: 928-524-1777

DISTRICT 4
Yuma - DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS
2111 East Gila Ridge Road
Yuma, AZ 85365
Phone: 928-782-1679
Fax: 928-726-1572

METRO WEST
WEST VALLEY DISTRICT OFFICE
11101 West Peoria Avenue
Youngtown, AZ 85363
Phone: 623-974-9500
Fax: 623-815-1862

Knutson Station
2610 South 16th Street
Post Office Box 6638
Phoenix, AZ 85005-6638 Phone: 623-974-9500
Fax: 623-815-1862

METRO EAST
Knutson Station
2610 South 16th Street
Post Office Box 6638
Phoenix, AZ 85005-6638
Phone: 602-223-2504
Fax: 602-223-2508

DISTRICT 6
Casa Grande - DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS
410 West Centennial
Casa Grande, AZ 85222
Phone: 520-836-1057 & 520-836-1216
Fax: 520-836-9594

DISTRICT 7 C/MOTORS
Knutson Station
2610 South 16th Street
Post Office Box 6638
Phoenix, AZ 85005-6638
Phone: 602-223-2504
Fax: 602-223-2508

DISTRICT 8
Tucson - DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS
6401 South Tucson Blvd.
Tucson, Arizona 85706
Phone: 520-746-4500
Fax: 520-746-4511

DISTRICT 9
Sierra Vista - DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS
2599 East Tacoma
Sierra Vista, Arizona 85635
Phone: 520-458-8301 or 520-458-5474
Fax: 520-452-8408

DISTRICT 11
Globe - DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS
US 60 MP 253
1902 HWY 60/77
Globe, AZ 85501
Phone: 928-425-8515 or 602-223-2085
Fax: 928-425-8452

DISTRICT 12
Prescott - DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS
1111 Commerce Drive
Prescott, AZ 86305
Phone: 928-778-3271
Fax: 928-776-0189

Important Phone Numbers

If you are involved in an Arizona truck accident, you need an experienced Arizona personal injury attorney on your side. You and your family need protection from the truck company and their insurance company. Trucking companies often time destroy documents that are crucial to the accident in question. An experienced personal injury lawyer can stop the truck company from destroying these documents.

Because of the serious nature of truck accidents and the destruction of evidence that goes on, I can be reached toll free, 24 hours a day at 1-866-650-6363. Call me personally and I will immediately alert our truck accident team and begin taking the same steps as the truck company and their insurance company. The call and consultation are free. There is no fee unless we recover for you.

You can also contact us for a free consultation by completing our online truck accident evaluation form.