{"id":2141,"date":"2021-12-14T17:16:29","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T17:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/atlanta\/underride-wide-turn-semi-truck-collisions\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T12:47:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T12:47:18","slug":"underride-wide-turn-semi-truck-collisions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/atlanta\/underride-wide-turn-semi-truck-collisions\/","title":{"rendered":"What are Underride and Wide-Turn Semi-Truck Collisions?"},"content":{"rendered":"

You hear about rollover accidents, head-on collisions, and rear-end collisions with all types of vehicles, involving passenger cars, vans, SUVs (sports utility vehicles), and trucks.\u00a0 No matter what type of accident you or a loved one experience, if it is serious, protecting your rights is extremely important.\u00a0 As soon as possible, consult an Atlanta truck accident attorney<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Atlanta has its share of devastating accidents<\/a>.\u00a0 However, there are several types of accidents that are characteristic of large trucks and typically occur with semis (also called 18-wheelers and big rigs). \u00a0An under-ride accident is one.\u00a0 An under-ride accident is a crash where a portion of a vehicle slides under another vehicle (definition from TransSafety, Inc.<\/strong>).\u00a0 In an under-ride accident, the impact with the semi could occur when the semi hits the car head-on, at the side, or through a rear-end collision.\u00a0 The defining element of this type of accident is that the passenger car slides under the truck.\u00a0 Car passengers involved in an under-ride accident frequently do not survive, or if they do, they have severe injuries.<\/p>\n

A wide turn accident is another collision that occurs with semis.\u00a0 Large trucks have blind spots, called a no-zone, where they cannot see smaller cars beside them.\u00a0 Consequently, truck drivers making wide turns may be unaware of cars when they begin their turn.\u00a0 During the swing outward, trucks can crash into cars and crush them.\u00a0 Drivers often have no space to get out of the way, or if they do, do not react in time.\u00a0 Fatal or severe injuries<\/a> can also result from this type of truck accident<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Cochran Firm Atlanta<\/a> has extensive experience handling truck accidents and offers a free consultation to discuss taking on your case.<\/p>\n

If you want to file an Injury & accident claim, contact our Accident Lawyers, who have expertise in Auto Accident<\/a>, Car Accident<\/a>, Brain Injury<\/a>, Personal Injury<\/a>, Premises Liability<\/a>,Truck Accident<\/a>, Police Misconduct<\/a> and other areas of practice<\/a>. Call The Cochran Firm Atlanta toll-free at (404) 222-9922<\/a>, or send us your queries using this\u00a0inquiry form<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You hear about rollover accidents, head-on collisions, and rear-end collisions with all types of vehicles, involving passenger cars, vans, SUVs (sports utility vehicles), and trucks.\u00a0 No matter what type of accident you or a loved one experience, if it is serious, protecting your rights is extremely important.\u00a0 As soon as possible, consult an Atlanta truck […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"Underride & Wide-Turn Accidents | Cochran Firm Atlanta","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,80],"tags":[88],"class_list":["post-2141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local","category-trucking-accidents","tag-local"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/atlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/atlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/atlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/atlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/atlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2141"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/atlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11889,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/atlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2141\/revisions\/11889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/atlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/atlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/atlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}