Injury and Accident Attorneys Serving St. Louis, Nearby Missouri, and Nearby Illinois
The truck accident lawyers at Brown & Brown are experienced at securing the maximum compensation for those injured in accidents caused by tire blowouts and defective tires.
Tire blowouts cause nearly 80,000 traffic accidents each year in the U.S. These accidents result in more than 10,000 serious injuries and upwards of 400 car accident fatalities annually, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Tire blowouts, which can be caused by defective tires or failure to properly maintain tires, are an especially dangerous type of vehicle equipment failure, as they increase the likelihood that:
- A driver will lose control of his vehicle.
- The vehicle with the tire blowout will crash into other cars on the road and/or a roadway median.
Quick Summary
- Tire blowouts can be caused by potholes, missing manhole covers, roadway debris, overloaded vehicles, improper tire maintenance, or defective tire design.
- Poor tire maintenance, including failing to monitor and adjust tire pressure, can increase the risk of a dangerous blowout.
- Defective tire designs may make tires more susceptible to tread separation or detreading, which can contribute to a loss-of-control accident.
- When another person, company, manufacturer, or other entity negligently contributes to a tire blowout, injured parties may have grounds to pursue compensation.
- Brown & Brown handles truck accident claims involving tire blowouts and defective tires, including cases where determining liability may require examining multiple contributing factors.
Causes of Tire Blowouts
Some of the specific factors that can cause tires to blowout and increase the chances that a serious car accident will occur include:
- Poorly maintained roadways that have, for example, potholes and/or missing manhole covers
- Roadway debris that can puncture tires
- Excessive weight being placed on the tires due to, for example, vehicles being overloaded
- Failure to properly maintain tires by, for example, not monitoring or adjusting the air pressure in tires
- Defectively designed tires that are more susceptible to tire separation (which may also be referred to as detreading).
When the negligence of any other entity has caused a tire blowout accident, victims will be entitled to compensation for their injuries and losses by pursuing a truck accident lawsuit.
Contact Brown & Brown Today
Trucking accidents are complex, often involving multiple parties. Get experienced help by speaking to an attorney at Brown & Brown today.
To schedule your free consultation, call our St. Louis office at the 3s ((314) 333-3333 or (573) 333-3333) or our Illinois, location at the 8s ( (618) 888-8888 ).
Reviewed by Dan Brown, Founding Partner
This content is reviewed by Dan Brown, Founding Partner at Brown & Brown Attorneys at Law. Since co-founding the firm in 1993, Dan has represented thousands of clients in personal injury and workers’ compensation cases throughout Missouri and Illinois. Before returning to St. Louis to establish the firm, he tried more than 100 cases while working for the Prosecutor’s Office in Downtown Chicago.
