Dallas Rollover and Roof Crush Accident Lawyer

Rollover accidents may be the most serious type of accident.  When a car or truck of any kind rolls over, the people inside are thrown sideways and upside down violently, putting them at risk of serious head and neck injuries or even death. In cases where someone is thrown from the vehicle, the resulting impact is likely to be fatal.  In vehicles with weak roofs, these roofs can also be crushed in a rollover, leading to more head injuries as well as serious puncture wounds from broken, jagged metal and glass. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, rollover accidents represented 2.6 percent of all crashes in 2006, but 21.6 percent of fatal crashes.  Rollover and roof crush accidents can happen to any vehicle. Some vehicles have an unreasonably high tendency to roll over, even under normal driving conditions, including:

• Sport-utility vehicles (SUVs)
• Fifteen-passenger vans
• Pickup trucks
• Large commercial trucks

Any vehicle with defective tires

The trouble is these vehicles' high center of gravity combined with their high weight. Many people buy SUVs, pickups and other large vehicles as a family car, believing their height and weight will protect their families in an accident. Unfortunately, that height shifts the vehicles' heavy engines and other parts higher and farther to the rear, making them easier to tip over after an accident, a bump in the road or even a normal maneuver.  These defective designs lead to thousands of preventable deaths every year, but manufacturers continue to make and sell vehicles that use them.  Because there's no federal law requiring these roof reinforcements, many manufacturers still don't include them. As a result, Americans sustain more than 1,000 preventable deaths every year.