Nearly everyone who spends enough time driving on the highway knows the signs of a tire blowout: pieces of tire – jagged shards of rubber and steel belting – littered across the roadway. Most often, these scattered remains originated from the blown-out tire of a tractor-trailer, large truck or 18-wheeler. Although the pieces of a blown-out tire may seem small and insignificant, the truth is that a truck tire blowout can lead to serious vehicle crashes or even rollover accidents, which can cause devastating personal injuries to surrounding drivers.

The unfortunate reality is that blowouts can happen at any time and under any roadway condition. Although factors such as high speeds or hot temperatures have the potential to affect tires, a blowout normally occurs without any warning. Some of the common causes of truck tire blowouts include:

• Tire wear-and-tear due to high mileage;
• Rotten Spare Tires;
• Wrong size tire(s) for the vehicle;
• Poor tire maintenance (e.g. under inflation or over inflation);
• Improperly or poorly recapped tire treads, including Tire Tread Separation; and/or
• Defective tires:
  • The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) provides a monthly report about defective and/or recalled vehicle products such as tires, available at NHTSA Defects & Recalls.

The threat of a tire blowout can have devastating effects on any type of vehicle, whether it’s a big commercial truck, passenger car, light truck or sport utility vehicle (SUV). However, due to a large truck’s sheer size and weight, a tire blowout can lead to serious personal injuries or even death. This can happen to the truck driver and all of the other drivers on the roadway at the time of the blowout.

In the event that the truck driver or the trucking company that owns the tractor-trailer, big rig or 18-wheeler failed to maintain their equipment adequately, they may be accountable for the truck accident.

If you have been injured in a truck accident caused by a tire blowout, or if a truck crash took the life of someone you love, you deserve the representation of an experienced and ethical truck accident lawyer. The truck accident attorneys at LaBovick Law Group will defend your rights and fight to ensure that you receive the justice you deserve. Our team will also aggressively pursue any compensation you may be entitled to receive. If you have been injured in a truck accident, call 1-888-777-3884 now or fill out the Contact Us form on the left side of this page.

We help truck accident victims throughout Florida, including Palm Beach, Martin, St. Lucie, and Broward counties, and the cities of Palm Beach Gardens, Jupiter, West Palm Beach, Boynton Beach, Stuart, Port St. Lucie, Delray Beach, Lake Worth, Boca Raton, Tequesta, Fort Lauderdale and many other areas.