Wide-Turn Accidents
Large trucks need extra space to turn, which can create side-swipe risks.
Wide-turn crashes often involve blind spots, lane encroachment, and tight intersections.
The Squeeze and Who Gets Caught in It
A wide-turn crash happens when a truck swings left to take a right turn, closing the gap on a vehicle or cyclist that was alongside it. The 2024 federal crash data shows that 85.3% of people killed in large-truck crashes were not in the truck — of the 3,664 total deaths that year, 3,124 were in another vehicle or on foot. Wide-turn crashes tend to happen in exactly the settings where those vulnerable road users are present: intersections, urban streets, and areas with cyclists and pedestrians alongside the truck. (Cash4Crashes analysis of NHTSA FARS 2024. Full data: Who Actually Dies in Large Truck Crashes.)
Lane-position evidence, dashcam footage, and the truck's mirror and signal logs are the records that typically resolve wide-turn fault disputes.
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