Bad Trucking Companies in Michigan

The truck accident lawyers of Michigan Auto Law have provided a list of all current dangerous Michigan commercial trucking companies — and the numbers are shocking. As of late 2008, there were 1,087 truck companies with less than satisfactory safety ratings. The information was provided by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, through a Freedom of Information Act request by our truck accident law firm.

All of the listed Michigan truck companies have either conditional or unsatisfactory safety ratings. A conditional rating means that the truck company’s records indicate the truck was out of compliance with one or more safety requirements. An unsatisfactory rating means that the truck company’s records indicated evidence of substantial noncompliance with safety requirements. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration updates the entire database of unsafe trucking companies each month.

To decipher the categories and ratings in the various rows and columns of the document, please visit the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Data Element Definitions page. The table will show you, for example, that “CARSHP” refers to the type of operation in which the company is engaged as well as identifying it as a carrier, hazardous materials shipper, broker, freight forwarder, cargo tank facility or registrant.

The unsafe Michigan truck companies listed have fleets ranging from one to nearly 200 trucks, but the majority have between one and 10 large trucks, such as tractor-trailers, cargo tank trucks, motor coaches and school buses.

The trucking companies are based in practically every city in Michigan, especially Detroit, Lansing, Sterling Heights, Auburn Hills, Dearborn, Monroe, Traverse City, Grand Rapids, Holland, Madison Heights, Howell, Farmington Hills, Pontiac, Utica, Adrian, Saginaw, Warren, Mount Clemens, Ann Arbor, Muskegon, Battle Creek, Troy, Ferndale, Flint, Novi, Coldwater, Royal Oak, Canton, Port Huron, Lake Orion, Romulus, Niles, Lapeer, Berkley, Wixom, Waterford, Milford, Bay City, Southfield, Westland, Redford, Mount Pleasant, Flint, Albion, Clarkston, West Bloomfield, Pinconning, Rochester Hills and Oak Park..

We believe the public has an urgent need for this information, because Michigan trucking companies with less than satisfactory safety ratings are not only severely endangering Michigan drivers, but are making truck driving more difficult for the truckers who truly care about safety and follow the rules of the road. These local trucking companies are not up to snuff, and the state of Michigan and the federal government must be held accountable.

The truck accident lawyers of Michigan Auto Law have helped enforce important truck safety regulations to get these dangerous trucks off the road. No other law firm in Michigan has received more jury verdicts or consistently higher settlements for truck accident cases. In fact, the vast majority of our wrongful death and personal injury cases from truck accidents are referred to us by local attorneys, based upon our record of experience and success.

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