Have you or a loved one been injured in a rollover accident?
The Houston car accident lawyers of Grossman Law Offices can help you.
Did you know that rollovers account for almost 20% of the deaths in
passenger cars, 36% of deaths in pickup trucks, and approximately 51%
of all SUV accidents that result in death? That’s quite an alarming
trend.
Our attorneys at the Grossman Law Offices in Houston are dedicated to assisting you with rollover accidents.
Single Vehicle Rollover Accidents
Rollover accidents represent a unique segment in car accident injury
law. These types of accidents are unique in the sense that they are one
of the few versions of single-vehicle accidents where the driver is not
almost certainly to blame and require a savvy auto accident attorney. Often, single-vehicle rollover accidents are
due to defects rather than driver error.
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Rollover accidents are very common in Houston, Texas primarily due to
the popularity of the SUV as the car of choice. By default, SUVs put
drivers at considerable risk for single vehicle roll-over accidents due
to their high center of gravity relative to their narrow track
(transverse distance between the center line of one tire and it’s
counterpart on the other side).
This high center of gravity creates an opportunity for routine
collisions, abrupt maneuvers, and road undulations or imperfections to
result in the vehicle rolling over. This is compounded by the fact once
the SUV does roll, the roof structure is often lacking in structural
support capable of sustaining the mass of the up-ended vehicle. This
leads to the head and spinal cord trauma that has become synonymous
with rollover accidents. SUV’s are often determined to be insufficient
at adequately protecting occupants to a reasonable degree of safety,
and many product liability cases may be brought against the
manufacturer in the event of such an accident.
Defective Tires
Another common contributor to rollover accidents is defective tires.
While tire defects are often caused by poor maintenance, a considerable
contributor to tire failure is negligence during the manufacture of
tires or the selection of inadequate tires for a vehicle by either the
manufacturer or tire dealer. In the case of an SUV with its natural
proclivity to roll over, a defective tire makes a bad problem worse.