Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the largest city in the commonwealth with 1,448,394 residents in 2009 (U.S. Census). The city is in southeastern Pennsylvania, approximately 100 miles south of New York City and 133 miles north of Washington, D.C.
Often referred to as "Philly," Philadelphia is known as the “City of Brotherly Love.” Founded by William Penn in the late 17th century, Philadelphia played a key role in the America Revolution and is considered the birthplace of America's modern democracy.
Philadelphia, PA is the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. At one time, Philadelphia was the capital city of the United States. The federal government maintains several facilities in Philadelphia. The East Coast operations of the United States Mint, the Federal Reserve Bank's Philadelphia division, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania at the James Byrne Courthouse, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit are based in the Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania boasts a number of Fortune 500 companies: Comcast, a cable television and internet provider, insurance companies Colonial Penn, CIGNA, and Lincoln Financial Group, as well as Sunoco, Aramark, and Crown Holdings Incorporated (both food service companies), chemical makers Rohm and Haas Company and FMC Corporation, pharmaceutical companies Wyeth and GlaxoSmithKline, Boeing Rotorcraft Systems, and automotive parts retailer Pep Boys.
Philadelphia is served by the Philadelphia International Airport and the Northeast Philadelphia Airport, a general aviation airport. Philadelphia is a major hub along Amtrak's Northeast Corridor and has easy access to many of nation's most vital Interstates. Interstate 95 runs along the Eastern edge of the city and parallels the Delaware River for its entire route through the City of Philadelphia. This roadway is a major route, providing access to the Philadelphia International Airport and the Philadelphia Sports Complex.
The most heavily-traveled roads in the area are I-95, I-676/I-76, officially the Schuylkill Expressway (but locally known as "The Surekill" due to the high number of fatal accidents on the roadway), and I-476, the "Blue Route," which curves from the south to the west of Philadelphia, connecting I-95 with I-76, and, beyond that, the PA Turnpike. The Schuylkill Expressway, the primary corridor into Philadelphia from points west, is the busiest road in Philadelphia, as well as in the entire commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania accommodates a large number of heavy trucks on the roadways. A lack of rail capacity for the volume of freight Philadelphia imports and exports is blamed for much truck traffic. Capacity-induced congestion is most pronounced on the Schuylkill Expressway and Interstate 95 where heavy traffic volume, merging and weaving traffic, and substandard ramp configurations are common.
In 2008, (per National Highway Traffic Safety Administration), there were 88 fatal motor vehicle crashes on Philadelphia roadways. Large trucks were responsible for 195 fatal crashes in Pennsylvania during 2008, or 9.6% of all fatal accidents within PA. Over 80% of these fatal tractor trailer accidents involved collisions with another motor vehicle, and over 50% were front end collisions. The vast majority of heavy truck crashes involving vehicle failures as primary contributing factors in the crash were related to brakes, tires, wheels, and unsecured or overloaded trailers. The 2010 Report Card for Pennsylvania’s Infrastructure states truck traffic on Pennsylvania’s 1,754 miles of interstate roads is more than double the national average. The continued increases in the number of trucks and their axle loads on the commonwealth's roads will increase the rate of roadway degradation, already high due to pavement cracking and expansion from temperature and weather changes.
Philadelphia Truck Accident Lawyers
Philadelphia is the most populous city and county in Pennsylvania with more than 11 percent of Pennsylvania’s population. With such a sizable population, Philadelphia has a large number of motor vehicles, including 18 wheelers and delivery trucks hauling products. Philadelphia ranked first in the state in the number of traffic accident deaths in 2008, including five fatalities involving large trucks. Philadelphia was second among Pennsylvania’s 67 counties in overall traffic crashes.
If you or a loved one has been seriously injured in a large truck accident in Philadelphia, you need a truck accident lawyer with a proven record of standing up to trucking companies and protecting the rights of truck accident victims. The truck injury lawyers at Munley, Munley & Cartwright, P.C., focus on commercial truck accident cases and are experienced at analyzing and negotiating complex truck wreck cases on behalf of our clients.
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Because of its location, Pennsylvania is a major transportation corridor for truckers. Philadelphia has more than 170 truck companies headquartered in the area. Thousands of big rigs, 18 wheelers and freight trucks use I-95, I-476, US 1 and other Pennsylvania highways and turnpikes each week. While many truckers are safe, law abiding drivers, too many automobile drivers on Pennsylvania highways have had the unnerving experience of a massive tractor trailer tailgating at 65 miles an hour. Truck drivers often drive too fast for conditions on congested Philadelphia roads and urban thoroughfares, causing serious injury accidents and preventable deaths.
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