Monthly Archives: February 2020

In Memory Of Rufus Murry Wilson

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. . . the tractor-trailer was backing into a residential driveway on Route 460. The tractor-trailer was blocking the road and the 95-year-old, Rufus Murry Wilson, struck the tractor-trailer on the side with his Chevrolet Silverado.

Rufus, of the 100 block of Baptist Road in Wakefield, died on impact. https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/isle-of-wight/95-year-old-man-dies-after-crashing-into-tractor-trailer-on-route-460-in-windsor/

See more underride tragedies at Underride Crash Memorials.To add more information on this story or to add other underride crashes to be remembered, send an email to underridemap@gmail.com. Please use this Interactive Underride Crash Map Crash Location Input Form to provide us with accurate information . (Note: the map is currently not online; but we would keep the information for future updating.)

Note: In order to raise awareness and preserve the memories of underride victims — precious ones gone too soon — I have been writing memorial posts on what appear to me to be underride crashes. I am not a crash reconstructionist, and I do not have all the facts on these crashes; but underride should be investigated as a potential factor in truck crash injuries and deaths.

In Memory of Charles R. Samuel

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The GSP reported Charles R. Samuel, 76, of Cedartown, driving the Accord, pulled out into the southbound lanes headed northbound and struck one of the tractor trailers head on. The driver of the tractor trailer swerved into the second truck, which was knocked into the west side of the roadway.

Both drivers of the tractor trailers were uninjured. Polk County Coroner Tony Brazier said Samuels was pronounced dead at 8:09 a.m. at Floyd Medical Center.

https://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/polk_standard_journal/news/local/officials-driver-killed-after-hitting-tractor-trailer-truck-head-on/article_cf55d46a-58b6-11ea-a1dd-67c15f066007.html, February 26, 2020

See more underride tragedies at Underride Crash Memorials. To add more information on this story or to add other underride crashes to be remembered, send an email to underridemap@gmail.com. Please use this Interactive Underride Crash Map Crash Location Input Form to provide us with accurate information . (Note: the map is currently not online; but we would keep the information for future updating.)

Note: In order to raise awareness and preserve the memories of underride victims — precious ones gone too soon — I have been writing memorial posts on what appear to me to be underride crashes. I am not a crash reconstructionist, and I do not have all the facts on these crashes; but underride should be investigated as a potential factor in truck crash injuries and deaths.

An Exhaustive Look at Truck Underride: “Moms want Congress to prevent the kind of truck crashes that killed their daughters”

AnnaLeah and Mary, Safety Advocacy, Truck Safety,

Raleigh News&Observer reporter Richard Stradling attended our workshop on underride, Turning Tragedy Into Advocacy: Two moms on a mission to make truck crashes more survivable, at the North Carolina Vision Zero Traffic Safety Conference on August 6, 2019. It inspired him to investigate the underride issue and this week he published the result of his in-depth research:

Moms want Congress to prevent the kind of truck crashes that killed their daughters

I appreciate the time he took to present the viewpoints of multiple stakeholders and then go a step further. He provided a platform for counterargument, allowing us to question or challenge potentially misleading information so that the reader could be more fully informed and not left with the wrong impression.

Save the Date (April 17): Side Guard Task Force Meeting

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The Purpose of this meeting will be to collaboratively discuss Strategies to Solve the Side Underride Problem

UPDATE: Due to the coronavirus pandemic, we are changing the format of this to a Zoom meeting. Let us know if you would like to join us!

1. Opening Remarks

2. Setting the Stage for our Consensus Task: Systems Thinking Group Exercise to identify systemic factors impacting resolution of the underride problem, Kristin Hassmiller Lich & Becky Naumann, UNC SPH

3. Collaborative Discussion of Specifications for Side Guards, Andy Young, Facilitator

4. Lunch

5. Collaborative Discussion of a Plan for Implementation of Industry-wide Installation of Side Guard Solutions, Andy Young, Facilitator

6. Wrapping up: Next Steps in This Process

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