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In Memory of Esther Bivins (April 26, 2022)

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UPDATE March 13, 2026: Hundreds of people die every year when pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists, and occupants of passenger vehicles go under trucks. Please consider joining a STOP Underrides National Town Hall via Zoom April 15 | 8 – 9 pm ET |RSVP HERE. 

Your voice at this unique advocacy gathering will let your U.S. Senators and Representative know that you want them to pass the STOP Underrides Act of 2026.

Esther Bivins, 75, was fatally injured when the 2007 Honda Odyssey she was driving crossed the center line and collided head-on with a 2021 Freightliner tractor-trailer, driven by Cindy M. Rabon, 63, of Bay Minette. Selma woman killed in 3-vehicle Autauga County crash with tractor-trailer

Because the bottom of a truck is higher than the bumper of passenger vehicles, when there is a collision the smaller vehicle easily slides under the truck and the first point of impact is the windshield. Seatbelts, airbags, and car crumple zones do not function as intended in underride crashes —front, side, and rear — leaving passenger vehicle occupants vulnerable to life-threatening injuries.

Esther Bivins, Precious One Gone Too Soon

See Underride Crash Memorials posted here and at #STOPunderrides Tweets. To add photos or 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 and to aid in underride advocacy efforts.)

How You Can Help

Support improving Underride Protection on trailers: Contact your legislators with this User-Friendly TAKE ACTION online tool.

Please sign this petition: Congress, Act Now To End Deadly Truck Underrides.

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 could potentially 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 Jason Mason (April 22, 2022)

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UPDATE March 13, 2026: Hundreds of people die every year when pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists, and occupants of passenger vehicles go under trucks. Please consider joining a STOP Underrides National Town Hall via Zoom April 15 | 8 – 9 pm ET |RSVP HERE. 

Your voice at this unique advocacy gathering will let your U.S. Senators and Representative know that you want them to pass the STOP Underrides Act of 2026.

Jason A. Mason, 53, died after the pickup truck he was driving slammed into a Freightliner semi-tractor trailer. . .

Decatur Police say the man’s pickup crossed the center line and hit the trailer of the semi-tractor. Man killed in crash with Freightliner semi identified

Because the bottom of a truck is higher than the bumper of passenger vehicles, when there is a collision the smaller vehicle easily slides under the truck and the first point of impact is the windshield. Seatbelts, airbags, and car crumple zones do not function as intended in underride crashes —front, side, and rear — leaving passenger vehicle occupants vulnerable to life-threatening injuries.

Jason Mason, Precious One Gone Too Soon

See Underride Crash Memorials posted here and at #STOPunderrides Tweets. To add photos or 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 and to aid in underride advocacy efforts.)

How You Can Help

Support improving Underride Protection on trailers: Contact your legislators with this User-Friendly TAKE ACTION online tool.

Please sign this petition: Congress, Act Now To End Deadly Truck Underrides.

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 could potentially 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 David Garke (April 19, 2022)

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UPDATE March 13, 2026: Hundreds of people die every year when pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists, and occupants of passenger vehicles go under trucks. Please consider joining a STOP Underrides National Town Hall via Zoom April 15 | 8 – 9 pm ET |RSVP HERE. 

Your voice at this unique advocacy gathering will let your U.S. Senators and Representative know that you want them to pass the STOP Underrides Act of 2026.

According to the Darke County Sheriff’s Office, preliminary information revealed a pickup truck driven by David Garke, 62, of Coldwater, Ohio, was eastbound on State Route 47.

Garke’s truck went left of center striking a semi-truck that was traveling westbound on State Route 47, the sheriff’s office said. Sheriff’s office ID’s man killed in head-on crash on SR 47 in Darke County

Because the bottom of a truck is higher than the bumper of passenger vehicles, when there is a collision the smaller vehicle easily slides under the truck and the first point of impact is the windshield. Seatbelts, airbags, and car crumple zones do not function as intended in underride crashes —front, side, and rear — leaving passenger vehicle occupants vulnerable to life-threatening injuries.

David Garke, Precious One Gone Too Soon

See Underride Crash Memorials posted here and at #STOPunderrides Tweets. To add photos or 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 and to aid in underride advocacy efforts.)

How You Can Help

Support improving Underride Protection on trailers: Contact your legislators with this User-Friendly TAKE ACTION online tool.

Please sign this petition: Congress, Act Now To End Deadly Truck Underrides.

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 could potentially 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 Brittney Mae Goodwin (April 18, 2022)

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UPDATE March 13, 2026: Hundreds of people die every year when pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists, and occupants of passenger vehicles go under trucks. Please consider joining a STOP Underrides National Town Hall via Zoom April 15 | 8 – 9 pm ET |RSVP HERE. 

Your voice at this unique advocacy gathering will let your U.S. Senators and Representative know that you want them to pass the STOP Underrides Act of 2026.

Brittney Mae Goodwin, 30, of Greensboro, was pronounced dead at the scene. . .

Goodwin’s Mazda SUV, a tractor-trailer and a Dodge pickup truck, were stopped in the southbound left lane due to slowing traffic. An approaching tractor-trailer hit the rear of the pickup truck and pushed it into the SUV, which was then pushed into the rear of the other tractor-trailer, authorities said. One dead after multivehicle crash on Interstate 81 near Hagerstown

Because the bottom of a truck is higher than the bumper of passenger vehicles, when there is a collision the smaller vehicle easily slides under the truck and the first point of impact is the windshield. Seatbelts, airbags, and car crumple zones do not function as intended in underride crashes —front, side, and rear — leaving passenger vehicle occupants vulnerable to life-threatening injuries.

Brittney Mae Goodwin, Precious One Gone Too Soon

See Underride Crash Memorials posted here and at #STOPunderrides Tweets. To add photos or 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 and to aid in underride advocacy efforts.)

How You Can Help

Support improving Underride Protection on trailers: Contact your legislators with this User-Friendly TAKE ACTION online tool.

Please sign this petition: Congress, Act Now To End Deadly Truck Underrides.

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 could potentially 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.

Basic Underride Information

Safety Advocacy, Truck Safety

This post provides basic underride information, as well as a running list of recent relevant posts.

  1. Underride Crash Memorials These are posts in memory of a few of the thousands of underride victims. The tip of the iceberg of senseless, preventable deaths. I will slowly be adding more.
  2. Important Videos: Basics of Underride; Front Underride Protection crash test; Side Guard crash test; Rear Guard crash test; Rear Retrofit crash test; Safetyskirt SIG.R Crash Test 2023, 35 mph T-Bone Behind Axles; SafetySkirt Crash Testing Videos; Unguarded Crash Test 2023, 37.5 mph, 45 Degree Angle Crash; Bicycle Underride Crash Test (September 2024) — with & without side guard)
  3. STOP Underrides! YouTube Channel Truck Underride Video Playlist
  4. Underride Crash Test Videos
  5. Waves of Action to STOP Underrides!
  6. The Violent Nature Of Underride Injuries Is Widely Ignored
  7. Stoughton Successfully Completes 40 MPH Rear Impact Guard Crash Test
  8. STOP Underrides National Town Hall – SAVE THE DATE
  9. Rationale for Republican Support of STOP Underrides Bill
  10. STOP Underrides Bill Re-Introduced In Senate & House
  11. Ralph Nader Radio Hour Highlights Underride. . . Here’s The Rest of the Story
  12. “Georgia looks to police to decide whether to start tracking deadly underride crashes”
  13. Did DOT Violate the Information Quality Act When it Published Side Underride Guard Research?
  14. Critique of NHTSA-Contracted Elemance Rear Impact Guard Research
  15. Certified Letters Alert 200 Carriers of Underride Dangers & Existing Solutions
  16. The Missing Piece of the Roadway Safety Puzzle: National Roadway Safety Advocate
  17. DOT Is Asking For Input. Tell Them To Give Crash Victims a Voice
  18. First-time Ever: NHTSA Nominee Questioned On Underride By Senator
  19. Good News: Stoughton extends IIHS-award-winning underride protection to container shipping
  20. What’s New In Underride?
  21. Lateral Protection Device+ Performance Standard = Prevention of Side Underride Tragedies Updated May 10, 2025
  22. Risky Rigs: Thousands of people have died after their car slid under a tractor-trailer
  23. NHTSA’s Neglect of Underride Protection Deserves Congressional Oversight
  24. $462M Jury Verdict Over Rear Impact Guard Design
  25. What Don’t They Want to See? DOT Declines to Send Observer to Underride Crash Test… AGAIN!
  26. Industry Response to ACUP Report; Enough of the Bellyaching Already!
  27. NHTSA Defends Itself to Congress – Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda
  28. Advisory Committee on Underride Protection Reports to Congress & DOT Secretary
  29. DOT Victim & Survivor Advocate Act Introduced To Give Victims A Voice
  30. Senior Agency Officials Suppressed Side Guard Research — Impacting Regulatory Analysis
  31. Underride Crash Memorials
  32. Advisory Committee on Underride Protection, April 24, 2024 Meeting Record
  33. Advisory Committee on Underride Protection, April 24 Meeting Video Playlist
  34. How To Make Crashes With The Front Of A Truck More Survivable
  35. Register for April 24 Meeting of Advisory Committee on Underride Protection
  36. Advisory Committee on Underride Protection, February 8, 2024 Meeting Record
  37. Front Impact Guard Webinar – April 17
  38. Truck Impact Guards = Underride Protection
  39. Upcoming Underride Advisory Committee Meeting Schedule
  40. Underride Made #1 on ‘FRONTLINE Dispatch’ Podcast Episodes of 2023
  41. Unsung Underride Prevention Heroes
  42. My Reactions to Comments on Inside Edition Underride Investigative Report
  43. Weak Rear Underride Guards Are Still Killing People
  44. Video of Speakers at Underride Victim Vigil
  45. A Record of Those Remembered in the Underride Victim Vigil
  46. Media Coverage of DC Underride Victim Vigil & Press Conference
  47. A day in the life of an underride crash test crew; A Photographer’s Perspective
  48. Underride Victim Vigil & Press Conference on DOT Steps in DC
  49. Simply Mary. . . August 6, 1999 – May 8, 2013
  50. Video from STOP Underrides Crash Test Event
  51. Public Comments on the Side Guard ANPRM (Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking)
  52. Still Time to Submit a Public Comment on Side Guard Rule (July 20)
  53. STOP Senseless Roadway Deaths: Give Victims a Voice
  54. So, what did you think of the PBS/Frontline Underride Documentary?
  55. PBS/Frontline Underride Documentary & Petition to Secretary Pete
  56. Commemorative Bell for Roadway Safety Victims
  57. Taking On a Safety Issue: Hazardous Railroad Crossings
  58. Upcoming PBS/Frontline Documentary: “America’s Dangerous Trucks”
  59. Global Underride Discussion
  60. 10 years after trucking crash killed 2 girls, mother sees hope for change
  61. May 4, 2013 seems like just yesterday; has anything changed?
  62. What Do Baseball & Truck Underride Have In Common?
  63. FARS Coding of a Sample of Rear Underride Crashes
  64. LPD+ Saves Lives; But what’s an LPD+?
  65. STOP Underrides Crash Test Tour
  66. “Economism Is Out Of Control” In Life & Death Regulatory Analysis
  67. Remembering AnnaLeah & Mary
  68. Someday, Seeing Side Guards & Strong Rear Underride Guards Will No Longer Surprise Me
  69. Successful Side Guard Crash Test in Raleigh
  70. NHTSA Failing To Educate Stakeholders On Underride
  71. Side Guard Cost Benefit Analysis Presentation to TEAM Underride
  72. Update on Underride Protection Progress
  73. Side Guard Cost Benefit Analysis
  74. Launching a Campaign To Flood NHTSA With Underride Complaint Reports
  75. “A Safety Rule, A Fatal Flaw”; Industry Discussed Underride Rules in 2000
  76. Another Side Guard On The Road
  77. Too Many Lives Forever Changed
  78. Cohen, Gillibrand Call on DOT to Act Expeditiously & Implement Provisions from Their Stop Underrides Act Included in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Package
  79. Five Years Have Passed Since the Historic IIHS Side Guard Crash Test
  80. Back of the Envelope Math: How many side underride deaths since March 19, 1969?
  81. 53 Years or 19,358 days
  82. When it comes to underride, where do you stand?
  83. DOT Announced A National Roadway Safety Strategy; Now It’s Time To Talk About What That Means
  84. Timeline Of Research & Collaborative Efforts To Create A Consensus Side Guard Standard
  85. Can the Insurance Industry Help End the Unfair Fight of Truck Underride Tragedies?
  86. Why are we working so hard to get weak rear underride guards replaced?
  87. @SecretaryPete, Will you fix flawed underride analysis or let deaths continue?
  88. Families glad new infrastructure law will address underride crashes, WRTV, November 18, 2021
  89. First responders train to save lives during underride crashes, WRTV, November 23, 2021
  90. Raleigh Mom: Infrastructure Bill Will Prevent Crashes Like the One That Killed My Girls , Raleigh News&Observer, November 18, 2021
  91. Rear impact guard now part of annual truck inspection, CCJ, November 15, 2021
  92. FMCSA Issues Final Rule: Rear Underride Guards To Be Part Of Annual Inspections, November 20, 2021
  93. Thoughts on Landmark Underride Legislation
  94. AAJ Supports Trailer Safety Recall Petition: “NHTSA is well within its authority to issue a recall”
  95. Unguarded & Unsafe: Death By Underride by Eric Hein, July 15, 2021
  96. STOP Underrides Petition can be found here.
  97. A Timeline of Underride Safety
  98. Certified Letters Alert 200 Carriers of Underride Dangers & Solutions
  99. History of Underride Research & Reports: 1896-2019
  100. Petition for NHTSA To Recall Semitrailers Due To Lack Of Side Underride Guards
  101. Will DOT Respond to Petition for Underride Rulemaking on Single Unit Trucks?
  102. Side Guard Costs Likely To Decrease With Higher Deployment Volumes
  103. Protecting Passenger Vehicles from Side Underride with Heavy Trucks More research on side underride has just been published by SAE International following a presentation by Garrett Mattos of the Friedman Research Center at a SAE Conference. Hopefully, the Department of Transportation now has enough research to make good on their March 19, 1969 intention to add underride protection to the sides of large vehicles.
  104. IIHS Research Provides Foundation for Traffic Safety Legislation – Including Underride
  105. What will it take to get UNDERRIDE on DOT Regulatory Agenda? We’ve been waiting 52+ years for DOT to move forward with side guards on large trucks — not to mention improving rear guard regulations and adding front underride protection. After numerous petitions, comprehensive underride rulemaking still has not made it the onto the DOT Unified Regulatory Agenda.
  106. Collaborative Discussion of Side Guard Challenges on Specialty Trucks I was very pleased with the collaborative discussion which took place via Zoom on Monday, March 29, 2021, regarding the challenges of adding side guard safety technology to specialty trucks. Participants included primarily engineers and small companies who have been working on researching, designing, and/or marketing solutions to the underride problem. The meeting was also quietly observed by families of underride victims and administrative officials from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA).
  107. The March Madness of Competing Traffic Safety Interests What is it like to compete for the attention of government leaders in order to get traction on the traffic safety problem which took your loved one’s life? Envision a press conference on a hot topic where a cacophony of reporters can be heard shouting out — vying for the opportunity to have their question be the one that gets answered.
  108. Time for a National Traffic Safety Ombudsman Almost five years ago, after delivering a Vision Zero Petition to leaders in Washington, D.C., I realized that we need something more than a White House Vision Zero Task Force and a National Vision Zero Goal. We need a National Traffic Safety Ombudsman to be at the helm of a nationwide network of community traffic safety advocates. Someone who will have a place at the federal table — with the authority to take ongoing action on behalf of vulnerable victims of vehicle violence.
  109. Will NHTSA & NTSB Address Side Underride Factor In Latest Tesla Crash Investigation? I have again requested that NHTSA and NTSB address the side underride factor in their investigation of yet another Tesla side underride crash.
  110. Truck Underride Victims & Families Host News Conference for STOP Underrides Act Introduction On Monday, March 8, 2021, truck crash victims’ families hosted a news conference to discuss their stories and the recent introduction of the STOP Underrides Act of 2021 — on March 4, 2021 in the Senate and March 8 in the House.
  111. Engineers, Trucking Industry, & Victim Advocates Collaborate at Side Guard Task Force On a Friday afternoon — February 26, 2021 — over 50 people met via Zoom to discuss comprehensive underride protection. The purpose of the meeting was to report on progress which has been made by several subcommittees since an earlier meeting in 2020 — including Industry Engagement, Research, and Engineering Subcommittees.
  112. Should we be concerned about side guards getting hung up on railroad tracks? I keep hearing members of the trucking industry bring up the possibility of side guards on trailers getting hung-up on railroad tracks. They point to it as a reason to not require side guards on all new trucks. Is that a valid concern? And where is their documentation?
  113. Transport Companies Provide Feedback on Side Guard Operational Issues We know that the trucking industry has expressed concern about potential operational issues which could occur when side guards are installed on large trucks. In order to address those concerns, we asked several trucking companies to give us feedback about their experience after installing side guards on their tractor-trailers.
  114. Consensus Side Guard Standard On April 17, 2020, over 40 people participated in a virtual meeting of a volunteer Underride Protection Committee’s “Side Guard Task Force.” This included two engineers from trailer manufacturers. As a follow-up, several subcommittees began to hold virtual meetings, including an Underride Engineering Subcommittee.
  115. Utility Trailers Encourages Retrofit of Rear Impact Guards To Prevent Underride Last evening, I received some amazing news! Utility Trailer Manufacturing has announced that their improved Rear Impact Guard (RIG) will be offered at a discount.
  116. FMCSA Proposed Rule For Inspection of Rear Underride Guards A red letter day: The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) at long last has proposed a rule to add rear underride guards to Appendix G. What does that mean? It means that rear underride guards will be required to be in good condition in order to pass an annual vehicle inspection. Once the rule is actually issued.
  117. “Chattanoga crash that killed 5 underscores bill to add protective barriers to semi trucks”
  118. Retrofit Solutions for Rear Impact Guards to Prevent Deadly Underride It is to their credit that nine U.S. trailer manufacturers have improved their rear underride guard design to meet the IIHS TOUGHGuard standard and seven of them are putting it on all new trailers as Standard. What that means is that they have surpassed the current federal standard and have been crash tested to show that they are more likely to prevent underride and catastrophic Passenger Compartment Intrusion (PCI) — thereby more likely to save lives when passenger vehicles rear end tractor-trailers.
  119. Save Lives by Lighting up Tractor-Trailers & Tanker Trucks Truck drivers can play an important role in making sure that the trailers which they haul are as visible as possible to other drivers on the road — especially at nighttime. On October 15, 2018, Leslie and Sophie Rosenberg lost their lives when they collided with the side of a tanker late at night.
  120. Truck Driver Mistakes Don’t Excuse Industry & Government Negligence To Solve Underride Problem Thanksgiving Eve, another apparent underride victim lost her life: Though the truck driver may have made a mistake, not all the blame rests with him for a crash which might have had a different outcome with effective underride protection. Carriers, trailer manufacturers, DOT, & Congress can make these kinds of truck crashes more survivable.
  121. A fully-guarded trailer hits the road – ready to STOP underride! Engineering ingenuity and a lot of hard work went into the research, development, and installation of this fully-guarded trailer system. This week, a small carrier in North Carolina became part of our pilot program. We are thankful that they have agreed to provide us feedback on this #SaferTruck as they drive it on the road to carry out their transport business.
  122. On August 19, we hosted another Underride Staff Briefing — this time via Zoom. We are providing Congressional Offices with the PowerPoint pdf from that presentation, including comments from engineers with expertise in underride as well as underride families: Underride Briefing PowerPoint pdf (inc. links to resources & video)
  123. Crash Tests of Rear Underride Guard Reinforcement Attachments, 2016 & 2020
  124. Media Reports & Video Footage Unveil Highlights of the Successful D.C. Underride Crash Test Event Read more here.
  125. Comparison Chart of Underride Provisions in Various Bills
  126. A quick look at some of the more recent efforts to STOP underride tragedies: Update on Underride News
  127. SOCIAL MEDIA: #STOPunderrides Tweets & Facebook Pages: STOP Underrides Act of 2019 and Save Lives/Stop Underrides., AnnaLeah&MaryforTruckSafety , stopunderrides.org
  128. Underride Crash Memorials These are posts in memory of a few of the thousands of underride victims. The tip of the iceberg of senseless, preventable deaths. I will slowly be adding more.

RAMCUP. Roya, AnnaLeah & Mary Comprehensive Underride Protection. They paid the price:

In Memory of Juandria Pickett & Tiyana McCoy (April 9, 2022)

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UPDATE March 13, 2026: Hundreds of people die every year when pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists, and occupants of passenger vehicles go under trucks. Please consider joining a STOP Underrides National Town Hall via Zoom April 15 | 8 – 9 pm ET |RSVP HERE. 

Your voice at this unique advocacy gathering will let your U.S. Senators and Representative know that you want them to pass the STOP Underrides Act of 2026.

According to a crash report from the Illinois State Police, 30-year-old Juandria Pickett and her passenger 32-year-old Tiyana McCoy were killed in a crash at around 4 a.m. Saturday.

The report said Pickett and McCoy were in Pickett’s Toyota Camry going south in the northbound lanes of I-55 near Livingston, Illinois. Near mile marker 37. they crashed head-on into a tractor-trailer. 2 St. Louis women killed in wrong-way crash on I-55 involving tractor-trailer

Because the bottom of a truck is higher than the bumper of passenger vehicles, when there is a collision the smaller vehicle easily slides under the truck and the first point of impact is the windshield. Seatbelts, airbags, and car crumple zones do not function as intended in underride crashes —front, side, and rear — leaving passenger vehicle occupants vulnerable to life-threatening injuries.

Juandria Pickett & Tiyana McCoy, Precious Ones Gone Too Soon

See Underride Crash Memorials posted here and at #STOPunderrides Tweets. To add photos or 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 and to aid in underride advocacy efforts.)

How You Can Help

Support improving Underride Protection on trailers: Contact your legislators with this User-Friendly TAKE ACTION online tool.

Please sign this petition: Congress, Act Now To End Deadly Truck Underrides.

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 could potentially be underride crashes. I am not a crash reconstructionist, and I do not have all the facts on these crashes; but un

In Memory of Devin Henkel (April 10, 2022)

Underride Crash Map, , ,

UPDATE March 13, 2026: Hundreds of people die every year when pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists, and occupants of passenger vehicles go under trucks. Please consider joining a STOP Underrides National Town Hall via Zoom April 15 | 8 – 9 pm ET |RSVP HERE. 

Your voice at this unique advocacy gathering will let your U.S. Senators and Representative know that you want them to pass the STOP Underrides Act of 2026.

Devin Robert Henkel was traveling eastbound on West Memorial Boulevard in a 2018 Nissan Frontier truck when, for unknown reasons, he left his lane of traffic and traveled into the safety lane. The Nissan truck struck the stopped semi-truck and became lodged underneath the rear of the trailer.  Police investigating fatal Lakeland crash

Because the bottom of a truck is higher than the bumper of passenger vehicles, when there is a collision the smaller vehicle easily slides under the truck and the first point of impact is the windshield. Seatbelts, airbags, and car crumple zones do not function as intended in underride crashes —front, side, and rear — leaving passenger vehicle occupants vulnerable to life-threatening injuries.

Devin Robert Henkel, Precious One Gone Too Soon

See Underride Crash Memorials posted here and at #STOPunderrides Tweets. To add photos or 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 and to aid in underride advocacy efforts.)

How You Can Help

Support improving Underride Protection on trailers: Contact your legislators with this User-Friendly TAKE ACTION online tool.

Please sign this petition: Congress, Act Now To End Deadly Truck Underrides.

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 could potentially 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 Tommy Cagle III (April 9, 2022)

Underride Crash Map, , ,

UPDATE March 13, 2026: Hundreds of people die every year when pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists, and occupants of passenger vehicles go under trucks. Please consider joining a STOP Underrides National Town Hall via Zoom April 15 | 8 – 9 pm ET |RSVP HERE. 

Your voice at this unique advocacy gathering will let your U.S. Senators and Representative know that you want them to pass the STOP Underrides Act of 2026.

Mississippi Highway Patrol (MHP) officials said Tommie Cagle III, 46, of Bentonia, was driving north on Highway 3 in a 2003 GMC Sierra. Van Parker, 44, of Yazoo City, was traveling south on the highway in a 2003 international tractor-trailer. The vehicles collided in a head-on collision. Driver dies in crash with tractor-trailer in Yazoo County

Because the bottom of a truck is higher than the bumper of passenger vehicles, when there is a collision the smaller vehicle easily slides under the truck and the first point of impact is the windshield. Seatbelts, airbags, and car crumple zones do not function as intended in underride crashes —front, side, and rear — leaving passenger vehicle occupants vulnerable to life-threatening injuries.

Tommy Cagle III, Precious One Gone Too Soon

See Underride Crash Memorials posted here and at #STOPunderrides Tweets. To add photos or 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 and to aid in underride advocacy efforts.)

How You Can Help

Support improving Underride Protection on trailers: Contact your legislators with this User-Friendly TAKE ACTION online tool.

Please sign this petition: Congress, Act Now To End Deadly Truck Underrides.

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 could potentially 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 Eric Coffin (April 7, 2022)

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UPDATE March 13, 2026: Hundreds of people die every year when pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists, and occupants of passenger vehicles go under trucks. Please consider joining a STOP Underrides National Town Hall via Zoom April 15 | 8 – 9 pm ET |RSVP HERE. 

Your voice at this unique advocacy gathering will let your U.S. Senators and Representative know that you want them to pass the STOP Underrides Act of 2026.

An Oneida County man was killed Thursday after the truck he was driving collided head on with a tractor trailer, troopers said. . .

Eric S. Coffin, 36, of Cassville, was driving north on Stone Road when his 2011 Dodge pickup truck left its lane and moved into the path of a 2019 International Tractor Trailer that was traveling southbound. . . Oneida County man dies after head-on collision with tractor trailer, troopers say

Because the bottom of a truck is higher than the bumper of passenger vehicles, when there is a collision the smaller vehicle easily slides under the truck and the first point of impact is the windshield. Seatbelts, airbags, and car crumple zones do not function as intended in underride crashes —front, side, and rear — leaving passenger vehicle occupants vulnerable to life-threatening injuries.

Eric Coffin, Precious One Gone Too Soon

See Underride Crash Memorials posted here and at #STOPunderrides Tweets. To add photos or 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 and to aid in underride advocacy efforts.)

How You Can Help

Support improving Underride Protection on trailers: Contact your legislators with this User-Friendly TAKE ACTION online tool.

Please sign this petition: Congress, Act Now To End Deadly Truck Underrides.

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 could potentially 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 Brian Harper (April 6, 2022)

Underride Crash Map, , ,

UPDATE March 13, 2026: Hundreds of people die every year when pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists, and occupants of passenger vehicles go under trucks. Please consider joining a STOP Underrides National Town Hall via Zoom April 15 | 8 – 9 pm ET |RSVP HERE. 

Your voice at this unique advocacy gathering will let your U.S. Senators and Representative know that you want them to pass the STOP Underrides Act of 2026.

They say an Amazon tractor-trailer driver, 53-year-old Larousse Desrosiers, of Boston, hit five cars. It appears that the Amazon tractor-trailer also caught on fire.

Police confirm two people were killed: Brian Harper, 33, of Rotterdam and the driver of one of the cars, whose name hasn’t been released yet. Two people dead in Thruway crash

The crash in the eastbound lanes between Albany and Schenectady just before 8 a.m. claimed the life of Brian M. Harper, 33, of Rotterdam, who was driving a 2014 BMW when it was struck by the 2012 Freightliner truck. . . Rotterdam man among 2 killed in Thruway crash

Because the bottom of a truck is higher than the bumper of passenger vehicles, when there is a collision the smaller vehicle easily slides under the truck and the first point of impact is the windshield. Seatbelts, airbags, and car crumple zones do not function as intended in underride crashes —front, side, and rear — leaving passenger vehicle occupants vulnerable to life-threatening injuries.

Brian Harper, Precious One Gone Too Soon

See Underride Crash Memorials posted here and at #STOPunderrides Tweets. To add photos or 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 and to aid in underride advocacy efforts.)

How You Can Help

Support improving Underride Protection on trailers: Contact your legislators with this User-Friendly TAKE ACTION online tool.

Please sign this petition: Congress, Act Now To End Deadly Truck Underrides.

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 could potentially 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.