Were you injured in a trucking accident? Learn more about how a local attorney can help you. Get in touch with a Rockford truck accident attorney from Brassfield & Krueger Eighteen wheelers cause a disproportionate percentage of very serious highway accidents. Indeed, according to data provided by the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), commercial trucks were involved in approximately 3.9 percent of all highways accidents in Illinois in the year 2014; yet, trucks were involved in 10.2 percent of all fatal crashes that year