Truck / 18-Wheeler Accident Statistics in Anaheim
3,200+
Annual Large Truck Crashes (Orange Co.)
38
Fatal Truck Crashes (2024)
Among highest in Southern California
I-5/SR-91 Truck Density
$2.4M+
Avg Serious Truck Injury Settlement
Courts in Anaheim, California
Orange County Superior Court — Central Justice Center
700 Civic Center Dr W, Santa Ana, CA 92701
U.S. District Court — Central District of California (Southern Division)
411 W 4th St, Santa Ana, CA 92701
Hospitals & Trauma Centers in Anaheim
UCI Health — Level I Trauma Center
101 The City Dr S, Orange, CA 92868
Western Medical Center Anaheim — Level II Trauma
1025 S Anaheim Blvd, Anaheim, CA 92805
Liability Considerations in Anaheim
Orange County's Freight Corridors and Distribution Activity
Anaheim and Orange County sit between Los Angeles and San Diego on I-5 — the West Coast's primary commercial vehicle corridor. The SR-91 Riverside Freeway connects Orange County to the Inland Empire's massive warehouse district, where Amazon, Walmart, and scores of national retailers have concentrated enormous distribution operations. This positions Orange County as a critical transit corridor between inland distribution and coastal port and consumer markets, generating high-volume commercial vehicle movement on all major highways.
SR-91 Corridor Congestion and Fatigue-Related Crashes
The SR-91 freeway between Anaheim and the Riverside County line is one of California's most congested commercial vehicle segments, with stop-and-go conditions during extended peak periods that create rear-end collision risk when following distance standards are violated. Commercial trucks in stop-and-go traffic with inadequate following distance are responsible for disproportionate rear-end crashes when traffic stops more suddenly than the driver anticipates. Orange County's pure comparative fault rules and experienced plaintiff juries provide strong recovery options for seriously injured truck accident victims.
Your Legal Team
Jennifer Kowalski
Partner
Los Angeles, CA
Jennifer Kowalski is one of California's premier truck accident attorneys, focusing on catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases involving commercial carriers on California's dense freeway network. Over 18 years, she has developed deep expertise in the electronic evidence that defines modern truck litigation — ELD records, GPS tracking data, EDR analysis, and dashcam footage — and has pioneered spoliation strategies that have resulted in adverse inference sanctions against multiple major carriers. Jennifer has recovered over $180 million for truck accident victims and is a frequent lecturer on commercial vehicle litigation at the Consumer Attorneys of California annual conference.
Education
- J.D., USC Gould School of Law (2008)
- B.A., Economics, UCLA (2005)