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Street sweeper accident

Michael Agruss

Written and Reviewed by Michael Agruss

  • Managing Partner and Personal Injury Lawyer at Mike Agruss Law.
  • Over 20 years of experience in Personal Injury.
  • Over 8000+ consumer rights cases settled.
  • Graduated from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law: Juris Doctor, 2004.


Street sweepers are meant to create a cleaner and more manageable public space on the roads. They can weigh anywhere between 10,000 and 15,000 pounds, most commonly. Heavyweight vehicles such as this can be very dangerous to surround motorists if certain precautions are not taken. If you or a loved one has been in a street sweeper accident, contact us for a free consultation to see if you may be entitled to compensation.

What kind of accidents or injuries can result?

Street sweepers can occur due to reckless driving, fatigued driving, drunk driving, failure to obey traffic laws, or driver inexperience. These can result in traffic accidents that result from a disregard for the rules of the road, or negligence. Also, an accident can occur due to a defect in the street sweeper’s construction which causes it to malfunction on the road or while in use. This can cause the operator to lose control and be unaware of what could happen next in an accident. Street sweepers should also be properly inspected and maintained on a regular basis in order to be kept in good working condition.

Who is liable?

These cases are based on negligence, which is determined by finding if the other party owed you a duty of care, breached that duty of care, your injuries directly resulted from their actions, and you suffered actual damages and losses.

If a street sweeper accident is due to reckless driving, fatigued driving, drunk driving, failure to obey traffic laws, or driver inexperience, then the business that owns the street sweeper and hired the driver can be found liable for the damages. This is because the business negligently hired the driver to carry out a task for which they could not be reliably counted on. The company hired someone who put others at risk and breached a duty of care owed to others on the road.

If the street sweeper has a defect, then the manufacturer of the product can be liable for damages, since they negligently released a product to the public that is capable of hurting others. If the accident was due to poor maintenance or inspections, then the business that owns the street sweeper can be liable for acting negligently and not upholding their duty to keep its operator safe, as well as others.

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