UPS Accident Lawyer

Decades of Experience Representing Victims of UPS Truck Accidents

UPS (United Parcel Service) is the largest package delivery and supply chain management company in the world. The multinational courier service delivers tens of thousands of packages every day in the United States alone.

The truck accident lawyers at Wisner Baum have experience representing individuals harmed in UPS crashes. If you or someone in your family sustained injuries in a UPS accident, you need an experienced lawyer to pursue justice and obtain maximum compensation on your behalf.

Contact us at (855) 948-5098 today to schedule a free consultation. From our offices in Los Angeles, we help clients nationwide.

UPS Truck Accident Statistics 2023

According to a 2023 U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) report, UPS operates a fleet of more than 134,000 vehicles and employs 127,000 drivers who are authorized to transport general freight in and between states. UPS delivery vehicles travel billions of miles each year, and are involved in thousands of accidents.

With intense pressure to make scheduled deliveries on time, UPS truck drivers often find themselves in a rush to get to all the stops on their route. This focus on speed and efficiency can lead to accidents with passenger vehicles, motorcycles, or pedestrians.

Over a recent 24-month period*, UPS freight and delivery trucks were involved in 2,876 accidents (66 were fatal and 1,015 caused injuries). In terms of crashes per year, UPS ranks among the highest of all U.S. trucking companies. FedEx, the country’s other top courier service, also ranks high when it comes to truck crashes.

Put simply, accidents involving UPS trucks and other delivery vehicles occur nearly every day. In our experience, UPS and its team of attorneys make every effort to limit the amount of compensation to truck accident victims. They may offer a settlement agreement before you have had a chance to consult with a trucking accident lawyer, knowing that settlement may save them money.

A Company Snapshot of UPS

James E. Casey founded what would become United Parcel Service (UPS) in 1907. With headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, UPS is now the world’s largest package delivery company in the world, generating roughly $100 billion in revenue annually.

In 2022, the company delivered more than 5.2 billion packages and documents to more than 220 countries and territories, servicing every address in North America and Europe. UPS operates more than 1,800 facilities and has a fleet of approximately 125,000 package cars, vans, tractors and motorcycles for delivery and freight services.

UPS Trucks or “Package Cars”

Many of the UPS delivery trucks we see in the U.S. are actually package vans that the company calls “package cars.” The name is something of a misnomer, however, as most UPS vehicles that deliver packages to our homes look more like box trucks. UPS package cars are easy to spot—they are all painted in the same Pullman brown with the UPS insignia along the sides.

The following companies manufacture UPS package car delivery trucks:

• Morgan Olson (Grumman Olson)
• Union City Body
• Utilimaster

Modern UPS package vans manufactured since the 1990s are based on Freightliner, Navistar, or Workhorse chassis.

UPS Tractor-Trailers or Freight Vehicles

UPS commonly refers to its fleet of tractor-trailers as “feeders.” Many of the company’s freight delivery vehicles are conventional day cab trucks.

UPS’s fleet of tractor trailers is manufactured by the following companies:

• Mack Trucks (Pinnacle and Vision)
• Navistar (International ProStar+ and 9900i)
• PACCAR (Kenworth T800, T660 and T680)