Average vs median, honestly

Truck Accident Settlement Figures

Every figure sourced and dated. Updated 2026-09-01.

Across 400+ settled cases, the average is $103,654 and the median $30,000. The gap is the story: catastrophic-injury cases pull the average far above the typical outcome.

Why the ceiling is high

Federal minimum carrier coverage runs $750,000 to $5,000,000, against vehicles weighing up to 80,000 pounds; fatal large-truck crashes rose 26.4% across 2016-2022 (FMCSA). Back to Trucking Accidents.

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Sources for every figure on this page

$103,654: Brown & Crouppen: average of 400+ truck-accident settlements, 2021-2024 (published estimate, retrieved 2026-09-01).
$30,000: Brown & Crouppen: median of the same settlement set (published estimate, retrieved 2026-09-01).
$750,000 to $5,000,000: FMCSA federal minimum liability coverage for commercial carriers (published estimate, retrieved 2026-09-01).
80,000 pounds: FMCSA: maximum loaded weight of a commercial truck, roughly 20x a passenger car (published estimate, retrieved 2026-09-01).
26.4%: FMCSA: increase in fatal large-truck and bus crashes, 2016-2022 (published estimate, retrieved 2026-09-01).