Does Getting Stuck Count As An Accident?

I got stuck and needed a tow truck. No damage or citation. Does that count as an accident?

A lot depends on how it happened.

Stuck in a dock because there wasn't any snow removal beforehand is different than you needed a tow after trying to get turned around in a muddy field, out of route.

A lot depends on how it happened.

Stuck in a dock because there wasn't any snow removal beforehand is different than you needed a tow after trying to get turned around in a muddy field, out of route.

^^^^ THIS

Did "it get stuck" - or DID YOU GET IT STUCK.

All in all - the driver is responsible for everything that happens to the truck. If it's through ZERO FAULT of your own, it probably will go down as an "incident". If it's do to your own carelessness - like an incident, or perhaps an accident, depending on how your company classifies stuff like this.

More details as to what happened, would make it easier to get an OPINION HERE.

Did you get stuck, because you came up on a low bridge (that trip planning and watching signs would have prevented), and got stuck trying to make a turnaround (when in this case - most drivers would call the local PD to get them to block traffic so you could back out).

But keep in mind - our "opinion" still doesn't determine what YOUR COMPANY is going to do.

Rick

It varies by company as was stated. A little under 2 years ago I was delivering to a farm house and lost traction causing me to spin out and get stuck in the mud. I also had no damage or citation. Company I was driving for told me it'll be a preventable. Turns out they never reported it on my DAC , only my internal personnel file. My current company I started at 2 weeks after that were amazed the former company was handling it so strict.

Long story short find out from your company if it's going on your DAC. I don't see why a company would want to report it as a preventable if there was no damage. I would think it would cause their insurance rate to go up.

According to legal scholars, it depends on whether you were on public or private property.

I got stuck and needed a tow truck. No damage or citation. Does that count as an accident?

Your description of getting stuck is very vague. Is that purposeful to keep some details? So it all depends. Were you backing under a trailer and buried the tires trying to pull out? There is a huge difference in how and where you got stuck. Most likely, if you did the above or stopped on a shoulder and your tires buried then more than likely just considered bad luck and although not happy, the company won't consider it an accident, perhaps not even an incident. If however you was driving down the road and didn't allow room for your trailer tracking and a hidden ditch grabbed your trailer wheels in the ditch and you had to get towed out then YES, absolutely an accident. So are you going to give some details of how and where you got stuck? The devil is in the details. Without them none of us can accurately reply to your question.

Bobtail with a tag-axle driveline while winter driving in the upper Midwest winter makes NOT getting stuck an art form. Got drifted in one night while on my 10-hour. Learned to check weather for wind direction and position accordingly going forward from that.