For the past four years, Zach Cahalan has served as the Executive Director of the Truck Safety Coalition (TSC), a partnership between Citizens for Reliable and Safe Highways and Parents Against Tired Truckers. Their mission is to reduce the number of fatalities and injuries caused by truck wrecks; offer compassionate support to survivors of truck wrecks and their families; and educate the public, policymakers, and media about the safety issues in the trucking industry. Since the organization was formed in 2000, TSC has helped make improvements in truck safety, most recently by ensuring the Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act of 2021 included requirements to strengthen the impact requirement for rear underride guards and a rule requiring Automated Emergency Braking on heavy-duty trucks.
Cahalan has over 15 years of experience working in the nonprofit sector, working as a mission-based leader known for strategic program development, advocacy, and coalition-building insight. Prior to TSC, he worked with Catholic Charities USA for five years and with the American Red Cross for over a decade. Through his efforts with the American Red Cross, he was part of multiple disaster relief operations across the United States. He also served on the National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (NVOAD) Board of Directions and was the Chair of the NVOAD Advocacy Committee.
Lack of Truck Driver Safety Puts Everyone in Danger
Cahalan’s session, titled “The Status Quo is KILLING Us: Crash Victims MUST Drive Truck Safety Changes”, will discuss how the lack of change in truck safety creates risks for everyone who shares the roads with semis and other heavy trucks. Data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that truck wreck fatalities have increased 58% since 2009, displaying a clear need for increased truck safety regulations.
Many policymakers base their decision-making for truck regulations on the data they receive; how many crashes have happened, how many fatalities and injuries resulted, the number of wrecks caused by drivers with invalid or non-domiciled commercial driver’s licenses, and other data. What they don’t always see is how devastating these wrecks are for the victims and their families. Cahalan will talk to attendees about the importance of encouraging crash victims to share their stories to help drive change in truck safety legislation and why that benefits truck accident attorneys.
About the “Winning Truck Wreck Cases” Seminar and Craig, Kelley & Faultless
The “Winning Truck Wreck Cases” Seminar will be held on August 10, 2026, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Embassy Suites Noblesville Indianapolis Conference Center. Register for the seminar today at the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association website.
Craig, Kelley & Faultless is a personal injury law firm headquartered in Indianapolis with offices throughout Indiana and in St. Louis. The firm has 10 attorneys, some of whom are licensed to practice in various states in addition to Indiana, including Ohio, Kentucky, Missouri, Illinois, Iowa and Tennessee. They handle commercial motor vehicle wrecks throughout the country.
David W. Craig and Scott A. Faultless are board-certified in truck accident law by the National Board of Trial Advocacy and serve on the Board of Regents of the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys. They have been named Top 100 Indiana Trial Lawyers by The National Trial Lawyers.
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