Dump trucks, gravel trucks, and other aggregate haulers are a regular part of Oklahoma road work and quarry traffic. A crash can involve the truck itself or rocks and dirt that leave an unsecured load. Oklahoma has a specific load-covering statute, and some road-building haulers have their own insurance minimum. This page is about those crashes, statewide.
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The trucks this page covers
This page is for crashes involving dump trucks, gravel and sand trucks, and other aggregate or road-building haulers, including a load that comes off the truck and hits another vehicle. It is not a garbage-truck page, not a delivery-van page, and not an oilfield-hauler page. Weight and permit questions that are not specific to dump or aggregate trucks belong on the overloaded truck page. A general overview of trucking insurance and filing deadlines is on the Oklahoma truck accident law guide.
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Oklahoma’s load-covering rule
47 O.S. § 14-105(B) states: “No person shall operate on any highway any vehicle with any load unless said load and any covering thereon is securely fastened so as to prevent said covering or load from becoming loose, detached or in any manner a hazard to other users of the highway. Any vehicle loaded with sand, cinders, or other loose material susceptible to blowing or otherwise escaping shall have such load covered so as to prevent the blowing or escaping of said load from the vehicle.” An uncovered or unsecured load can be evidence. Photographs of the bed, tailgate, tarp, and spilled material should be preserved, along with scale tickets and dispatch records. See preserving crash evidence and how a truck crash is investigated.
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Insurance minimums for some road-building haulers
The insurance floor is not always the federal $750,000 general-freight minimum. For intrastate carriers of sand, rock, gravel, asphaltic mixtures or other similar road building materials, 47 O.S. §230.30 sets a $350,000 combined single limit. Other dump or aggregate trucks may fall under different state or federal minimums, including the federal schedule in 49 CFR 387.9 when that schedule applies. That amount is a floor, not a cap. 25/50/25 personal-auto limits under 47 O.S. §7-103(2)(b) are not a trucking minimum.
A broader walk-through of commercial coverage is on the commercial vehicle liability page and the truck accident law guide.
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Hours of service, when they come up
Many dump and gravel hauls stay inside Oklahoma. Interstate drivers remain subject to the federal hours limits that apply to them, including the federal 11-hour driving limit for interstate drivers. For drivers working solely within Oklahoma, state law allows up to 12 hours of driving (non-hazmat) and does not enforce the 30-minute break (47 O.S. §230.15(D)).
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Crash reports on an interstate
Some dump and aggregate wrecks happen on interstate highways, including I-35 and I-40, not only on city streets or work-zone approaches. Oklahoma Highway Patrol has primary authority over traffic offenses on interstate highways. State law directs OHP "To investigate and report traffic collisions on all interstate and defense highways and on all highways outside of incorporated municipalities" (47 O.S. § 2-117(B)(10)). A formal Attorney General opinion issued August 27, 2025 (2025 OK AG 11) says the authority of sheriffs and municipal police on those roads is supplemental. Check the agency named on your paperwork.
Corridor context, not dump-truck rules, is on the I-35 semi-truck and I-40 semi-truck pages.
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If the truck belongs to a city or county
A city-owned or county-owned dump truck can raise different notice and deadline questions than a private carrier. Those deadlines can be shorter than the usual injury deadline. The guide to Oklahoma truck accident law discusses government-claim timing. This page does not restate those deadlines. A lawyer should review the facts promptly.
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Who may be responsible
Depending on the facts, responsibility may involve the driver, the hauling company, a quarry or plant that loaded the truck, a general contractor on a road job, or a public body that owns or dispatched the truck. Broker questions, when a broker is in the chain, belong on the broker liability page. Related reading: the truck accident hub, fatal truck wrecks, and next steps after a truck crash.
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