Trucks represent 4 percent of registered highway vehicles and about 7 percent
of vehicle miles of travel, but 12 percent of all people killed in motor vehicle
incidents are involved in a crash with a large truck. Occupants of other vehicles
or people outside the truck account for 86 percent of total fatalities involving
large trucks for 2001.
Large-Truck Crashes
2000
2001
Fatalities involving large trucks
5,282
5,082
Fatalities involving large trucks percent change from previous year
-1.49
-3.79
Large-truck occupant fatalities
754
704
Large-truck occupant fatalities percent change from previous year
-0.66
-6.63
NOTE: Large trucks are over 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating.
