FATALITIES IN LARGE-TRUCK CRASHES
FATALITIES IN LARGE-TRUCK CRASHES
Fatalities in Large-Truck Crashes (annual data)
Trucks represent 4 percent of registered highway vehicles, about 7 percent of vehicle miles of travel, and 8 percent of vehicles in fatal crashes. Occupants of other vehicles or people outside the truck account for 85% of total fatalities involving large trucks for 2000.
| Large-Truck Crashes | 1999 | 2000 |
|---|---|---|
| Fatalities involving large trucks | 5,362 | 5,211 |
| Fatalities involving large trucks percent change from previous year | -0.22 | -2.82 |
| Large-truck occupant fatalities | 759 | 741 |
| Large-truck occupant fatalities percent change from previous year | 2.29 | -2.37 |
NOTE: Large trucks are over 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating.
SOURCES: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Analysis Division, Large Truck Crash Profile: The 1999 National Picture, available at http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/factsfigs/mchsstats.htm, and U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, National Center for Statistics and Analysis, 2000 Traffic Safety Facts. Available at: http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/ncsa/factshet.html