FATALITIES IN LARGE-TRUCK CRASHES
FATALITIES IN LARGE-TRUCK CRASHES
Fatalities in Large-Truck Crashes (annual data)
Trucks represent 4 percent of registered vehicles and about 7 percent of vehicle miles of travel. 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 | 5,307 |
| Fatalities involving large trucks percent change from previous year | -0.22 | -1.03 |
| Large-truck occupant fatalities | 758 | 746 |
| Large-truck occupant fatalities percent change from previous year | 2.16 | -1.58 |
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, Performance Report 2000/Performance Plan 2002. Data for Large-truck occupants: U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics 1999, table 3-1, available at: http://www.bts.gov/ntda/nts/nts.html, and the U.S. DOT, 2001 Performance Report/2000 Performance Plan FY 2001.