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Figure 1 - Fatalities in Large Truck Crashes: 1975-2000

Monday, September 10, 2012

Figure 1 - Fatalities in Large Truck Crashes: 1975-2000

(Thousands of fatalities)

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Year Fatalities
1975 4,483
1976 5,008
1977 5,723
1978 6,356
1979 6,702
1980 5,971
1981 5,806
1982 5,229
1983 5,491
1984 5,640
1985 5,734
1986 5,579
1987 5,598
1988 5,679
1989 5,490
1990 5,272
1991 4,821
1992 4,462
1993 4,856
1994 5,144
1995 4,918
1996 5,142
1997 5,398
1998 5,374
1999 5,203
2000 5,282

SOURCES: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Traffic Safety Facts 2000 (Washington, DC: 2001), table 11.

____. Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) database, available at http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/, as of April 2002.