Pedestrian and Bicyclist Fatalities in Large Truck Crashes 2013 [Analysis Brief]

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Pedestrian and Bicyclist Fatalities in Large Truck Crashes 2013 [Analysis Brief]

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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
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https://doi.org/10.21949/1502890
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United States
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
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From 2006 to 2013, pedestrian fatalities as a ; percentage of total fatalities in all motor vehicle ; crashes rose from 11.2 percent to 14.5 percent, and ; bicyclist fatalities as a percentage of total fatalities ; rose from 1.8 percent to 2.3 percent. Over this period, ; pedestrians’ share of large truck crash fatalities grew ; from 6.3 percent to 8.5 percent, and bicyclists’ share ; of large truck fatalities grew from 1.6 percent to 2.0 ; percent. This brief presents information on pedestrian ; and bicyclist fatalities in large truck crashes, using ; data from the National Highway Traffic Safety ; Administration’s (NHTSA’s) Fatality Analysis ; Reporting System (FARS). ; In 2013, 338 pedestrians and 78 bicyclists were killed ; in crashes involving large trucks, accounting for 8.5 ; percent and 2.0 percent of the 3,964 total large truck ; crash fatalities, respectively (see Figure 1). Of those ; fatalities, 312 pedestrians (92 percent) and 76 ; bicyclists (97 percent) were struck and killed by large ; trucks, with the remainder struck and killed by other ; vehicle types involved in the crashes. Large trucks ; represented 6.6 percent of the vehicles that struck and ; killed pedestrians and 10.3 percent of the vehicles that ; struck and killed bicyclists.
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