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Pedestrian and Bicyclist Fatalities in Large Truck Crashes 2013 [Analysis Brief]
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2015-11-01
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Abstract: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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