Traffic Safety Facts 1996: Large Trucks

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• Corporate Creators:
  National Center for Statistics and Analysis (U.S.)
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Fatalities
  • Trucking safety
  • Truck drivers
  • Truck crashes
  • Heavy duty trucks
  • Tractor trailer combinations
  • Multiple vehicle crashes
  • Statistics
  • Tables (Data)
  • Graphs
  More +
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  National Center for Statistics and Analysis (U.S.)
• Abstract:
  In 1996, 393,000 large trucks (gross vehicle weight rating greater than 10,000 pounds) were involved in traffic crashes in the United States; 4,740 were involved in fatal crashes. A total of 5,126 people died (12 percent of all the traffic fatalities reported in 1996) and an additional 130,000 were injured in those crashes. One out of eight traffic fatalities in 1996 resulted from a collision involving a large truck. In almost three-fourths (71 percent) of the two-vehicle fatal crashes involving a large truck and another type of vehicle, police reported one or more errors or other factors related to the driver's behavior associated with the crash for the other driver and none for the truck driver. The two figures compare truck drivers to drivers of other type of vehicles regarding drunk driving and previous driving convictions. Of the tables, Table 1. shows involvement rate in fatal and injury crashes for large trucks, 1986-1996; Table 2. shows fatalities and injuries in crashes involving large trucks, 1996; Table 3. shows principal impact points in two-vehicle fatal crashes involving large tucks, 1996; and Table 4. shows large truck involvement in fatal crashes by state, 1996.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/4607/dot_4607_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:9adf18f3790ce42acac999ff84bc7805a7803d1a50a083b30411ac3164fd54f8