United States Department of Transportation
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Abstract:In 1995, 376,000 large trucks (gross vehicle weight rating greater than 10,000 pounds) were involved in traffic crashes in the United States; 4,453 were involved in fatal crashes. A total of 4,903 people died (12 percent of all the traffic fatalities reported in 1995) and an additional 116,000 were injured in those crashes. Large trucks accounted for 3 percent of all registered vehicles, 7 percent of total vehicle miles traveled, and 8 percent of all vehicles involved in fatal crashes. One out of nine traffic fatalities in 1995 resulted from a collision involving a large truck. Of the fatalities that resulted from crashes involving large trucks, 78 percent were occupants of another vehicle, 9 percent were nonoccupants, and 13 percent were occupants of a large truck. In almost three-fourths (72 percent) of the two-vehicle fatal crashes involving a large truck and another type of vehicle, police reported one or more factors for the other driver and none for the truck driver. The figure compare truck drivers to drivers of other type of vehicles regarding previous driving convictions. Of the tables, Table 1. shows involvement rate in fatal and injury crashes for large trucks, 1985-1995; Table 2. shows fatalities and injuries in crashes involving large trucks, 1995; Table 3. shows principal impact points in two-vehicle fatal crashes involving large tucks, 1995; and Table 4. shows large truck involvement in fatal crashes by state, 1995.
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