Large Truck Crash Causation Study (LTCCS) Analysis Series: Using LTCCS Data for Statistical Analyses of Crash Risk

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• Creators:
  Hedlund, James ; Blower, Daniel
• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Office of Information Management
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Crash causes
  • Trucking safety
  • Motor carriers
  • Trucks
  • Truck crashes
  • Crash data
  • Hazardous materials
  • Data analysis
  • Statistical analysis
  • Crash risk forecasting
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FMCSA-RI-05-037
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
• Abstract:
  The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) conducted the Large Truck Crash Causation Study (LTCCS) to examine the reasons for serious crashes involving large trucks (trucks with a gross vehicle weight rating over 10,000 pounds). From the 120,000 large truck crashes that occurred between April 2001 and December 2003, a nationally representative sample was selected. Each crash in the LTCCS sample involved at least one large truck and resulted in a fatality or injury. The total LTCCS sample of 963 crashes involved 1,123 large trucks and 959 motor vehicles that were not large trucks. The 963 crashes resulted in 249 fatalities and 1,654 injuries. Of the 1,123 large trucks in the sample, 77 percent were tractors pulling a single semi-trailer, and 5 percent were trucks carrying hazardous materials. Of the 963 crashes in the sample, 73 percent involved a large truck colliding with at least one other vehicle.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/61141/dot_61141_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 409.34 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:237fe1e080ab6d0eb4c0e261b238fb3aa8759c36a528d8d30f30643df63d2c3b