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Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety in Work Zones Targeted Action Plan
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2023-06-01
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Abstract:Since 2016, over 2 percent of all fatal crashes in the United States every year happen in work zones. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System, 687 fatal crashes occurred in work zones in 2016. Commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) (i.e., large trucks and buses) were involved in 196 of these crashes (29 percent). The number of fatal work zone crashes involving CMVs increased to 227 (32 percent) in 2017, remained relatively constant at 215 (32 percent) in 2018, and increased to 252 (33 percent) in 2019. In 2020, 774 fatal crashes occurred in work zones. CMVs were involved in 208 of these crashes (27 percent). For comparison purposes, CMV involvement in non-work zone fatal crashes has remained fairly constant over time at about 13 percent. Even though there was a slight decrease in CMV-involved work zone fatal crashes in work zones in 2020, CMVs are consistently overrepresented in fatal work zone crashes compared to fatal non-work zone crashes. Thus, there is a need to specifically address CMV safety in work zones. While many CMV and work zone safety initiatives indirectly benefit CMV safety in work zones, this document is centered on specific actions that can be taken to address CMV safety in work zones. The report also includes a voluntary, targeted action plan that transportation agencies, such as State Departments of Transportation, and other stakeholders can use to reduce the risk of CMV work zone crashes.
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