U.S. Department Of Transportation. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

Table 47. Large Trucks in Crashes by Vehicle Configuration

Vehicle Configuration

Fatal

Injury

Towaway

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

Single-Unit, 2 Axles

566

13.9%

9,385

18.7%

12,995

17.0%

Single-Unit, 3+ Axles

450

11.1%

6,646

13.3%

8,268

10.8%

Single-Unit, Axles Unknown

132

3.2%

Truck/Trailer(s)

106

2.6%

5,003

10.0%

8,899

11.7%

Truck Tractor (Bobtail)

67

1.6%

1,711

3.4%

2,254

3.0%

Tractor/Semi-trailer

2,517

61.9%

23,184

46.2%

37,504

49.1%

Tractor/Double

115

2.8%

1,124

2.2%

2,094

2.7%

Tractor/Triple

2

*

36

0.1%

83

0.1%

Light Truck (HM Placard)

17

*

20

*

Unknown

111

2.7%

2,531

5.0%

3,617

4.7%

Missing

517

1.0%

606

0.8%

Total

4,066

100.0%

50,154

100.0%

76,340

100.0%

*Less than 0.05 percent.

Notes: A large truck is defined here as a truck, used for commercial purposes, with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) or gross combination weight rating greater than 10,000 pounds. Injury crashes are defined here as crashes that resulted in at least one injury involving immediate medical attention away from the crash scene. (Note that this definition of an injury crash is not the same as that used in the GES injury estimates presented in other tables of this report.) Towaway crashes are defined here as crashes in which at least one vehicle was disabled as a result of the crash and transported away from the crash scene.

Sources: Fatal Crashes: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS). Injury and Towaway Crashes: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, MCMIS Crash File.

 

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