Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Large Truck and Bus Crash Facts 2009, October 2011

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

Table 1. Large Truck and Bus Fatal Crash Statistics, 1975-2009

Year	Fatal Crashes	Vehicles Involved	Occupant Fatalities	Total Fatalities	Million Vehicle Miles Traveled by All Motor Vehicles	Fatal Crashes per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Traveled	Vehicles Involved in Fatal Crashes per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Traveled	Fatalities per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Traveled	Large Trucks and Buses Registered
1975	4,032	4,304	1,014	4,816	1,327,664	0.304	0.324	0.363	5,824,525
1976	4,489	4,754	1,205	5,379	1,402,380	0.320	0.339	0.384	6,053,524
1977	5,149	5,485	1,329	6,054	1,467,027	0.351	0.374	0.413	6,180,664
1978	5,758	6,131	1,436	6,740	1,544,704	0.373	0.397	0.436	6,365,161
1979	6,007	6,431	1,471	7,054	1,529,133	0.393	0.421	0.461	6,418,336
1980	5,353	5,709	1,308	6,333	1,527,295	0.350	0.374	0.415	6,319,442
1981	5,253	5,572	1,189	6,178	1,555,308	0.338	0.358	0.397	6,260,262
1982	4,668	4,935	979	5,525	1,595,010	0.293	0.309	0.346	6,149,615
1983	4,903	5,184	1,035	5,815	1,652,788	0.297	0.314	0.352	6,091,276
1984	5,136	5,444	1,120	5,983	1,720,269	0.299	0.316	0.348	5,984,746
1985	5,153	5,490	1,034	6,089	1,774,826	0.290	0.309	0.343	6,589,822
1986	5,055	5,383	965	5,895	1,834,872	0.275	0.293	0.321	6,314,733
1987	5,146	5,461	903	5,978	1,921,204	0.268	0.284	0.311	6,320,321
1988	5,156	5,528	965	6,004	2,025,962	0.254	0.273	0.296	6,752,553
1989	4,971	5,295	908	5,819	2,096,487	0.237	0.253	0.278	6,851,522
1990	4,790	5,065	737	5,590	2,144,362	0.223	0.236	0.261	6,822,863
1991	4,355	4,621	692	5,107	2,172,050	0.201	0.213	0.235	6,803,425
1992	4,098	4,320	613	4,767	2,247,151	0.182	0.192	0.212	6,689,937
1993	4,351	4,591	623	5,124	2,296,378	0.189	0.200	0.223	6,742,587
1994	4,617	4,902	688	5,412	2,357,588	0.196	0.208	0.230	7,258,308
1995	4,456	4,743	681	5,214	2,422,696	0.184	0.196	0.215	7,404,924
1996	4,723	5,081	642	5,489	2,485,848	0.190	0.204	0.221	7,707,396
1997	4,888	5,214	741	5,709	2,561,695	0.191	0.204	0.223	7,780,874
1998	4,857	5,244	780	5,712	2,631,522	0.185	0.199	0.217	8,447,810
1999	4,854	5,239	818	5,727	2,691,056	0.180	0.195	0.213	8,520,203
2000	4,881	5,320	776	5,620	2,746,925	0.178	0.194	0.205	8,768,774
2001	4,723	5,115	742	5,417	2,795,610	0.169	0.183	0.194	8,607,223
2002	4,486	4,861	734	5,241	2,855,508	0.157	0.170	0.184	8,687,997
2003	4,609	5,012	767	5,343	2,890,221	0.159	0.173	0.185	8,533,438
2004	4,734	5,181	808	5,519	2,964,788	0.160	0.175	0.186	8,966,638
2005	4,805	5,231	862	5,539	2,989,430	0.161	0.175	0.185	9,289,052
2006	4,643	5,071	832	5,347	3,014,371	0.154	0.168	0.177	9,640,966
2007	4,472	4,914	841	5,116	3,031,124	0.148	0.162	0.169	11,586,455
2008	3,994	4,340	749	4,545	2,976,528	0.134	0.146	0.153	11,716,583
2009	3,197	3,436	529	3,619	2,953,501	0.108	0.116	0.123	11,815,207

Notes: A large truck is defined as a truck with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) greater than 10,000 pounds. A bus is defined as a motor vehicle (including school buses, intercity buses, and transit buses) designed to carry more than 10 passengers, not including the driver. Rates are calculated on the basis of vehicle miles traveled by all motor vehicles (large trucks, buses, passenger vehicles, and motorcycles). The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) implemented an enhanced methodology for estimating registered vehicles and vehicle miles traveled by vehicle type for the years 2007-2009. As a result, involvement rates may differ, and in some cases significantly, from previously published rates.

Sources: Vehicle Miles of Travel and Registered Vehicles: Federal Highway Administration. Fatal Crashes, Vehicles Involved, and Fatalities: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS).

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