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Table 42. Crashes Involving Large Trucks by Relation to Roadway and Crash
Severity, 2009
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Relation to Roadway
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Single-Vehicle
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Multiple-Vehicle
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Total
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Number
|
Percent
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Number
|
Percent
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Number
|
Percent
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Fatal Crashes
|
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303
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50.2%
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2,256
|
94.6%
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2,559
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85.7%
|
|
82
|
13.6%
|
45
|
1.9%
|
127
|
4.3%
|
|
24
|
4.0%
|
35
|
1.5%
|
59
|
2.0%
|
|
142
|
23.5%
|
34
|
1.4%
|
176
|
5.9%
|
|
17
|
2.8%
|
4
|
0.2%
|
21
|
0.7%
|
|
25
|
4.1%
|
5
|
0.2%
|
30
|
1.0%
|
|
1
|
0.2%
|
1
|
*
|
2
|
0.1%
|
|
4
|
0.7%
|
2
|
0.1%
|
6
|
0.2%
|
|
2
|
0.3%
|
1
|
*
|
3
|
0.1%
|
|
1
|
0.2%
|
1
|
*
|
2
|
0.1%
|
|
2
|
0.3%
|
0
|
0.0%
|
2
|
0.1%
|
|
603
|
100.0%
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2,384
|
100.0%
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2,987
|
100.0%
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Injury Crashes
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|
3,000
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35.5%
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42,000
|
97.0%
|
45,000
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87.8%
|
|
*
|
2.0%
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*
|
*
|
*
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0.3%
|
|
1,000
|
8.4%
|
1,000
|
1.3%
|
1,000
|
2.4%
|
|
3,000
|
43.0%
|
*
|
0.9%
|
4,000
|
7.2%
|
|
*
|
3.0%
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
0.5%
|
|
*
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5.2%
|
*
|
*
|
*
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0.8%
|
|
*
|
0.4%
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
0.1%
|
|
*
|
1.1%
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
0.2%
|
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
|
*
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1.6%
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
0.2%
|
|
8,000
|
100.0%
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44,000
|
100.0%
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51,000
|
100.0%
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Property Damage Only Crashes
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17,000
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20.7%
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149,000
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98.7%
|
166,000
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71.3%
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|
3,000
|
3.1%
|
*
|
0.3%
|
3,000
|
1.3%
|
|
2,000
|
2.7%
|
1,000
|
0.4%
|
3,000
|
1.3%
|
|
19,000
|
23.8%
|
*
|
0.1%
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20,000
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8.4%
|
|
1,000
|
1.7%
|
*
|
*
|
1,000
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0.6%
|
|
7,000
|
8.6%
|
*
|
*
|
7,000
|
3.0%
|
|
24,000
|
29.5%
|
*
|
0.2%
|
24,000
|
10.5%
|
|
1,000
|
0.8%
|
*
|
*
|
1,000
|
0.3%
|
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
|
7,000
|
8.9%
|
*
|
0.2%
|
8,000
|
3.3%
|
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81,000
|
100.0%
|
151,000
|
100.0%
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232,000
|
100.0%
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*Less than 500 or less than 0.05 percent.
Note: A large truck is defined as a truck with a gross vehicle weight rating
(GVWR) greater than 10,000 pounds.
Sources: Fatal Crashes: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration,
Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS). Injury and Property Damage Only
Crashes: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, General Estimates
System (GES).
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