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Table 48. Large Trucks in Crashes by Cargo Body Type, 2009
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Cargo Body Type
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Fatal
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Injury
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Towaway
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Number
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Percent
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Number
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Percent
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Number
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Percent
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1,505
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46.8%
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17,172
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40.1%
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28,513
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44.1%
|
|
277
|
8.6%
|
2,763
|
6.5%
|
3,682
|
5.7%
|
|
356
|
11.1%
|
4,782
|
11.2%
|
7,397
|
11.4%
|
|
264
|
8.2%
|
3,667
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8.6%
|
5,030
|
7.8%
|
|
24
|
0.7%
|
349
|
0.8%
|
420
|
0.6%
|
|
27
|
0.8%
|
442
|
1.0%
|
776
|
1.2%
|
|
84
|
2.6%
|
1,226
|
2.9%
|
1,671
|
2.6%
|
|
94
|
2.9%
|
936
|
2.2%
|
1,275
|
2.0%
|
|
21
|
0.7%
|
295
|
0.7%
|
330
|
0.5%
|
|
32
|
1.0%
|
277
|
0.6%
|
243
|
0.4%
|
|
5
|
0.2%
|
137
|
0.3%
|
179
|
0.3%
|
|
7
|
0.2%
|
43
|
0.1%
|
91
|
0.1%
|
|
161
|
5.0%
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
164
|
5.1%
|
6,247
|
14.6%
|
9,827
|
15.2%
|
|
180
|
5.6%
|
6
|
*
|
1
|
*
|
|
3
|
0.1%
|
3,151
|
7.4%
|
3,987
|
6.2%
|
|
11
|
0.3%
|
1,304
|
3.0%
|
1,263
|
2.0%
|
|
3,215
|
100.0%
|
42,797
|
100.0%
|
64,685
|
100.0%
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*Less than 0.05 percent.
Notes: For fatal crashes, a large truck is defined as a truck with a gross
vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of more than 10,000 pounds. For injury and
towaway crashes, 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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