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 56. Large Trucks in Fatal Crashes with Passenger Vehicles
by Crash Type and Driver-Related Factors Recorded, 2009

Crash Type	Fatal Crashes	Crashes with Driver-Related Factors Recorded
		For Large Truck		For Passenger Vehicle
		Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Large Truck Rear-Ending Passenger Vehicle	73	36	49.3%	33	45.2%
Passenger Vehicle Rear-Ending Large Truck	290	49	16.9%	224	77.2%
Large Truck Crossing Center Median (Head-On)	50	29	58.0%	23	46.0%
Passenger Vehicle Crossing Center Median (Head-On)	288	18	6.3%	276	95.8%
Large Truck Striking Passenger Vehicle (Other)	504	123	24.4%	403	80.0%
Passenger Vehicle Striking Large Truck (Other)	419	99	23.6%	345	82.3%
Other Collision	85	22	25.9%	72	84.7%
Total	1,709	376	22.0%	1,376	80.5%

Note: A large truck is defined as a truck with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) greater than 10,000 pounds.

Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS).

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