Crashes Table 24. Crashes Involving Large Trucks by Light Conditions and Crash Severity, 2019
| Light Conditions | Fatal Crashes: Number | Fatal Crashes: Percent | Injury Crashes: Number | Injury Crashes: Percent | Property Damage Only Crashes: Number | Property Damage Only Crashes: Percent |
| Daylight | 2,737 | 61.1% | 86,000 | 75.7% | 311,000 | 79.4% |
| Dark, Not Lighted | 1,045 | 23.3% | 12,000 | 10.2% | 35,000 | 8.9% |
| Dark But Lighted | 474 | 10.6% | 12,000 | 10.3% | 33,000 | 8.5% |
| Dark, Unknown Lighting | 21 | 0.5% | 1,000 | 0.5% | 1,000 | 0.2% |
| Dawn | 131 | 2.9% | 2,000 | 2.1% | 6,000 | 1.5% |
| Dusk | 66 | 1.5% | 1,000 | 1.3% | 5,000 | 1.4% |
| Unknown | 5 | 0.1% | * | * | * | * |
| Total | 4,479 | 100.0% | 114,000 | 100.0% | 392,000 | 100.0% |
| *Less than 500 or less than 0.05 percent. | ||||||
| Notes: A large truck is defined as a truck with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) greater than 10,000 pounds. Individual numbers may not add up to the totals due to independent rounding. Percentages are based on unrounded numbers. | ||||||
| Sources: Fatal Crashes: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS). Injury and Property Damage Only Crashes: NHTSA, Crash Report Sampling System (CRSS). | ||||||
Last updated: Thursday, January 26, 2023