Crashes Table 24. Crashes Involving Large Trucks by Light Conditions and Crash Severity, 2020
Light Conditions | Fatal Crashes: Number | Fatal Crashes: Percent | Injury Crashes: Number | Injury Crashes: Percent | Property Damage Only Crashes: Number | Property Damage Only Crashes: Percent |
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Daylight | 2,684 | 60.4% | 74,000 | 73.4% | 243,000 | 78.5% |
Dark, Not Lighted | 1,079 | 24.3% | 13,000 | 12.9% | 32,000 | 10.4% |
Dark But Lighted | 458 | 10.3% | 10,000 | 9.9% | 24,000 | 7.6% |
Dark, Unknown Lighting | 15 | 0.3% | * | 0.4% | 1,000 | 0.3% |
Dawn | 128 | 2.9% | 2,000 | 2.5% | 5,000 | 1.6% |
Dusk | 73 | 1.6% | 1,000 | 0.9% | 5,000 | 1.5% |
Unknown | 7 | 0.2% | * | * | * | * |
Total | 4,444 | 100.0% | 101,000 | 100.0% | 310,000 | 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, March 2, 2023