Crashes Table 26. Crashes by Work Zone and Crash Severity, 2019
| Work Zone | Fatal Crashes: Number | Fatal Crashes: Percent | Injury Crashes: Number | Injury Crashes: Percent | Property Damage Only Crashes: Number | Property Damage Only Crashes: Percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crashes Involving Large Trucks | ||||||
| No | 4,231 | 94.5% | 110,000 | 96.7% | 374,000 | 95.4% |
| Yes | 248 | 5.5% | 4,000 | 3.3% | 18,000 | 4.6% |
| Construction Zone | 152 | 3.4% | 1,000 | 0.8% | 10,000 | 2.6% |
| Maintenance Zone | 15 | 0.3% | 1,000 | 0.5% | 1,000 | 0.3% |
| Utility Work Zone | 3 | 0.1% | * | * | * | * |
| Work Zone, Type Unknown | 78 | 1.7% | 2,000 | 2.0% | 7,000 | 1.7% |
| Unknown | 0 | 0.0% | * | * | * | * |
| Total | 4,479 | 100.0% | 114,000 | 100.0% | 392,000 | 100.0% |
| All Crashes | ||||||
| No | 32,482 | 97.7% | 1,889,000 | 98.6% | 4,719,000 | 98.2% |
| Yes | 762 | 2.3% | 27,000 | 1.4% | 87,000 | 1.8% |
| Construction Zone | 430 | 1.3% | 10,000 | 0.5% | 47,000 | 1.0% |
| Maintenance Zone | 41 | 0.1% | 3,000 | 0.1% | 5,000 | 0.1% |
| Utility Work Zone | 14 | * | 1,000 | * | 1,000 | * |
| Work Zone, Type Unknown | 277 | 0.8% | 13,000 | 0.7% | 34,000 | 0.7% |
| Unknown | 0 | 0.0% | * | * | * | * |
| Total | 33,244 | 100.0% | 1,916,000 | 100.0% | 4,806,000 | 100.0% |
| Percentage of Work Zone Crashes That Involved at Least One Large Truck | 32.5% | 14.0% | 20.7% | |||
| Percentage of All Crashes That Involved at Least One Large Truck | 13.5% | 6.0% | 8.2% | |||
| *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. A work zone is an area of a trafficway where construction, maintenance, or utility work activities are identified by warning sign/signals/indicators. Individual numbers may not add up to the totals due to independent rounding. Percentages are based on unrounded numbers. |
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| 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