Crashes Table 26. Crashes by Work Zone and Crash Severity, 2020
| 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 | 4,240 | 95.4% | 96,000 | 95.5% | 295,000 | 95.2% |
| Yes | 204 | 4.6% | 5,000 | 4.5% | 15,000 | 4.8% |
| Construction Zone | 136 | 3.1% | 2,000 | 2.4% | 7,000 | 2.4% |
| Maintenance Zone | 10 | 0.2% | * | 0.4% | 2,000 | 0.6% |
| Utility Work Zone | 0 | 0.0% | * | * | * | * |
| Work Zone, Type Unknown | 58 | 1.3% | 2,000 | 1.7% | 5,000 | 1.8% |
| Unknown | 0 | 0.0% | * | * | * | * |
| Total | 4,444 | 100.0% | 101,000 | 100.0% | 310,000 | 100.0% |
| All Crashes | ||||||
| No | 34,992 | 97.8% | 1,562,000 | 98.1% | 3,551,000 | 98.1% |
| Yes | 774 | 2.2% | 31,000 | 1.9% | 70,000 | 1.9% |
| Construction Zone | 432 | 1.2% | 16,000 | 1.0% | 37,000 | 1.0% |
| Maintenance Zone | 47 | 0.1% | 3,000 | 0.2% | 6,000 | 0.2% |
| Utility Work Zone | 8 | * | * | * | 1,000 | * |
| Work Zone, Type Unknown | 287 | 0.8% | 12,000 | 0.7% | 26,000 | 0.7% |
| Unknown | 0 | 0.0% | * | * | * | * |
| Total | 35,766 | 100.0% | 1,593,000 | 100.0% | 3,622,000 | 100.0% |
| Percentage of Work Zone Crashes That Involved at Least One Large Truck | 26.4% | 14.7% | 20.9% | |||
| Percentage of All Crashes That Involved at Least One Large Truck | 12.4% | 6.3% | 8.5% | |||
| *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, March 2, 2023