Vehicles Table 2. Large Trucks in Crashes by Vehicle Configuration and Crash Severity, 2020
| Vehicle Configuration | Fatal Crashes: Number | Fatal Crashes: Percent | Injury Crashes (MCMIS Data): Number |
Injury Crashes (MCMIS Data): Percent |
Towaway Crashes (MCMIS Data): Number |
Towaway Crashes (MCMIS Data): Percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single-Unit, 2 Axles | 1,219 | 25.2% | 10,283 | 22.4% | 16,980 | 19.6% |
| Single-Unit, 3+ Axles | 458 | 9.5% | 5,703 | 12.4% | 9,324 | 10.8% |
| Truck/Trailer(s) | 247 | 5.1% | 4,600 | 10.0% | 8,925 | 10.3% |
| Truck Tractor (Bobtail) | 91 | 1.9% | 1,508 | 3.3% | 2,077 | 2.4% |
| Tractor/Semi-trailer | 2,566 | 53.0% | 21,424 | 46.7% | 44,785 | 51.7% |
| Tractor/Double | 123 | 2.5% | 724 | 1.6% | 1,794 | 2.1% |
| Tractor/Triple | 2 | * | 40 | 0.1% | 95 | 0.1% |
| Light Truck (HM Placard) | — | — | 8 | * | 23 | * |
| Unknown | 8 | 0.2% | 1,303 | 2.8% | 2,202 | 2.5% |
| Missing | — | — | 307 | 0.7% | 413 | 0.5% |
| Total | 4,842 | 100.0% | 45,900 | 100.0% | 86,618 | 100.0% |
*Less than 0.05 percent.
"— Not an option in the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS).
Notes: For fatal crashes, a large truck is defined as a truck with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) greater than 10,000 pounds. For injury and towaway crashes, a large truck is defined here as a truck, used for commercial purposes, with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) or gross combination weight rating greater than 10,000 pounds, or any vehicle carrying hazardous material that requires placarding, regardless of weight. Injury crashes are defined here as crashes that resulted in at least one injury involving immediate medical attention away from the crash scene. (Note that this definition of an injury crash is not the same as that used in the CRSS injury estimates presented in other tables of this report.) Towaway crashes are defined here as crashes in which at least one vehicle was disabled as a result of the crash and transported away from the crash scene.
Sources: Fatal Crashes: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, FARS. Injury and Towaway Crashes: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Motor Carrier Management Information System (MCMIS), data snapshot as of December 31, 2021.
Last updated: Monday, March 6, 2023