Vehicles Table 4. Large Trucks in Crashes by Cargo Body Type and Crash Severity, 2019
| Cargo Body Type | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Van/Enclosed Box | 1,943 | 38.8% | 25,842 | 42.5% | 51,035 | 46.3% |
| Cargo Tank | 376 | 7.5% | 3,614 | 5.9% | 5,890 | 5.3% |
| Flatbed | 600 | 12.0% | 6,764 | 11.1% | 12,698 | 11.5% |
| Dump | 402 | 8.0% | 6,067 | 10.0% | 9,120 | 8.3% |
| Concrete Mixer | 54 | 1.1% | 752 | 1.2% | 911 | 0.8% |
| Auto Transporter | 34 | 0.7% | 737 | 1.2% | 1,561 | 1.4% |
| Garbage/Refuse | 109 | 2.2% | 1,546 | 2.5% | 2,414 | 2.2% |
| Grain, Gravel, etc. | 169 | 3.4% | 1,356 | 2.2% | 2,266 | 2.1% |
| Pole | 25 | 0.5% | 191 | 0.3% | 318 | 0.3% |
| Log | 77 | 1.5% | 775 | 1.3% | 991 | 0.9% |
| Intermodal Container Chassis | 66 | 1.3% | 686 | 1.1% | 1,249 | 1.1% |
| Vehicle Towing Another Vehicle | 27 | 0.5% | 268 | 0.4% | 490 | 0.4% |
| No Cargo Body | 189 | 3.8% | 2,425 | 4.0% | 4,124 | 3.7% |
| Other | 711 | 14.2% | 9,094 | 15.0% | 16,103 | 14.6% |
| Unknown | 223 | 4.5% | 627 | 1.0% | 1,086 | 1.0% |
| Total | 5,005 | 100.0% | 60,744 | 100.0% | 110,256 | 100.0% |
| 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, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS). Injury and Towaway Crashes: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Motor Carrier Management Information System (MCMIS), data snapshot as of December 18, 2020. | ||||||
Last updated: Monday, January 30, 2023