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Vehicles Table 4. Large Trucks in Crashes by Cargo Body Type and Crash Severity, 2019

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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