Crash and learn: Study offers truck accident data
Over the past several years, the number of large trucks on our roadways has continued to increase. Along with the growing number of miles driven by truckers has come an overall increase in crash rates and truck-related crash deaths. We have collected and analyzed three years worth of fatal crash data to make this the most comprehensive collection of truck accident statistics and facts on the Internet.
While the NHTSA cannot provide any concrete reasons why the trend upward has continued as it has when it comes to fatalities on the road, the fact that there simply are more vehicles traveling more miles than ever before. Far too many of us are distracted drivers, people who still do not use seatbelts, pedestrians who do not pay attention to our surroundings, and who don’t always stay alert to the host of other contributing factors around us every day.
Each year, both fatal crashes and total fatalities increased – with an 11.4 percent increase in fatal truck crashes and a 10.5 percent increase in fatalities in 2017 over those in 2015.
2015
3,468
FATAL CRASHES
3,914
FATALITIES
2016
3,645
FATAL CRASHES
4,080
FATALITIES
2017
3,865
FATAL CRASHES
4,326
FATALITIES
Crash and learn: Study offers truck accident data
Discussion in 'Trucking Accidents' started by chico9696, Oct 20, 2019.
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How much did the fleet count increase and the fleet mileage increase?
lovesthedrive Thanks this. -
I noticed they left out an important factor. What percentage of those accidents were at night. When I was getting training at CR England, they claimed that 80% of trucking accidents were at night. Also left out of the story was if the number of trucks on the road had remained the same. Or did the increase follow by the amount of drivers that increased each year.
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Although its not PC to say this, every year we have more foreign truck drivers that come from countries where saftey isnt a big priorty.
JonJon78 Thanks this. -
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From 2016 to 2017, large truck and bus fatalities per 100 million vehicle miles traveled by all motor vehicles increased by 6.8 percent, from 0.146 to 0.156.
Large Truck and Bus Crash Facts 2017
blairandgretchen Thanks this. -
You’d have to have them break down immigration status by drivers involved in fatality crashes and compare the numbers.
I doubt you’ll find anything out of the ordinary, but I could be wrong.
Most folks don’t plan to get into a fatal accident when they get out of bed in the morning. -
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