The US Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has recently issued if annual report on Large Truck and Bus Crashes. The 118-page document covers a lot of data from collision reports nationwide. A summary of some of the key findings are these:
| The Number of large trucks and buses involved in fatal crashes in 2020: |
4998 |
| Increase in fatal truck crashes 2010-2020: |
31% |
| Percent of fatal crashes involving intercity buses: |
11% |
| Number of injuries in large truck crashes in 2020: |
101,000 |
| Percent fatal crashes in rural areas: |
54% |
| Percent fatal crashes on interstate highways: |
27% |
| Percent of fatal crashes occurring during the work week: |
82% |
| Percent of fatal crashes occurring at night: |
37% |
| Number of fatal large truck crashes per million people in 2020: |
13.49 |
| Percent of fatalities in large truck crashes who were not occupants of the large truck: |
90% |
| Number of large trucks involved in injury crashes in 2020: |
45,900 |
| Percent of large truck crashes caused by loss of control or careless movement of the large truck by its driver: |
23% |
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You can read the entire report by clicking here.
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