Table 32. Crashes Involving Large Trucks by Relation to Roadway and Crash Severity
|
Relation to Roadway |
Single-Vehicle |
Multiple-Vehicle |
Total |
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|
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
|
|
Fatal Crashes |
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|
On Roadway |
347 |
48.0% |
3,290 |
95.1% |
3,637 |
86.9% |
|
Shoulder |
102 |
14.1% |
73 |
2.1% |
175 |
4.2% |
|
Median |
43 |
5.9% |
27 |
0.8% |
70 |
1.7% |
|
Roadside |
167 |
23.1% |
50 |
1.4% |
217 |
5.2% |
|
Outside of Roadway |
10 |
1.4% |
6 |
0.2% |
16 |
0.4% |
|
Off Roadway, Location Unknown |
50 |
6.9% |
5 |
0.1% |
55 |
1.3% |
|
In Parking Lane |
0 |
0.0% |
1 |
* |
1 |
* |
|
Gore |
0 |
0.0% |
4 |
0.1% |
4 |
0.1% |
|
Separator |
2 |
0.3% |
0 |
0.0% |
2 |
* |
|
Two-Way Continuous Left-Turn Lane |
0 |
0.0% |
3 |
0.1% |
3 |
* |
|
Unknown |
2 |
0.3% |
1 |
* |
3 |
0.1% |
|
Total |
723 |
100.0% |
3,460 |
100.0% |
4,183 |
100.0% |
|
Injury Crashes |
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|
On Roadway |
6,000 |
43.9% |
74,000 |
98.3% |
81,000 |
89.7% |
|
Shoulder |
1,000 |
6.1% |
* |
0.1% |
1,000 |
1.1% |
|
Median |
1,000 |
6.4% |
1,000 |
0.8% |
2,000 |
1.7% |
|
Roadside |
5,000 |
35.0% |
* |
0.6% |
5,000 |
6.1% |
|
Outside of Roadway |
* |
3.3% |
* |
* |
* |
0.5% |
|
Off Roadway, Location Unknown |
* |
1.2% |
* |
* |
* |
0.2% |
|
In Parking Lane |
* |
1.5% |
* |
* |
* |
0.2% |
|
Gore |
* |
1.5% |
* |
0.1% |
* |
0.3% |
|
Separator |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
|
Unknown |
* |
0.8% |
* |
0.1% |
* |
* |
|
Total |
14,000 |
100.0% |
76,000 |
100.0% |
90,000 |
100.0% |
|
Property Damage Only Crashes |
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|
On Roadway |
20,000 |
21.3% |
224,000 |
98.9% |
244,000 |
75.8% |
|
Shoulder |
2,000 |
1.7% |
1,000 |
0.2% |
2,000 |
0.7% |
|
Median |
2,000 |
2.4% |
1,000 |
0.4% |
3,000 |
1.0% |
|
Roadside |
25,000 |
25.6% |
1,000 |
0.3% |
25,000 |
7.8% |
|
Outside of Roadway |
4,000 |
3.8% |
* |
* |
4,000 |
1.1% |
|
Off Roadway, Location Unknown |
1,000 |
1.3% |
* |
0.2% |
2,000 |
0.5% |
|
In Parking Lane |
41,000 |
42.4% |
* |
* |
41,000 |
12.6% |
|
Gore |
1,000 |
0.8% |
* |
* |
1,000 |
0.2% |
|
Separator |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
|
Unknown |
1,000 |
0.7% |
* |
* |
1,000 |
0.2% |
|
Total |
96,000 |
100.0% |
227,000 |
100.0% |
322,000 |
100.0% |
*Less than 500 or less than 0.05 percent.
Note: A large truck is defined as a truck with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) greater than 10,000 pounds.
Sources: Fatal Crashes: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS). Injury and Property Damage Only Crashes: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, General Estimates System (GES).