Table 32. Crashes Involving Large Trucks by Relation to Roadway and Crash Severity

Relation to Roadway

Single-Vehicle

Multiple-Vehicle

Total

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

Fatal Crashes

On Roadway

393

50.5%

3,459

94.5%

3,852

86.8%

Shoulder

90

11.6%

96

2.6%

186

4.2%

Median

33

4.2%

41

1.1%

74

1.7%

Roadside

182

23.4%

42

1.1%

224

5.0%

Outside of Roadway

23

3.0%

7

0.2%

30

0.7%

Off Roadway, Location Unknown

51

6.6%

7

0.2%

58

1.3%

In Parking Lane

1

*

0

0.0%

1

*

Gore

4

0.5%

6

0.2%

10

0.2%

Separator

1

0.1%

1

*

2

*

Two-Way Continuous Left-Turn Lane

0

0.0%

2

0.1%

2

*

Unknown

0

0.0%

1

*

1

*

Total

778

100.0%

3,662

100.0%

4,440

100.0%

Injury Crashes

On Roadway

6,000

38.5%

66,000

97.4%

72,000

86.8%

Shoulder

1,000

5.3%

*

0.6%

1,000

1.4%

Median

1,000

6.6%

1,000

1.0%

2,000

2.0%

Roadside

5,000

31.6%

*

0.8%

5,000

6.3%

Outside of Roadway

1,000

6.3%

*

*

1,000

1.1%

Off Roadway, Location Unknown

*

3.0%

*

*

*

0.5%

In Parking Lane

1,000

6.8%

*

*

1,000

1.2%

Gore

*

1.0%

*

0.1%

*

0.3%

Separator

*

*

*

*

*

*

Two-Way Continuous Left-Turn Lane

*

*

*

0.1%

*

0.1%

Unknown

*

0.9%

*

*

*

0.2%

Total

15,000

100.0%

68,000

100.0%

83,000

100.0%

Property Damage Only Crashes

On Roadway

17,000

20.1%

221,000

97.9%

239,000

76.5%

Shoulder

2,000

1.9%

1,000

0.4%

3,000

0.8%

Median

3,000

2.9%

1,000

0.4%

4,000

1.1%

Roadside

24,000

27.9%

1,000

0.4%

25,000

8.0%

Outside of Roadway

2,000

2.5%

*

*

2,000

0.7%

Off Roadway, Location Unknown

2,000

1.8%

*

*

2,000

0.5%

In Parking Lane

35,000

41.4%

*

0.2%

36,000

11.5%

Gore

*

0.5%

*

*

*

0.1%

Separator

*

*

*

*

*

*

Two-Way Continuous Left-Turn Lane

*

*

1,000

0.4%

1,000

0.3%

Unknown

1,000

1.0%

*

0.2%

1,000

0.4%

Total

86,000

100.0%

226,000

100.0%

312,000

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).