Table 42. 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

395

47.8%

3,189

94.8%

3,584

85.5%

Shoulder

108

13.1%

71

2.1%

179

4.3%

Median

34

4.1%

38

1.1%

72

1.7%

Roadside

208

25.2%

51

1.5%

259

6.2%

Outside of Roadway

29

3.5%

3

0.1%

32

0.8%

Off Roadway, Location Unknown

46

5.6%

5

0.1%

51

1.2%

In Parking Lane

1

0.1%

0

0.0%

1

*

Gore

4

0.5%

1

*

5

0.1%

Separator

2

0.2%

2

0.1%

4

0.1%

Two-Way Continuous Left-Turn Lane

0

0.0%

2

0.1%

2

*

Unknown

0

0.0%

1

*

1

*

Total

827

100.0%

3,363

100.0%

4,190

100.0%

Injury Crashes

On Roadway

4,000

38.2%

59,000

96.3%

63,000

87.7%

Shoulder

*

4.2%

*

0.5%

1,000

1.0%

Median

1,000

9.4%

1,000

1.1%

2,000

2.3%

Roadside

4,000

35.0%

1,000

2.0%

5,000

6.8%

Outside of Roadway

*

2.7%

*

*

*

0.4%

Off Roadway, Location Unknown

*

0.7%

*

0.1%

*

0.2%

In Parking Lane

1,000

5.7%

*

*

1,000

0.8%

Gore

*

1.8%

*

*

*

0.3%

Separator

*

*

*

*

*

*

Two-Way Continuous Left-Turn Lane

*

*

*

0.1%

*

0.1%

Unknown

*

2.4%

*

*

*

0.4%

Total

11,000

100.0%

62,000

100.0%

72,000

100.0%

Property Damage Only Crashes

On Roadway

16,000

16.4%

214,000

98.0%

230,000

72.6%

Shoulder

3,000

3.1%

1,000

0.5%

4,000

1.3%

Median

3,000

3.0%

1,000

0.6%

4,000

1.3%

Roadside

24,000

23.8%

1,000

0.4%

24,000

7.7%

Outside of Roadway

3,000

3.4%

*

*

3,000

1.1%

Off Roadway, Location Unknown

2,000

1.6%

*

*

2,000

0.5%

In Parking Lane

46,000

46.8%

*

0.2%

47,000

14.7%

Gore

*

0.2%

*

*

*

0.1%

Separator

*

*

*

0.1%

*

0.1%

Two-Way Continuous Left-Turn Lane

*

*

*

*

*

*

Unknown

2,000

1.8%

*

0.2%

2,000

0.7%

Total

99,000

100.0%

218,000

100.0%

317,000

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).