1968 ACCIDENTS OF LARGE MOTOR CARRIERS OF PROPERTY

LARGE MOTOR CARRIERS ARE DEFINED AS THOSE HAVING ANNUAL OPERATING REVENUES OF $300,000 OR MORE. THE ACCIDENTS CITED RESULTED IN FATALITIES, INJURIES, OR PROPERTY DAMAGE OF $250 OR MORE. TWO THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED THIRTY-FOUR CARRIERS REPORTED 29,209 INTERCITY ACCIDENTS, RESULTING IN 1,421 FATALITIES, 16,124 INJURIES, AND $66,871,490 PROPERTY DAMAGE. THE ACCIDENT FREQUENCY RATE PER MILLION VEHICLE MILES WAS 2.50. THE ACCIDENT FATALITY RATE PER 100 MILLION VEHICLE MILES WAS 12.14. THE DATA REPORTED ARE DEEMED ADEQUATE TO IDENTIFY ACCIDENT TRENDS AND PROBLEM AREAS PECULIAR TO INTERSTATE OPERATIONS. /HSL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Bureau of Motor Carrier Safety

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1969-12

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash rates; Crashes; Fatalities; Injuries; Interstate transportation; Loss and damage; Motor carriers; Property; Trend (Statistics)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Property damage
• Subject Areas: Highways; Motor Carriers; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221479
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Report/Paper Numbers: 10 pp
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Dec 13 1971 12:00AM