STATUS REPORT ON LARGE-TRUCK SAFETY

Recent publicity on large-truck accidents gives a clear message: the public feels there is a real truck safety problem in the United States. It leads one to ask whether these accidents, resulting traffic jams, and media interest in truck safety indicate increases in the number of large-truck related accidents, and to ask what is the real record of large-truck safety in the United States and what can be done to make improvements. This article examines these issues, points out significant trends, and makes some suggestions for improvement.

• Record URL:
  • https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c104685899?urlappend=%3Bseq=47
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/7938948
• Corporate Authors:

  Eno Transportation Foundation

  P.O. Box 2055, Saugatuck Station
  Westport, CT  United States  06880-0055
• Authors:
  • SEIFF, H E
• Publication Date: 1990-1

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 37-50
• Serial:
  • Transportation Quarterly
  • Volume: 44
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Eno Transportation Foundation
  • ISSN: 0278-9434

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crashes; Fatalities; Heavy vehicles; Highway safety; Improvements; Publicity; Statistics; Trend (Statistics); Trucks
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Motor Carriers; Safety and Human Factors; I81: Accident Statistics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00490703
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Jan 31 1990 12:00AM