Large Truck Crash Facts 2006

This annual edition of Large Truck Crash Facts contains descriptive statistics about fatal, injury, and property damage only crashes involving large trucks in 2006. Selected crash statistics on passenger vehicles are also presented for comparison purposes. In addition, for the first time, the report includes 10 tables that show bus crash statistics. The major sources for the data are the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), the General Estimates System (GES), the Motor Carrier Management Information System (MCMIS), and "Highway Statistics" (an annual publication of the Federal Highway Administration). This year’s report is organized into four chapters: Trends, Crashes, Vehicles, and People. The Trends chapter shows data for 2006 in the context of available historical data for past years. In the other chapters, the 2006 data are shown in different ways, according to what is being counted. The Crashes chapter counts numbers of crashes; the Vehicles chapter counts vehicles in crashes; and the People chapter counts persons of all types involved in crashes. Four different types of counts are shown: (1) Crashes: Numbers of crashes involving various vehicle types. (2) Vehicles in Crashes: Numbers of vehicles involved in crashes. These counts may be larger than the number of crashes (fatal, injury, or property damage only), because more than one vehicle may be involved in a single crash. (3) People in Crashes: Numbers of people killed or injured in crashes. These counts generally are larger than the number of crashes (fatal or injury), because more than one person may be killed or injured in a single crash. People killed or injured may be occupants of a truck, occupants of another vehicle, or nonmotorists (pedestrians or pedalcyclists). (4) Drivers in Crashes: Numbers of vehicle drivers involved in crashes. These counts generally are equal to the numbers of vehicles involved in crashes.

• Record URL:
  • http://ai.fmcsa.dot.gov/CarrierResearchResults/PDFS/LargeTruckCrashFacts2006.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

  Analysis Division, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 2008-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 76p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Annual reports; Crash data; Crash injuries; Fatalities; Statistics; Tables (Data); Trend (Statistics); Truck crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Property damage
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I81: Accident Statistics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01095866
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: FMCSA-RI-08-001, HS-043 936
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Apr 30 2008 11:24AM