In crashes with trucks, an annual average of 80 road deaths were registered[i] from 2009 to 2018; an average of 6 truck occupants and 74 occupants of crash opponents. In crashes with delivery vans, an annual average of 67 road deaths were registered in that same period; an average of 18 van occupants and 49 occupants of crash opponents. The number of serious road injuries in truck and delivery van crashes is unknown. Since 2009, reliable figures have not been available (also see SWOV fact sheet Serious road injuries in the Netherlands).
Table 2 shows the number of annually registered road deaths on account of crashes with trucks and delivery vans. It also shows that considerably more road deaths are registered among the ‘crash opponents’ than among the truck and van occupants themselves. Moreover, Table 2 implies that crashes with trucks or delivery vans make up about one quarter of the total number of registered road deaths and that this share remains steady.
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|
|
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
|
Truck |
Occupants |
4 |
4 |
3 |
7 |
7 |
6 |
10 |
6 |
8 |
7 |
|
|
Crash opponents |
91 |
76 |
74 |
66 |
78 |
69 |
66 |
70 |
64 |
81 |
|
Delivery van |
Occupants |
24 |
22 |
18 |
16 |
15 |
7 |
15 |
24 |
21 |
21 |
|
|
Crash opponents |
65 |
47 |
57 |
52 |
43 |
35 |
33 |
58 |
49 |
50 |
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Total number of registered road deaths with trucks or delivery vans (excl. overlap) |
170 |
138 |
142 |
135 |
133 |
113 |
122 |
142 |
132 |
147 |
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|
Share in total number of registered road deaths |
26% |
26% |
26% |
24% |
28% |
24% |
23% |
27% |
25% |
25% |
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Table 2. Number of registered road deaths involving trucks and/or delivery vans, including crashes in which these vehicle types are involved as third parties, broken down by truck/delivery van occupants and occupants of crash opponents. Crashes involving both a delivery van and a truck are only included once. Source: Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management (Dutch: IenW) – Database of Registered Crashes in the Netherlands (Dutch: BRON).
[i] The number of registered road deaths is lower than the actual number of road deaths. Also see SWOV fact sheett Road deaths in the Netherlands
