Large trucks.

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In 2003, 457,000 large trucks (gross vehicle weight rating greater than 10,000 pounds) were involved in traffic crashes in the United States; 4,669 were involved in fatal crashes. A total of 4,986 people died (12 percent of all the traffic fatalities reported in 2003) and an additional 122,000 were injured in those crashes. In 2002, large trucks accounted for 4 percent of all registered vehicles and 8 percent of total vehicle miles travelled (2003 registered vehicle and vehicle miles travelled data not available). In 2003, large trucks accounted for 8 percent of all vehicles involved in fatal crashes and 4 percent of all vehicles involved in injury and property-damage-only crashes. One out of nine traffic fatalities in 2003 resulted from a collision involving a large truck. (Author/publisher)

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C 37188 [electronic version only]
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Washington, D.C., U.S. Department of Transportation DOT, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA, 2003, 6 p.; NHTSA Traffic Safety Facts 2003 Data / DOT HS 809 763

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