Traffic safety facts 2007 data : large trucks.

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In 2007, 413,000 large trucks (gross vehicle weight rating greater than 10,000 pounds) were involved in traffic crashes in the United States; 4,584 were involved in fatal crashes. A total of 4,808 people died (12% of all the traffic fatalities reported in 2007) and an additional 101,000 were injured in those crashes.In 2006, large trucks accounted for 4 percent of all registered vehicles and 7 percent of total vehicle miles traveled (2007 registered vehicle and vehicle miles traveled data not available). In 2007, 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 2007 resulted from a collision involving a large truck. (Author/publisher)

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C 42231 [electronic version only]
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Washington, D.C., U.S. Department of Transportation DOT, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA, National Center for Statistics & Analysis NCSA, 2008, 5 p.; DOT HS 810 989

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