Traffic Safety Facts 2013 : large trucks.

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National Center for Statistics & Analysis NCSA
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Abstract

A large truck, as defined in this fact sheet, is any vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating greater than 10,000 pounds. In this fact sheet, the 2013 large-truck information is presented in the following order. - Overview - Crash Characteristics - Large-Truck Drivers - States. This fact sheet provides an overview of people killed or injured in crashes involving large trucks in 2012 and 2013. In 2013, there were 3,964 people killed and an estimated 95,000 people injured in crashes involving large trucks. In the United States, an estimated 342,000 large trucks were involved in police-reported traffic crashes during 2013. The majority of the 2013 percentages show minimal change when compared to 2012. Fatalities in crashes involving large trucks remained relatively level with only a half-percent increase from 3,944 in 2012 to 3,964 in 2013. Of the fatalities in 2013: - 71 percent were occupants of other vehicles, - 17 percent were occupants of large trucks, and - 11 percent were non-occupants. From 2012 to 2013 there was a 13-percent increase in the number of non-occupants killed. In 2013, there were an estimated 95,000 people injured in crashes involving large trucks –a decrease of 9 percent from an estimated 104,000 in 2012. Of the people injured in 2013: - 72 percent were occupants of other vehicles, - 25 percent were occupants of large trucks, and - 2 percent were non-occupants. From 2012 to 2013 there was a 9-percent decrease in the number of occupants of other vehicles injured. This fact sheet contains information on motor vehicle fatalities and fatal crashes, based on data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS). FARS is a census of fatal crashes within the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico (although Puerto Rico is not included in U.S. totals). Crash and injury statistics are based on data from the National Automotive Sampling System (NASS) General Estimates System (GES). The NASS GES is a probability-based sample of police-reported crashes, from 60 locations across the country, from which estimates of national totals for injury and property-damage-only crashes are derived. (Author/publisher)

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20150705 ST [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, 2015, 8 p.; DOT HS 812 150

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