A large truck as defined in this fact sheet is any medium or heavy truck, excluding buses and motor homes, with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) greater than 10,000 pounds. In 2014, 85 percent of the large trucks involved in fatal traffic crashes were heavy large trucks (GVWR > 26,000 lbs.). In this 2014 fact sheet, large-truck information is presented as follows: * Overview; * Crash Characteristics; * Large-Truck Drivers; and * States. In 2014 there were 3,903 people killed and an estimated 111,000 people injured in crashes involving large trucks. In the United States, an estimated 438,000 large trucks were involved in police-reported traffic crashes during 2014. Table 1 provides an overview of people killed or injured in crashes involving large trucks from 2005 to 2014. Fatalities in crashes involving large trucks declined by 2 percent from 3,981 in 2013 to 3,903 in 2014. Over a 10-year period there was a 26-percent decrease in the total number of people killed in large truck crashes, from 5,240 fatalities in 2005 to 3,903 fatalities in 2014. Of the fatalities in 2014: * 73 percent were occupants of other vehicles, * 17 percent were occupants of large trucks, and * 10 percent were non-occupants (pedestrians, pedal-cyclist, etc.). From 2013 to 2014 there was a 12-percent decrease in the number of non-occupants killed, from 441 non-occupants killed in 2013 to 389 non-occupants killed in 2014. In 2014 there were an estimated 111,000 people injured in crashes involving large trucks–an increase of 17 percent from an estimated 95,000 in 2013. Over a 10-year period there was a 2-percent decrease in the total number of people injured in large-truck crashes, from 114,000 injured in 2005 to 111,000 injured in 2014. Of the people injured in 2014: * 74 percent were occupants of other vehicles, * 23 percent were occupants of large trucks, and * 3 percent were non-occupants. From 2013 to 2014 there was a 19-percent increase in the number of injured occupants of other vehicles involved in large-truck traffic crashes, from 69,000 injured occupants in 2013 to 82,000 injured occupants in 2014. (Author/publisher)
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