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 2016, 80 percent of the large trucks involved in fatal traffic crashes were heavy large trucks (GVWR > 26,000 lbs.). In this fact sheet for 2016, large-truck information is presented as follows: * Overview * Crash characteristics * Large-truck drivers * States. This fact sheet contains information on fatal motor vehicle crashes and fatalities, based on data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS). FARS is a census of fatal crashes in the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico (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 traffic crashes from 60 locations across the country, from which estimates of national totals for injury and property-damageonly crashes are derived. NASS GES was discontinued in 2016 and was replaced with a new system called the Crash Report Sampling System (CRSS). The 2016 data year is the first data collection year of CRSS. However, the 2016 estimates are not currently available. Thus, injury and property-damage-only crash estimates for 2016 will not be presented in this publication. (Author/publisher)
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