Samenvatting
In Canada in 2001, 524 persons died and a further 11,574 were injured in collisions involving a heavy truck. Heavy truck crashes account for almost one-fifth of all motor vehicle deaths and 5% of all the injuries. The per-vehicle fatality and injury rates for heavy trucks are much higher than for all types of vehicles. Heavy trucks also have higher per-distance rates of fatal crash but lower rates of injury crashes than for all types of vehicles. Most of the deaths (87% of them) and injuries (74% of them) in collisions involving heavy trucks were among people other than the truck occupants. (Author/publisher)