Truck-involved crash fatalities down, injuries up in 2014

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Updated Nov 15, 2021

FMCSA-crash-report-2014The number of large trucks involved in fatal accidents decreased 5 percent from 3,921 to 3,744 in 2014, according to new data from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

In its annual “Large Truck and Bus Crash Facts” report, FMCSA found large truck fatalities per 100 million vehicle miles traveled decreased by 6 percent from 1.43 to 1.34. However, crashes with trucks resulting in injuries increased by 21 percent from 73,000 to 88,000.

These figures do not account for crash fault in crashes involving trucks. They only measure truck-involved crashes.

Of the approximately 411,000 police-reported crashes involving trucks in 2014, 3,424 (1 percent) resulted in at least one fatality, FMCSA says, and 82,000 (20 percent) resulted in at least one non-fatal injury.

Approximately 61 percent of all fatal crashes involving trucks occurred on rural roads, and 26 percent were on rural or urban interstates.

Of the 3,697 truck drivers involved in fatal crashes, 202 (5 percent) were under the age of 25 and 216 (6 percent) were over the age of 66. At least one driver-related factor was recorded for 34 percent of truck drivers involved in fatal crashes compared to 58 percent of the passenger vehicle drivers in fatal crashes.

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