Every 16 minutes someone is killed or suffers injuries in accidents involving 18-wheeler tractor-trailer or semi
In 2001, 429,000 large trucks in traffic accidents (both fatal and minor) involved in the U.S.:
- 4,793 were involved in fatal accidents
- 5,082 people died
- 131 000 were injured
- In 2001 there were 6,536 total crash with tractor trailer trucks in Pennsylvania, there were 154 fatalities.
In 2003, there were a total of 58 512 vehiclesAccidents involving fatalities in the U.S.
- 4,669 were large trucks involved in a fatal truck accident
- Large trucks are more likely to be involved in a fatal accident with other vehicles such as cars.
In 2003, Texas 5040 road fatalities, 438 of which would be fatal truck accident experience. This number has risen to a total of 5,039 accidents and 401 fatal truck accidents during the previous year 2002. In Pennsylvania, there were 2,233 fatal trafficAccidents in 2003, of which 213 were fatal truck accidents, as in the corresponding figures of 2198 and 174 against for the year 2002. Florida had 4432 fatal traffic accidents in 2003 with 343 of them in trucks, higher than the total 4,431 accidents in 2002 but was lower than that of the 351 fatal truck accidents during the same period. The largest number of fatal road accidents happened in California, is the incredible number of fatal road accidents in 5725 in 2003. But in 332, theNumber of fatal truck accidents were not the highest among all U.S. states.
Trucking revenues totaled 610 billion U.S. dollars last year and revenue that is expected to almost double by 2015. Most fatalities occur in rural truck (68 percent) during the day (66 percent) and weekdays (78 percent). In 2002, the majority of large truck accidents occurred in good weather (71 percent), on dry roads (71 percent) during the day (75 percent) and weekdays (88Percent).
About 27 percent of all drivers of large trucks in fatal truck accidents in the United States had been involved in at least one speeding conviction, compared with 19 percent of fatal crashes involved drivers. From 1992-2002, the number of large trucks involved in fatal accidents up to 10% due to increased driver fatigue, unsafe vehicle operation, large, unstable loads or defective equipment.
Defects contribute to the number of large trucksAccidents per year. Some of these deficiencies are:
- Tyres and wheels: 80 arrests
- Brake-related: 76 arrests
- Engine / transmission: 52 arrests
- Wheel: 13 arrests
About 700 truck drivers and passengers in truck cabs die each year. In addition, about 3,700 people die in cars and more cars every year in collisions with heavy trucks.
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety reports that in accidents with larger vehicles and otherVehicles, 98% of deaths occur in people in cars.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has warned groups with 15 passenger vans about the dangers of fully loaded vans and then putting an inexperienced driver behind the wheel. The NHTSA also found that 15 passenger vans are large trucks and should only be driven by people with experience driving large trucks.
The FMCSA's Motor Carrier Management Information System (MCMIS)classifies a large truck, as if the gross vehicle weight (GVWR) of more than 10,000 pounds.
Most fatal collisions with tractor-trailer trucks are trucks that are pulling a trailer. A recent survey showed that 64% of fatal accidents had a truck trailer. Thirty-two percent of those involved single unit trucks (without trailers) and less than 4% of multi-trailer vehicles (more than a trailer).
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