Truck Crash Fatalities & Injuries

Truck Crash Fatalities & Injuries How often do they occur? In 2009, The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released shocking numbers concerning the number of truck crashes that occur yearly. Though these numbers have decreased significantly throughout the last decade, it is hard to deny how many truck accidents still occur annually. 200000 180000 160000 140000 8120000 100000 80000 60000 40000 20000 2003 Year I Injuries Truck Crash Injuries (1999-2009) 1999 2001 2005 2007 2009 Persons Injured in Crashes Involving a Large Truck 6000 50000 4000 3000 2000 1000 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 Year IDeaths Truck Crash Fatalities (1999-2009) Persons Killed in Crashes Involving a Large Truck In 2009 alone, 74,000 people were injured in crashes involving large trucks. 3,380 were killed in crashes involving large trucks. 44.6% Percentage of head-on- collisions with large trucks involved 75% Of those injured, one-quarter were truck drivers or truck passengers. Three-quarters of the injured were occupants of other vehicles involved in crashes with large trucks. 25% For more information on truck accidents, please visit www.zdfirm.com ZD *Stats provided by NHTSA.gov Zinda& Davis Deaths 事 生