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2007 National Truck and Bus Crash Picture Webinar Ralph Craft, Ph.D. Senior Transportation Specialist

Fatal Large Truck Crashes in 2007  Three Levels of Crash Data  People – 4,808 People Killed in Large Truck Crashes  Trucks – 4,584 Large Trucks involved in Fatal Crashes  Crashes – 4,190 Fatal Crashes involving at least one Large Truck Source: Fatality Analysis Reporting System, 2007 2

Fatalities in Large Truck Crashes (three year averages) 5400 5300 5200 Fatalities 5100 Fatalities 5000 4900 4800 93-95 96-98 99-01 02-05 05-07 Years 3

Truck Occupant Deaths Single Vehicle 900 Total 800 700 600 Fatalities 500 400 300 200 100 0 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Year 4

Motor Vehicles in Crashes, 2007 Crash Large Other Percent Type Trucks Vehicles Trucks Fatal 4,584 54,679 8% Injury 72,000 2,992,000 3% PDO 333,000 7,398,000 4% Total 441,000 10,417,000 4% 5

Fatalities in Crashes Year Trucks Cars Motorcycles Total 2003 5,036 39,148 3,771 42,884 2004 5.235 38,759 4,103 42,836 2005 5,240 38,933 4,668 43,510 2006 5,027 38,140 4,935 42,708 2007 4,808 36,267 5,250 41,059 6

Vehicle Involvement Rates: Fatal Crashes (per 100 million vehicle miles traveled) Passenger Vehicles 3 2.5 Large Trucks 2 1.5 1 0.5 0 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Source: Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), NHTSA; FHWA 7

Vehicle Involvement Rates: Injury Crashes (per 100 million vehicle miles traveled) Passenger Vehicles 180 160 Large Trucks 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 8

Total Crash Rates, 2007 400 350 300 250 Passenger Vehicles 200 Large Trucks 150 100 50 0 Fatal Injury PDO Total 9

Vehicle Configuration, 2007  Registration  Combination Trucks – 2,220,995  Single Unit Trucks – 6,806,630  Vehicle Miles Traveled  Combination Trucks – 145,008 million  Single Unit Trucks – 81,954 million  Involved in Fatal Crashes  Combination Trucks – 3,393  Single Unit Trucks – 1,183 Source: FHWA 10

Crash Type, All Trucks – Fatals, 2007  Collision with Another Vehicle in Transport – 75%  Angle – 35%  Rear End – 17%  Head On – 15%  Side Swipe – 6%  Collision with Fixed Object – 9%  Collision with Pedestrian – 7%  Rollover – 5%  Other – 4% 11

Large Truck-Passenger Vehicle Crashes, 2007 Fatal Crash Type  Rear End:  Large truck Strikes passenger vehicle – 5%  Passenger vehicle Strikes large truck – 16%  Head On:  Large truck Crosses Center Line – 1%  Passenger vehicle Crosses Center Line – 16%  Other, unknown 12

Driver Related Crash Factors, 2007 Two Vehicle Fatal Crashes – Truck & Passenger Vehicle LTs PVs Total (Percent of drivers) 38.1% 67.5% Selected Factors Ran off road/out of lane 11.6% 30.4% Driving in excess of posted maximum 8.4% 21.1% Inattentive/careless driving 5.8% 8.6% Failure to yield right of way 4.2% 8.1% Failure to obey traffic signs 2.8% 4.7% Improper tailing 2.7% .8% Drowsy/fatigued 1.7% 1.8% Water/snow/oil on roadway 1.7% 2.2% Overcorrecting 1.6% 5.2% Other passenger vehicle factors: Under Influence of Alcohol, Drugs, Medication – 14.9%; Erratic/Reckless – 3.4%; Hit and run – 2.0% 13

HazMat and Buses, 2007  Large Trucks Carrying HM in 2007  Number: 4% in Fatal Crashes; 1% in Non-Fatals  Releases: 36% in Fatal Crashes; 12% in Non-Fatals  Release of Flammable Liquids (Gasoline, etc.): 62% in Fatal Crashes; 43% in Non-Fatals  Buses, in perspective: Vehicles involved in Crashes  Large Trucks – 4,584  All Buses – 278  Cross Country/Intercity Buses – 35 14

Contact Information Ralph Craft, Ph.D. 202-386-0324 Ralph.Craft@dot.gov for 2007 overview report: http://ai.fmcsa.dot.gov/default.aspx (Crash Statistics; National Statistics) 15