As the trucking industry rakes in over $1 billion a year and dominates American roads, a greater number of truck drivers, other motorists, and pedestrians are put at risk. Trucking accidents today are becoming a major concern to all people who use the roadways of America.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) provides you a brief overview of Truck Accident Statistics, and also shows how the moving giants on the road are creating fear among the common residents of America.
Here are some eye openers:-
| According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2002, 11% of all motor vehicle traffic fatalities reported involved a heavy truck. |
| 416,000 large trucks were involved in traffic crashes in the Unites States in 2004. |
| 4,862 trucks were involved in fatal crashes. |
| The number of people who died in truck accidents in 2004 was 5,190. |
| An additional 116,000 people were injured in those crashes. |
| Large trucks are much more likely to be involved in a fatal multiple-vehicle crash, as opposed to a fatal-single-vehicle crash. |
| Most fatal truck accidents, nearly 66%, occur in rural areas during daytime and on weekdays. During the week, 74% of the crashes occur during the daytime and on weekends 62% occur at night. |
| The percentage of drivers of large trucks involved in fatal crashes that had a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of .08 grams per deciliter or higher was 1% in the year 2004. |
| About 27% of all large truck drivers involved in fatal truck accidents had at least one speeding conviction compared to 19% of the passenger vehicle drivers involved in fatal crashes. |
You can view complete truck accident statistics report at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/departments/nrd-30/ncsa/ 
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