Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Large Truck Crash Facts 2005, March 2007

U.S. Department Of Transportation. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

Table 17. Single-Unit Truck Injury Crash Statistics, 1988-2005

Year	Injury Crashes	Vehicles Involved	Persons Injured	Million Vehicle Miles Traveled	Injury Crashes per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Traveled	Vehicles Involved in Injury Crashes per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Traveled	Persons Injured per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Traveled	Single-Unit Trucks Registered
1988	41,000	41,000	55,000	49,434	82.3	82.8	111.2	4,469,557
1989	46,000	46,000	70,000	50,870	89.8	91.3	137.9	4,519,300
1990	45,000	46,000	70,000	51,901	86.2	89.4	135.0	4,486,981
1991	33,000	34,000	48,000	52,898	63.0	64.3	91.4	4,480,815
1992	46,000	48,000	69,000	53,874	85.2	88.2	128.5	4,369,842
1993	39,000	40,000	57,000	56,772	69.0	71.0	100.8	4,407,850
1994	34,000	35,000	52,000	61,284	56.1	57.6	85.6	4,906,385
1995	32,000	33,000	51,000	62,705	51.5	53.2	80.9	5,023,669
1996	36,000	37,000	54,000	64,072	56.0	57.3	84.0	5,266,029
1997	42,000	43,000	60,000	66,893	63.2	63.9	89.6	5,293,358
1998	38,000	38,000	54,000	68,021	55.2	56.0	79.4	5,734,925
1999	43,000	44,000	65,000	70,304	60.8	62.2	92.3	5,762,864
2000	48,000	48,000	70,000	70,500	67.5	68.4	98.6	5,926,030
2001	41,000	41,000	62,000	72,448	56.1	56.9	85.6	5,703,501
2002	43,000	44,000	61,000	75,866	57.1	58.0	80.7	5,650,619
2003	40,000	40,000	59,000	77,757	50.9	51.8	76.1	5,848,523
2004	39,000	39,000	54,000	78,441	49.2	50.2	69.0	6,161,028
2005	32,000	34,000	49,000	79,174	41.0	42.4	61.6	6,395,240

Notes: “Persons Injured” includes all nonfatally injured persons in injury and fatal crashes. A single-unit truck is defined as a medium or heavy truck in which the engine, cab, drive train, and cargo area are all on one chassis.

Sources: Vehicle Miles of Travel and Registered Vehicles: Federal Highway Administration. Injury Crashes, Vehicles Involved, and Injuries: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, General Estimates System (GES).

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