Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Large Truck and Bus Crash Facts 2007, January 2009

Table 50. Large Trucks in Crashes by Hazardous Materials (HM) Cargo

HM Cargo	Fatal		Injury		Towaway
HM Cargo	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Yes	176	3.8%	893	1.6%	1,254	1.5%
No	4,406	96.1%	40,829	71.8%	55,173	66.0%
Unknown	2	*	15,128	26.6%	27,120	32.5%
Total	4,584	100.0%	56,850	100.0%	83,547	100.0%

*Less than 0.05 percent.

Notes: A large truck is defined here as a truck, used for commercial purposes, with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) or gross combination weight rating greater than 10,000 pounds. Injury crashes are defined here as crashes that resulted in at least one injury involving immediate medical attention away from the crash scene. (Note that this definition of an injury crash is not the same as that used in the GES injury estimates presented in other tables of this report.) Towaway crashes are defined here as crashes in which at least one vehicle was disabled as a result of the crash and transported away from the crash scene.

Sources: Fatal Crashes: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS). Injury and Towaway Crashes: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, MCMIS Crash File.