Table 42. Crashes Involving Large Trucks by Relation to Roadway and Crash Severity

Relation to Roadway

Single-Vehicle

Multiple-Vehicle

Total

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

Fatal Crashes

On Roadway

348

47.0%

2,836

94.8%

3,184

85.3%

Shoulder

111

15.0%

68

2.3%

179

4.8%

Median

37

5.0%

34

1.1%

71

1.9%

Roadside

170

22.9%

35

1.2%

205

5.5%

Outside of Roadway

26

3.5%

8

0.3%

34

0.9%

Off Roadway, Location Unknown

41

5.5%

7

0.2%

48

1.3%

In Parking Lane

1

0.1%

0

0.0%

1

*

Gore

6

0.8%

2

*

8

0.2%

Separator

1

0.1%

1

0.0%

2

0.1%

Two-Way Continuous Left-Turn Lane

0

0.0%

1

0.0%

1

*

Unknown

0

0.0%

0

*

0

*

Total

741

100.0%

2,992

100.0%

3,733

100.0%

Injury Crashes

On Roadway

4,000

37.1%

51,000

97.6%

56,000

87.2%

Shoulder

*

4.4%

*

0.2%

1,000

0.9%

Median

1,000

10.4%

1,000

1.0%

2,000

2.6%

Roadside

4,000

32.9%

1,000

1.0%

4,000

6.5%

Outside of Roadway

*

3.4%

*

0.1%

*

0.7%

Off Roadway, Location Unknown

*

1.6%

*

*

*

0.3%

In Parking Lane

1,000

5.4%

*

*

1,000

0.9%

Gore

*

1.7%

*

*

*

0.3%

Separator

*

*

*

*

*

*

Two-Way Continuous Left-Turn Lane

*

*

*

*

*

*

Unknown

*

3.0%

*

*

*

0.5%

Total

11,000

100.0%

53,000

100.0%

64,000

100.0%

Property Damage Only Crashes

On Roadway

19,000

21.8%

205,000

98.2%

225,000

75.5%

Shoulder

1,000

1.6%

*

0.1%

2,000

0.6%

Median

3,000

3.5%

1,000

0.3%

4,000

1.3%

Roadside

18,000

20.2%

1,000

0.6%

19,000

6.4%

Outside of Roadway

6,000

6.6%

*

*

6,000

2.0%

Off Roadway, Location Unknown

7,000

8.5%

1,000

0.3%

8,000

2.7%

In Parking Lane

31,000

35.4%

1,000

0.4%

32,000

10.8%

Gore

*

0.2%

*

*

*

0.1%

Separator

*

*

*

*

*

*

Two-Way Continuous Left-Turn Lane

*

*

*

*

*

*

Unknown

2,000

2.1%

*

0.1%

2,000

0.7%

Total

88,000

100.0%

209,000

100.0%

297,000

100.0%

*Less than 500 or less than 0.05 percent.

Note: A large truck is defined as a truck with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) greater than 10,000 pounds.

Sources: Fatal Crashes: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS). Injury and Property Damage Only Crashes: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, General Estimates System (GES).