Table 42. Crashes Involving Large Trucks by Relation to Roadway and Crash Severity, 2009

Relation to Roadway

Single-Vehicle

Multiple-Vehicle

Total

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

Fatal Crashes

On Roadway

303

50.2%

2,256

94.6%

2,559

85.7%

Shoulder

82

13.6%

45

1.9%

127

4.3%

Median

24

4.0%

35

1.5%

59

2.0%

Roadside

142

23.5%

34

1.4%

176

5.9%

Outside Trafficway

17

2.8%

4

0.2%

21

0.7%

Off Roadway, Location Unknown

25

4.1%

5

0.2%

30

1.0%

In Parking Lane

1

0.2%

1

*

2

0.1%

Gore

4

0.7%

2

0.1%

6

0.2%

Separator

2

0.3%

1

*

3

0.1%

Two-Way Continuous Left-Turn Lane

1

0.2%

1

*

2

0.1%

Unknown

2

0.3%

0

0.0%

2

0.1%

Total

603

100.0%

2,384

100.0%

2,987

100.0%

Injury Crashes

On Roadway

3,000

35.5%

42,000

97.0%

45,000

87.8%

Shoulder

*

2.0%

*

*

*

0.3%

Median

1,000

8.4%

1,000

1.3%

1,000

2.4%

Roadside

3,000

43.0%

*

0.9%

4,000

7.2%

Outside Trafficway

*

3.0%

*

*

*

0.5%

Off Roadway, Location Unknown

*

5.2%

*

*

*

0.8%

In Parking Lane

*

0.4%

*

*

*

0.1%

Gore

*

1.1%

*

*

*

0.2%

Separator

*

*

*

*

*

*

Two-Way Continuous Left-Turn Lane

*

*

*

*

*

*

Unknown

*

1.6%

*

*

*

0.2%

Total

8,000

100.0%

44,000

100.0%

51,000

100.0%

Property Damage Only Crashes

On Roadway

17,000

20.7%

149,000

98.7%

166,000

71.3%

Shoulder

3,000

3.1%

*

0.3%

3,000

1.3%

Median

2,000

2.7%

1,000

0.4%

3,000

1.3%

Roadside

19,000

23.8%

*

0.1%

20,000

8.4%

Outside Trafficway

1,000

1.7%

*

*

1,000

0.6%

Off Roadway, Location Unknown

7,000

8.6%

*

*

7,000

3.0%

In Parking Lane

24,000

29.5%

*

0.2%

24,000

10.5%

Gore

1,000

0.8%

*

*

1,000

0.3%

Separator

*

*

*

*

*

*

Two-Way Continuous Left-Turn Lane

*

*

*

*

*

*

Unknown

7,000

8.9%

*

0.2%

8,000

3.3%

Total

81,000

100.0%

151,000

100.0%

232,000

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).