Table 45. Crashes Involving Large Trucks by Light Conditions and Crash Severity, 2009
|
Light Conditions |
Fatal |
Injury |
Property Damage Only |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
|
|
Daylight |
1,880 |
62.9% |
38,000 |
74.7% |
182,000 |
78.3% |
|
Dark, Not Lighted |
678 |
22.7% |
5,000 |
10.6% |
20,000 |
8.7% |
|
Dark But Lighted |
272 |
9.1% |
5,000 |
10.6% |
24,000 |
10.2% |
|
Dark, Unknown Lighting |
30 |
1.0% |
* |
0.1% |
* |
0.2% |
|
Dawn |
82 |
2.7% |
1,000 |
2.1% |
4,000 |
1.6% |
|
Dusk |
43 |
1.4% |
1,000 |
1.8% |
2,000 |
1.0% |
|
Other |
0 |
0.0% |
* |
* |
* |
* |
|
Unknown |
2 |
0.1% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Total |
2,987 |
100.0% |
51,000 |
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).