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California: Summary of Large Trucks Involved in Crashes
Number of Large Trucks Involved in: 2004  2005  2006  2007  2008 
Fatal and Non-Fatal Crashes (FARS & MCMIS)  11,247  14,049  12,821  11,027  8,982 
Fatal Crashes (FARS)  381  377  384  394  304 
Fatal Crashes (MCMIS)  370  385  403  384  304 
Non-Fatal Crashes (MCMIS)  10,866  13,672  12,437  10,633  8,678 
Injury Crashes (MCMIS)  4,156  4,733  4,041  3,737  3,197 
Towaway Crashes (MCMIS)  6,710  8,939  8,396  6,896  5,481 
HM Placard Crashes (MCMIS)  113  48  9  3  2 
Number of:
Fatalities (FARS)  415  429  394  366  318 
Injuries (MCMIS)  5,732  6,303  5,416  5,022  4,374 
The MCMIS Crash File is intended to be a census of trucks and buses involved in fatal, injury and towaway crashes; however, some States do not report all FMCSA-eligible crashes. FMCSA continues to work with the States to improve data quality and reporting of all eligible truck and bus crashes to the MCMIS crash file.

California: Summary of Buses Involved in Crashes
Number of Buses Involved in: 2004  2005  2006  2007  2008 
Fatal and Non-Fatal Crashes (FARS & MCMIS)  431  1,109  1,362  1,332  1,260 
Fatal Crashes (FARS)  32  29  44  36  31 
Fatal Crashes (MCMIS)  29  22  38  26  32 
Non-Fatal Crashes (MCMIS)  399  1,080  1,318  1,296  1,229 
Injury Crashes (MCMIS)  239  581  714  711  735 
Towaway Crashes (MCMIS)  160  499  604  585  494 
HM Placard Crashes (MCMIS)  0  0  0  0  0 
Number of:
Fatalities (FARS)  34  32  45  40  39 
Injuries (MCMIS)  631  1,089  1,417  1,292  1,395 
The MCMIS Crash File is intended to be a census of trucks and buses involved in fatal, injury and towaway crashes; however, some States do not report all FMCSA-eligible crashes. FMCSA continues to work with the States to improve data quality and reporting of all eligible truck and bus crashes to the MCMIS crash file.
Data Source: FARS & MCMIS (September 2009 data snapshot)



Number of Large Trucks
Involved in Fatal and Non-Fatal Crashes (FARS & MCMIS)
Number of Large Trucks Involved in Fatal and Non-Fatal Crashes


Number of Buses
Involved in Fatal and Non-Fatal Crashes (FARS & MCMIS)
Number of Buses Involved in Fatal and Non-Fatal Crashes


Number of Large Trucks
Involved in Fatal Crashes
Number of Large Trucks Involved in Fatal Crashes and Number of Fatalities in Large Truck Crashes


Number of Buses
Involved in Fatal Crashes
Number of Buses Involved in Fatal Crashes and Number of Fatalities in Bus Crashes


Number of Large Trucks
Involved in Non-Fatal Crashes (MCMIS)
Number of Large Trucks Involved in Non-Fatal Crashes


Number of Buses
Involved in Non-Fatal Crashes (MCMIS)
Number of Buses Involved in Non-Fatal Crashes
Data Source: FARS & MCMIS (September 2009 data snapshot)

CAUTION:  Although efforts have been made to provide the most accurate and complete MCMIS Crash data possible, data quality can vary from state to state. Please use caution when interpreting MCMIS crash data.

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