COMMERCIAL VEHICLE CRASH FATALITIES, INJURIES, AND PROPERTY DAMAGE — FLORIDA AND U.S. STATISTICS:

As the number of vehicles on the road continues to increase, so does the number of collisions. Since 1975, the number of large trucks on the road has skyrocketed, with the trucking industry’s share of total goods transportation steadily on the rise. In fact, it is estimated that eventually most of the nation’s commodities will be transported by commercial vehicles. With so many new trucks on the road, the risk of commercial vehicle crash fatalities rises significantly. On this page you will find fatal truck and tractor trailer accident statistics for Florida and the rest of the United States.

• Truck Accident Statistics – United States
• Truck Accident Statistics – Florida

Costly and Fatal: Truck and Tractor Trailer Accident Statistics

UNITED STATES:

Auto and commercial vehicle crash fatalities and injuries

• Each year approximately 42,000 people are killed on the nation’s highways. Of that 42,000, approximately 5,000 people lose their lives in truck-related crashes.
• In 2005, 442,000 large trucks were involved in traffic accidents.
• Of these, 5,212 (12 percent) were fatal, and 114,000 involved injuries.
• In 2005, one out of eight fatalities was the result of a collision involving a large truck.
• In 2003, 4,986 people were killed and 122,000 were injured in large truck accidents.
• The average cost of truck crashes between 1997 and 1999 was $62,613.
• Vehicle crashes result in a huge amount of traffic congestion. According to the 2000 census, trucking accidents alone accounted for 98,000 hours of congestion nationwide.

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FLORIDA:

Injurious and fatal auto, truck, and tractor trailer accident statistics

• Florida is ranked third among the 10 states with the highest fatality percentages for 2001 (behind California and Texas) with the loss of 365 lives.
• Of these fatalities, 79 percent were passengers in smaller vehicles. Twenty percent involved pedestrians and drivers of large trucks.
• Trucking employs one in 20 people in the state of Florida and accounts for 74 percent of the state’s freight (cargo) traffic.
• In 2001, the economic cost to the State of Florida for all fatal crashes was $365 million; the cost of all crashes, fatal and non-fatal, was $14 billion.

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