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Most Common Truck Accidents And How To Avoid Them
Truck-related Crashes Are A Big Issue In America
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500,000 trucking accidents occur each year in the United States.
362 pedestrians are killed each year in accidents involving trucks 87 cyclists are killed each year in
accidents involving trucks.
1 in every 8 tra�c fatalities involves a collision with a truck. Roughly 130,000 people are
injured in truck accidents each year.
Truck-related Crashes Are A Big Issue In America
Motor vehicle accidents cost society an estimated $4,900 per second. That’s about $30,000 in the time it took you to read this fact.
By 2025, the total costs of motor vehicle accidents in the United States alone will exceed 450 billion
Truck-related Crashes Are A Big Issue In America
Main Reasons For Truck Accidents In America
According to the U. S. Department of Transportation’s Large Truck Crash Causation Study, drivers of both trucks and other vehicles are 10 times more likely to be the cause of an accident than other factors such as vehicle performance, road conditions, and weather.
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Main Reasons For Truck Accidents In America
Driver fatigue is the cause of 30% of all commercial truck accidents.
About 55% of semi driver fatalities occur in rollover accidents.
Another 10% occur in fuel oil fires.
Main Reasons For Truck Accidents In America
Driver inattention – 9%
Driver unfamiliarity with the road – 20%
Driving too fast for bad weather conditions - 23%
Main Reasons For Truck Accidents In America
Drowsy Driver and Truck Crashes Statistics
of fatal truck crashes occur in normal weather conditions.84%84%84%84%84%84%84%84%84%84%84%84%
of crashes occur on long haul trips — over 51 miles from base.65%65%65%65%65%65%65%65%65%65%65%65%
Drowsy Driver and Truck Crashes Statistics
1 in 4 truckers said they have fallen asleep while driving.
Truck drivers aged 16-24 tend to fall asleep behind the wheel more often, due to a more sleep-deprived way of life.
Drowsy Driver and Truck Crashes Statistics
Tips to Increase Driver Safety
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Switch to batteries and the risk of diesel fuel �res minimizes by 30%.
If you look down the road for 15 seconds, you are 30% less likely to crash/have an accident.
Do not rely on alertness enhancing drugs! Studies show pills are not always e�ective.
Check mirrors every 5-8 seconds – 35% increase in safety.
Pay attention to driving conditions — 25% increase in safety.
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Refrain from text and using hand-held phones to decrease the chance of a safety-critical event by 23.2%. Texting drivers took their eyes o� the forward roadway for an average of 4.6 seconds. At 55 mph, this equates to a driver traveling 371 feet, or the approximate length of a football �eld (including the end zones)—without looking at the roadway!
According to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the demographics of a truck driver are not determinants for their safety behavior. However, according to the same study women are more likely to wear a seat belt while driving. Buckle up!
Collision warning systems (CWS) are a relatively new technology, which reduces the chances of rear-end and side impact collisions. One study compared available police-reported crash experiences of 6,143 CWS-equipped heavy trucks with the experiences of 383,058 heavy trucks without CWS. Results suggest that CWS-equipped trucks had a signi�cantly lower proportion of crashes.
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Effects ofFederal Regulations
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration sponsored a study on primary and secondary seat belt laws in di�erent states. The study found that if all states moved towards a primary enforcement policy, national rates of seat belt use use would increase from 9% to 77% and 500 lives would be saved annually.
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The compliance review (CR) is a federal program monitoring motor carrier safety performance and regulatory compliance. Companies that received CRs had a lower crash rate than never-reviewed companies.
Reviewed companies experienced a 39% to 15% reduction in number of crashes in the year the CR was performed. The reduction was sustained for at least 7 years.
E�ects of Federal Regulations
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E�ects of Federal Regulations
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