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Most Common Truck Accidents
And How To Avoid Them

2. Truck-related Crashes
Are A Big Issue In America

3. Truck-related Crashes Are A Big Issue In America
500,000 trucking accidents occur
each year in the United States.
1 in every 8 trac fatalities
involves a collision with a truck. Roughly 130,000 people are
injured in truck accidents each year.
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362 pedestrians are killed each
year in accidents involving trucks 87 cyclists are killed each year in
accidents involving trucks.

4. 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

5. Main Reasons For Truck
Accidents In America

6. Main Reasons For Truck Accidents In America
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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.

7. 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.

8. Main Reasons For Truck Accidents In America
Driver inattention – 9%
Driver unfamiliarity with the road –
20%
Driving too fast for bad weather
conditions - 23%

9. Drowsy Driver and Truck
Crashes Statistics

10. Drowsy Driver and Truck Crashes Statistics
84% normal weather conditions.
of fatal truck crashes occur in
65% — over 51 miles from base.
of crashes occur on long haul trips

11. 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.

12. Tips to Increase Driver
Safety

13. Tips to Increase Driver Safety
quick tips
Pay attention to driving conditions — 25% increase in
safety.
If you look down the road for 15
seconds, you are 30% less likely
to crash/have an accident.
Switch to batteries and the risk of
diesel fuel res minimizes by 30%.
Do not rely on alertness enhancing
drugs! Studies show pills are not
always eective.
Check mirrors every 5-8 seconds –
35% increase in safety.

14. 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 signicantly lower proportion of crashes.
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!
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tips
Tips to Increase Driver Safety

15. Effects of
Federal Regulations

16. Eects of Federal Regulations
fmcsa
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.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration sponsored a study on primary and
secondary seat belt laws in dierent 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.

17. Eects of Federal Regulations
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