Trucks Involved in Fatal Accidents, 1980-86, by Power Unit Type

摘要

The report provides one-way frequencies for all the variables in UMTRI's file of Trucks Involved in Fatal Accidents, 1980-1986, with separate frequencies for straight trucks and tractors. The file includes all medium and heavy trucks, i.e., with a gross vehicle weight rating over 10,000 pounds, involved in a fatal accident in the U.S., excluding Alaska and Hawaii but including the District of Columbia. Overall, a total 5,056 medium and heavy trucks were involved in fatal accidents in 1980, 5,244 in 1981, 4,719 in 1982, 4,944 in 1983, 5,311 in 1984, 5,394 in 1985, and 5,244 in 1986. The 35,912 vehicles found to be medium and heavy trucks were divided into 9,609 straight trucks and 25,733 tractors. The power unit type of 570 vehicles could not be determined. There were 894 straight trucks pulling trailers, and 24,617 tractors pulling at least one trailer.