Statistics of Truck Accidents: An Addendum to a Study of Longer and Wider Trucks on the Texas Highway System

摘要

The addendum provides a summary of truck accident statistics on the Texas highway system which include reported frequency of truck accident involvements; distributions of truck accident involvements by some accident, vehicle, and environmental variables; and severity of truck accidents. The data source, methodology, and results are presented. These accident statistics are useful as preliminary information for further sensitivity tests or policy analyses concerning truck usage and routing.