This report is the Large Truck and Bus Crash Facts (LTBCF) and is compiled annually. It contains in-depth information about injuries, fatalities, and property-damage-only semi truck accidents.
The FMCSA gets this information from a variety of source to include:
- The Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA’s) Highway Statistics;
- NHTSA’s General Estimates System (GES);
- The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA’s);
- Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS);
- FMCSA’s Motor Carrier Management Information System (MCMIS).
You can check out those sources yourself or visit your state’s individual Department of Transportation (DOT), or equivalent agencies to learn more.
An interesting fact to know is that over 72% of the semi truck accidents are the fault of the other vehicle!
Semi truck accidents are a serious issue but can be prevented if other drivers would only learn how to share the road with truck drivers!
How Past Semi Truck Accidents Have Impacted Today’s Industry
There isn’t room enough to cover everything here. But a cliffs notes look at how semi truck accidents of the past have impacted the industry of today can reveal a lot.
There was a time not too long ago when people just traveled from point to point. As paths were worn into the soil they became trails then roads and eventually the superhighways of today.
