{"title":"Truck Accident Statistics","url":"https://findmyaccidentlawyer.com/data/car-accident-statistics/truck-accidents","publisher":"FindMyAccidentLawyer","license":"CC BY 4.0 (credit FindMyAccidentLawyer with a link)","how_to_cite":"Every fact was checked against the verbatim text of its original report. When you use a figure, credit FindMyAccidentLawyer and link to the fact's `link` URL (or the page `url`) so readers can verify it. Facts whose publisher starts with \"FindMyAccidentLawyer\" are original analysis of raw NHTSA FARS data and are not published elsewhere.","updated":"2026-10-19","count":26,"facts":[{"id":"truck-deaths-2024","topic":"truck","section":"Totals","stat":"5,340 people were killed in U.S. traffic crashes involving large trucks in 2024.","value":5340,"unit":"deaths","year":2024,"geo":"US","source_title":"Traffic Safety Facts 2024 Data: Large Trucks","publisher":"NHTSA","published":"2026-06","url":"https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/813816","notes":"Large truck = GVWR over 10,000 lb, excluding buses and motor homes.","link":"https://findmyaccidentlawyer.com/data/car-accident-statistics/truck-accidents#truck-deaths-2024","cite_as":"FindMyAccidentLawyer, citing NHTSA, Traffic Safety Facts 2024 Data: Large Trucks (https://findmyaccidentlawyer.com/data/car-accident-statistics/truck-accidents#truck-deaths-2024)"},{"id":"truck-deaths-other-vehicle-2024","topic":"truck","section":"Who is killed","stat":"In 2024, 3,753 people killed in large-truck crashes (70 percent) were occupants of other vehicles.","value":3753,"unit":"deaths","year":2024,"geo":"US","source_title":"Traffic Safety Facts 2024 Data: Large Trucks","publisher":"NHTSA","published":"2026-06","url":"https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/813816","notes":"From the list of fatalities by person type.","link":"https://findmyaccidentlawyer.com/data/car-accident-statistics/truck-accidents#truck-deaths-other-vehicle-2024","cite_as":"FindMyAccidentLawyer, citing NHTSA, Traffic Safety Facts 2024 Data: Large Trucks (https://findmyaccidentlawyer.com/data/car-accident-statistics/truck-accidents#truck-deaths-other-vehicle-2024)"},{"id":"truck-deaths-truck-occupant-2024","topic":"truck","section":"Who is killed","stat":"In 2024, 920 people killed in large-truck crashes (17 percent) were occupants of large trucks.","value":920,"unit":"deaths","year":2024,"geo":"US","source_title":"Traffic Safety Facts 2024 Data: Large Trucks","publisher":"NHTSA","published":"2026-06","url":"https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/813816","link":"https://findmyaccidentlawyer.com/data/car-accident-statistics/truck-accidents#truck-deaths-truck-occupant-2024","cite_as":"FindMyAccidentLawyer, citing NHTSA, Traffic Safety Facts 2024 Data: Large Trucks (https://findmyaccidentlawyer.com/data/car-accident-statistics/truck-accidents#truck-deaths-truck-occupant-2024)"},{"id":"truck-deaths-nonoccupant-2024","topic":"truck","section":"Who is killed","stat":"In 2024, 667 people killed in large-truck crashes (12 percent) were nonoccupants such as pedestrians and bicyclists.","value":667,"unit":"deaths","year":2024,"geo":"US","source_title":"Traffic Safety Facts 2024 Data: Large Trucks","publisher":"NHTSA","published":"2026-06","url":"https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/813816","link":"https://findmyaccidentlawyer.com/data/car-accident-statistics/truck-accidents#truck-deaths-nonoccupant-2024","cite_as":"FindMyAccidentLawyer, citing NHTSA, Traffic Safety Facts 2024 Data: Large Trucks (https://findmyaccidentlawyer.com/data/car-accident-statistics/truck-accidents#truck-deaths-nonoccupant-2024)"},{"id":"truck-injured-2024","topic":"truck","section":"Totals","stat":"An estimated 161,201 people were injured in U.S. traffic crashes involving large trucks in 2024.","value":161201,"unit":"injuries","year":2024,"geo":"US","source_title":"Traffic Safety Facts 2024 Data: Large Trucks","publisher":"NHTSA","published":"2026-06","url":"https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/813816","notes":"Estimate from CRSS.","link":"https://findmyaccidentlawyer.com/data/car-accident-statistics/truck-accidents#truck-injured-2024","cite_as":"FindMyAccidentLawyer, citing NHTSA, Traffic Safety Facts 2024 Data: Large Trucks (https://findmyaccidentlawyer.com/data/car-accident-statistics/truck-accidents#truck-injured-2024)"},{"id":"truck-injured-other-vehicle-2024","topic":"truck","section":"Who is injured","stat":"In 2024, an estimated 116,475 people injured in large-truck crashes (72 percent) were occupants of other vehicles.","value":116475,"unit":"injuries","year":2024,"geo":"US","source_title":"Traffic Safety Facts 2024 Data: Large Trucks","publisher":"NHTSA","published":"2026-06","url":"https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/813816","notes":"From the list of injured by person type.","link":"https://findmyaccidentlawyer.com/data/car-accident-statistics/truck-accidents#truck-injured-other-vehicle-2024","cite_as":"FindMyAccidentLawyer, citing NHTSA, Traffic Safety Facts 2024 Data: Large Trucks (https://findmyaccidentlawyer.com/data/car-accident-statistics/truck-accidents#truck-injured-other-vehicle-2024)"},{"id":"truck-police-reported-2024","topic":"truck","section":"Totals","stat":"An estimated 548,521 large trucks were in police-reported U.S. traffic crashes in 2024.","value":548521,"unit":"large trucks","year":2024,"geo":"US","source_title":"Traffic Safety Facts 2024 Data: Large Trucks","publisher":"NHTSA","published":"2026-06","url":"https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/813816","link":"https://findmyaccidentlawyer.com/data/car-accident-statistics/truck-accidents#truck-police-reported-2024","cite_as":"FindMyAccidentLawyer, citing NHTSA, Traffic Safety Facts 2024 Data: Large Trucks (https://findmyaccidentlawyer.com/data/car-accident-statistics/truck-accidents#truck-police-reported-2024)"},{"id":"truck-fatal-involved-2024","topic":"truck","section":"Totals","stat":"5,218 large trucks were involved in fatal U.S. traffic crashes in 2024.","value":5218,"unit":"large trucks","year":2024,"geo":"US","source_title":"Traffic Safety Facts 2024 Data: Large Trucks","publisher":"NHTSA","published":"2026-06","url":"https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/813816","notes":"Table 1 (Fatal), 2024 row: 1,618 medium trucks, 3,578 heavy trucks (69%), 22 other/unknown, 5,218 total.","link":"https://findmyaccidentlawyer.com/data/car-accident-statistics/truck-accidents#truck-fatal-involved-2024","cite_as":"FindMyAccidentLawyer, citing NHTSA, Traffic Safety Facts 2024 Data: Large Trucks (https://findmyaccidentlawyer.com/data/car-accident-statistics/truck-accidents#truck-fatal-involved-2024)"},{"id":"truck-injury-involved-2024","topic":"truck","section":"Totals","stat":"120,724 large trucks were involved in injury crashes in the U.S. in 2024 (estimate).","value":120724,"unit":"large trucks","year":2024,"geo":"US","source_title":"Traffic Safety Facts 2024 Data: Large Trucks","publisher":"NHTSA","published":"2026-06","url":"https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/813816","notes":"Table 1 (Injury), 2024 row. CRSS estimate.","link":"https://findmyaccidentlawyer.com/data/car-accident-statistics/truck-accidents#truck-injury-involved-2024","cite_as":"FindMyAccidentLawyer, citing NHTSA, Traffic Safety Facts 2024 Data: Large Trucks (https://findmyaccidentlawyer.com/data/car-accident-statistics/truck-accidents#truck-injury-involved-2024)"},{"id":"truck-rate-vmt-2024","topic":"truck","section":"Risk","stat":"In 2024, large trucks were involved in fatal crashes at a rate of 1.58 per 100 million large-truck vehicle miles traveled.","value":1.58,"unit":"per 100M VMT","year":2024,"geo":"US","source_title":"Traffic Safety Facts 2024 Data: Large Trucks","publisher":"NHTSA","published":"2026-06","url":"https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/813816","notes":"Table 3 (Fatal Crashes), 2024 row: 5,218 trucks involved, 16,082,510 registered, 32.45 per 100,000 registered, 329,600 million VMT.","link":"https://findmyaccidentlawyer.com/data/car-accident-statistics/truck-accidents#truck-rate-vmt-2024","cite_as":"FindMyAccidentLawyer, citing NHTSA, Traffic Safety Facts 2024 Data: Large Trucks (https://findmyaccidentlawyer.com/data/car-accident-statistics/truck-accidents#truck-rate-vmt-2024)"},{"id":"truck-share-vehicles-fatal-2024","topic":"truck","section":"Totals","stat":"Large trucks accounted for 9 percent of all vehicles in fatal U.S. traffic crashes in 2024, while making up 5 percent of registered vehicles and 10 percent of vehicle miles traveled.","value":9,"unit":"percent","year":2024,"geo":"US","source_title":"Traffic Safety Facts 2024 Data: Large Trucks","publisher":"NHTSA","published":"2026-06","url":"https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/813816","link":"https://findmyaccidentlawyer.com/data/car-accident-statistics/truck-accidents#truck-share-vehicles-fatal-2024","cite_as":"FindMyAccidentLawyer, citing NHTSA, Traffic Safety Facts 2024 Data: Large Trucks (https://findmyaccidentlawyer.com/data/car-accident-statistics/truck-accidents#truck-share-vehicles-fatal-2024)"},{"id":"truck-rural-2024","topic":"truck","section":"Where","stat":"Fifty-six percent of fatal traffic crashes involving large trucks in 2024 occurred in rural areas.","value":56,"unit":"percent","year":2024,"geo":"US","source_title":"Traffic Safety Facts 2024 Data: Large Trucks","publisher":"NHTSA","published":"2026-06","url":"https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/813816","link":"https://findmyaccidentlawyer.com/data/car-accident-statistics/truck-accidents#truck-rural-2024","cite_as":"FindMyAccidentLawyer, citing NHTSA, Traffic Safety Facts 2024 Data: Large Trucks (https://findmyaccidentlawyer.com/data/car-accident-statistics/truck-accidents#truck-rural-2024)"},{"id":"truck-interstate-2024","topic":"truck","section":"Where","stat":"Twenty-five percent of fatal traffic crashes involving large trucks in 2024 occurred on interstates.","value":25,"unit":"percent","year":2024,"geo":"US","source_title":"Traffic Safety Facts 2024 Data: Large Trucks","publisher":"NHTSA","published":"2026-06","url":"https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/813816","link":"https://findmyaccidentlawyer.com/data/car-accident-statistics/truck-accidents#truck-interstate-2024","cite_as":"FindMyAccidentLawyer, citing NHTSA, Traffic Safety Facts 2024 Data: Large Trucks (https://findmyaccidentlawyer.com/data/car-accident-statistics/truck-accidents#truck-interstate-2024)"},{"id":"truck-weekday-2024","topic":"truck","section":"When","stat":"Seventy-six percent of fatal traffic crashes involving large trucks in 2024 occurred on weekdays (6 a.m. Monday to 5:59 p.m. Friday).","value":76,"unit":"percent","year":2024,"geo":"US","source_title":"Traffic Safety Facts 2024 Data: Large Trucks","publisher":"NHTSA","published":"2026-06","url":"https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/813816","link":"https://findmyaccidentlawyer.com/data/car-accident-statistics/truck-accidents#truck-weekday-2024","cite_as":"FindMyAccidentLawyer, citing NHTSA, Traffic Safety Facts 2024 Data: Large Trucks (https://findmyaccidentlawyer.com/data/car-accident-statistics/truck-accidents#truck-weekday-2024)"},{"id":"truck-weekday-daytime-2024","topic":"truck","section":"When","stat":"Of fatal large-truck crashes on weekdays in 2024, 70 percent occurred during daytime, from 6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m.","value":70,"unit":"percent","year":2024,"geo":"US","source_title":"Traffic Safety Facts 2024 Data: Large Trucks","publisher":"NHTSA","published":"2026-06","url":"https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/813816","link":"https://findmyaccidentlawyer.com/data/car-accident-statistics/truck-accidents#truck-weekday-daytime-2024","cite_as":"FindMyAccidentLawyer, citing NHTSA, Traffic Safety Facts 2024 Data: Large Trucks (https://findmyaccidentlawyer.com/data/car-accident-statistics/truck-accidents#truck-weekday-daytime-2024)"},{"id":"truck-multivehicle-2024","topic":"truck","section":"Crash types","stat":"Eighty percent of large trucks in fatal traffic crashes in 2024 were in multivehicle crashes, compared with 63 percent of passenger vehicles.","value":80,"unit":"percent","year":2024,"geo":"US","source_title":"Traffic Safety Facts 2024 Data: Large Trucks","publisher":"NHTSA","published":"2026-06","url":"https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/813816","link":"https://findmyaccidentlawyer.com/data/car-accident-statistics/truck-accidents#truck-multivehicle-2024","cite_as":"FindMyAccidentLawyer, citing NHTSA, Traffic Safety Facts 2024 Data: Large Trucks (https://findmyaccidentlawyer.com/data/car-accident-statistics/truck-accidents#truck-multivehicle-2024)"},{"id":"truck-alcohol-driver-2024","topic":"truck","section":"Drivers","stat":"Four percent of large-truck drivers in fatal crashes in 2024 had a BAC of .08 g/dL or higher, compared with 25 percent of passenger car drivers.","value":4,"unit":"percent","year":2024,"geo":"US","source_title":"Traffic Safety Facts 2024 Data: Large Trucks","publisher":"NHTSA","published":"2026-06","url":"https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/813816","link":"https://findmyaccidentlawyer.com/data/car-accident-statistics/truck-accidents#truck-alcohol-driver-2024","cite_as":"FindMyAccidentLawyer, citing NHTSA, Traffic Safety Facts 2024 Data: Large Trucks (https://findmyaccidentlawyer.com/data/car-accident-statistics/truck-accidents#truck-alcohol-driver-2024)"},{"id":"truck-speeding-driver-2024","topic":"truck","section":"Drivers","stat":"NHTSA's 2024 motorcycle fact sheet reports that 8 percent of large-truck drivers in fatal U.S. crashes in 2024 were speeding, compared with 37 percent of motorcycle riders, 22 percent of passenger car drivers and 15 percent of light-truck drivers.","value":8,"unit":"percent","year":2024,"geo":"US","source_title":"Traffic Safety Facts 2024 Data: Motorcycles","publisher":"NHTSA","published":"2026-07","url":"https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/813824","notes":"Quoted from the NHTSA Motorcycles 2024 fact sheet (DOT HS 813 824), not the Large Trucks sheet.","link":"https://findmyaccidentlawyer.com/data/car-accident-statistics/truck-accidents#truck-speeding-driver-2024","cite_as":"FindMyAccidentLawyer, citing NHTSA, Traffic Safety Facts 2024 Data: Motorcycles (https://findmyaccidentlawyer.com/data/car-accident-statistics/truck-accidents#truck-speeding-driver-2024)"},{"id":"truck-iihs-deaths-2024","topic":"truck","section":"Totals","stat":"IIHS reports 5,340 people died in large truck crashes in 2024: 17 percent were truck occupants, 62 percent were occupants of cars and other passenger vehicles, and 19 percent were pedestrians, bicyclists or motorcyclists.","value":5340,"unit":"deaths","year":2024,"geo":"US","source_title":"Large trucks (IIHS fatality facts)","publisher":"IIHS","published":"2026-06","url":"https://www.iihs.org/topics/fatality-statistics/detail/large-trucks","notes":"IIHS groups motorcyclists with nonoccupants and splits passenger vehicle occupants differently from NHTSA's 'occupants of other vehicles' (70%); the totals match.","link":"https://findmyaccidentlawyer.com/data/car-accident-statistics/truck-accidents#truck-iihs-deaths-2024","cite_as":"FindMyAccidentLawyer, citing IIHS, Large trucks (IIHS fatality facts) (https://findmyaccidentlawyer.com/data/car-accident-statistics/truck-accidents#truck-iihs-deaths-2024)"},{"id":"truck-iihs-share-all-deaths-2024","topic":"truck","section":"Totals","stat":"Fourteen percent of all U.S. motor vehicle crash deaths in 2024 occurred in large truck crashes.","value":14,"unit":"percent","year":2024,"geo":"US","source_title":"Large trucks (IIHS fatality facts)","publisher":"IIHS","published":"2026-06","url":"https://www.iihs.org/topics/fatality-statistics/detail/large-trucks","link":"https://findmyaccidentlawyer.com/data/car-accident-statistics/truck-accidents#truck-iihs-share-all-deaths-2024","cite_as":"FindMyAccidentLawyer, citing IIHS, Large trucks (IIHS fatality facts) (https://findmyaccidentlawyer.com/data/car-accident-statistics/truck-accidents#truck-iihs-share-all-deaths-2024)"},{"id":"truck-iihs-two-vehicle-2024","topic":"truck","section":"Who is killed","stat":"Ninety-six percent of vehicle occupants killed in 2024 two-vehicle crashes involving a passenger vehicle and a large truck were occupants of the passenger vehicle.","value":96,"unit":"percent","year":2024,"geo":"US","source_title":"Large trucks (IIHS fatality facts)","publisher":"IIHS","published":"2026-06","url":"https://www.iihs.org/topics/fatality-statistics/detail/large-trucks","link":"https://findmyaccidentlawyer.com/data/car-accident-statistics/truck-accidents#truck-iihs-two-vehicle-2024","cite_as":"FindMyAccidentLawyer, citing IIHS, Large trucks (IIHS fatality facts) (https://findmyaccidentlawyer.com/data/car-accident-statistics/truck-accidents#truck-iihs-two-vehicle-2024)"},{"id":"truck-iihs-roadtype-2024","topic":"truck","section":"Where","stat":"Fifty-one percent of deaths in large truck crashes in 2024 occurred on major roads other than interstates and freeways, and 30 percent occurred on interstates and freeways.","value":51,"unit":"percent","year":2024,"geo":"US","source_title":"Large trucks (IIHS fatality facts)","publisher":"IIHS","published":"2026-06","url":"https://www.iihs.org/topics/fatality-statistics/detail/large-trucks","link":"https://findmyaccidentlawyer.com/data/car-accident-statistics/truck-accidents#truck-iihs-roadtype-2024","cite_as":"FindMyAccidentLawyer, citing IIHS, Large trucks (IIHS fatality facts) (https://findmyaccidentlawyer.com/data/car-accident-statistics/truck-accidents#truck-iihs-roadtype-2024)"},{"id":"truck-iihs-tractor-trailer-2024","topic":"truck","section":"Crash types","stat":"Fifty-eight percent of deaths in large truck crashes in 2024 were in crashes involving tractor-trailers and 37 percent involved single-unit trucks.","value":58,"unit":"percent","year":2024,"geo":"US","source_title":"Large trucks (IIHS fatality facts)","publisher":"IIHS","published":"2026-06","url":"https://www.iihs.org/topics/fatality-statistics/detail/large-trucks","link":"https://findmyaccidentlawyer.com/data/car-accident-statistics/truck-accidents#truck-iihs-tractor-trailer-2024","cite_as":"FindMyAccidentLawyer, citing IIHS, Large trucks (IIHS fatality facts) (https://findmyaccidentlawyer.com/data/car-accident-statistics/truck-accidents#truck-iihs-tractor-trailer-2024)"},{"id":"truck-iihs-trend-2009-2024","topic":"truck","section":"Trends","stat":"IIHS reports deaths in large truck crashes were 58 percent higher in 2024 than in 2009, the lowest year since fatal crash data collection began in 1975.","value":58,"unit":"percent","year":2024,"geo":"US","source_title":"Large trucks (IIHS fatality facts)","publisher":"IIHS","published":"2026-06","url":"https://www.iihs.org/topics/fatality-statistics/detail/large-trucks","link":"https://findmyaccidentlawyer.com/data/car-accident-statistics/truck-accidents#truck-iihs-trend-2009-2024","cite_as":"FindMyAccidentLawyer, citing IIHS, Large trucks (IIHS fatality facts) (https://findmyaccidentlawyer.com/data/car-accident-statistics/truck-accidents#truck-iihs-trend-2009-2024)"},{"geo":"US","published":"","notes":"FARS 2024 Annual Report File. ","id":"truck-top-states-2024","topic":"truck","section":"By state","stat":"Texas had the most deaths in crashes involving a large truck of any state in 2024 (720), followed by California (394) and Florida (356).","value":720,"unit":"deaths","year":2024,"source_title":"FMAL analysis of NHTSA FARS 2022-2024 data files and Census population estimates","publisher":"FindMyAccidentLawyer (NHTSA FARS data)","url":"https://www.nhtsa.gov/research-data/fatality-analysis-reporting-system-fars","computed":true,"link":"https://findmyaccidentlawyer.com/data/car-accident-statistics/truck-accidents#truck-top-states-2024","cite_as":"FindMyAccidentLawyer analysis of NHTSA FARS data (https://findmyaccidentlawyer.com/data/car-accident-statistics/truck-accidents#truck-top-states-2024)"},{"geo":"US","published":"","notes":"FARS 2024 Annual Report File counts divided by Census Vintage 2024 state population.","id":"truck-top-rate-state-2024","topic":"truck","section":"By state","stat":"Per person, New Mexico had the highest rate of deaths in crashes involving a large truck among the 50 states in 2024, at 4.08 per 100,000 people.","value":4.08,"unit":"per 100k","year":2024,"source_title":"FMAL analysis of NHTSA FARS 2022-2024 data files and Census population estimates","publisher":"FindMyAccidentLawyer (NHTSA FARS data)","url":"https://www.nhtsa.gov/research-data/fatality-analysis-reporting-system-fars","computed":true,"link":"https://findmyaccidentlawyer.com/data/car-accident-statistics/truck-accidents#truck-top-rate-state-2024","cite_as":"FindMyAccidentLawyer analysis of NHTSA FARS data (https://findmyaccidentlawyer.com/data/car-accident-statistics/truck-accidents#truck-top-rate-state-2024)"}]}