Only one in six truck accident fatalities involved the death of a truck occupant and nearly 7 in 10 occupied other passenger vehicles with the remainder involving motorcyclists, bicyclists and pedestrians. (chicagotruckinjurylawyers.com)
Seventy - one percent of the driver deaths in cars struck on the driver side by other passenger vehicles during 1980 - 81 occurred when the other vehicle was a car. (iihs.org)
The effect of the changing vehicle mix and changing risks for occupants in struck vehicles is apparent in the fact that 70 percent of driver deaths in passenger vehicles struck on the driver side by other passenger vehicles during 1980 - 81 occurred when the striking vehicle was another car. (iihs.org)