According to data compiled by the U.S. Department of Transportation and the National Highway and
Traffic Safety Administration, although large trucks make up only 4.3 % of all motor vehicles registered in the United States, and are involved in only 5.2 % of all traffic accidents, accidents involving large trucks account for nearly 10 % of all traffic accident fatalities — and most of those fatalities are to the occupants of smaller vehicles rather than the
Traffic Safety Administration, although large trucks make up only 4.3 % of all
motor vehicles registered in the United States, and are involved in only 5.2 % of all
traffic accidents, accidents involving large trucks account for nearly 10 % of all traffic accident fatalities — and most of those fatalities are to the occupants of smaller vehicles rather than the
traffic accidents, accidents involving large trucks account for nearly 10 % of all
traffic accident fatalities — and most of those fatalities are to the occupants of smaller vehicles rather than the
traffic accident fatalities — and
most of those fatalities are to the occupants of smaller
vehicles rather than the trucks.