You may know that truck accidents can be more deadly than other kinds of vehicle accidents, or that there are many, many truck accidents on our highways each year - but do you know the numbers? Learn interesting and sometimes shocking truck accident statistics for Indiana, New Mexico, Illinois, and Michigan.

Truck Accident Statistics

There are millions of trucks on the road in the United States - and many truck drivers spend the majority of the year out on our nation's roads and highways. All too often, truck driver fatigue, driver distraction, truck mechanical failure, unsafe driving, and driving under the influence cause truck drivers to cause truck accidents that lead to serious injury and death.

Below are some frightening truck accident statistics:

· According to the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) and the Motor Carrier Management Information System (MCMIS), there were 123,918 large commercial truck crashes in 2008.

· Of those crashes, 49,084 large truck crashes resulted in injury, and a total of 73,047 people were seriously injured in those crashes.

· There were 3,944 fatal truck crashes across the country in 2008, for a total of 4,808 fatalities.

· In Indiana, there were 142 fatal truck crashes in 2007, and a total of 147 people were killed because of truck accidents. There were 4,614 truck crashes in total and a total of 1,330 injuries.

· In Michigan, there were 114 fatal truck crashes in 2007, and a total of 123 deaths due to truck crash injuries. In 2008, there were a total of 809 truck crashes that resulted in injury, with 1,054 people brought to the hospital because of truck crash injuries.

· In Illinois, 148 fatal truck crashes took place in 2007, with a total of 154 lives lost due to truck accidents. There were 2,477 serious truck crashes that resulted in injury and 3,643 injuries in total from truck collisions.

· In New Mexico, there were 60 fatal truck crashes in 2007 and 188 truck crashes that involved serious injury. In 2008, 289 people were seriously injured in truck crashes.


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