Fatality facts and figures and other stats on the hours of service rules. Fatal Crash Rates While the rate of fatal crashes involving large trucks per 100 million vehicle miles traveled decreased each year from 2005 through 2009, it rose, along with increased demands for freight shipping, from 2009 through 2012. Data from the U.S. Department of Transportation shows that in 2012 there were:

• 10,659,380 large trucks registered in the United States;
• 317,000 traffic crashes involving large trucks – an average of 6,100 each week, or 868 per day;
• 3,921 fatalities involving large truck crashes – an average of 75 per week, or […]

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