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By Michele Fuetsch and Eric Miller, Staff Reporters
This story appears in the Dec. 12 print edition of Transport Topics.
By Michele Fuetsch and Eric Miller, Staff Reporters
This story appears in the Dec. 12 print edition of Transport Topics.
Fatalities in U.S. highway accidents involving large trucks increased 8.7% in 2010, the first increase in four years, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said last week.
NHTSA said in its annual report that 3,675 people died in truck-related accidents in 2010, an increase of 295 from the 2009 total of 3,380.
In addition, the number of people injured in truck-related accidents rose to 19,000 in 2010, from 17,000 in 2009, a 12% increase.
At the same time, truck occupant fatalities increased by 6%, to 529 in 2010 from 499 in 2009.
“We’re still trying to figure out clearly what [caused] this uptick,” NHTSA Administrator David Strickland said at the Dec. 8 press conference where the report was unveiled.
Increased truck traffic because of the economic recovery could be a factor, he said. The Federal Highway Administration tracks truck miles traveled each year but is not expected to complete its 2010 mileage analysis until next month... Continue reading.
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