DEATHS IN LARGE TRUCK CRASHES
	Tractor-Trailer Occupants	Single-Unit Truck Occupants	Truck Type Unknown	Passenger Vehicle Occupants	Other or Unknown Vehicle	Nonoccupant Deaths	Total
1975	660	162	94	2,757	104	528	4,305
1976	809	291	0	3,071	100	622	4,893
1977	915	231	83	3,631	101	653	5,614
1978	968	251	96	3,954	115	776	6,160
1979	1,008	282	82	4,226	111	830	6,539
1980	867	234	82	3,623	90	844	5,740
1981	832	186	64	3,752	74	772	5,680
1982	720	141	56	3,448	81	679	5,125
1983	733	132	95	3,615	97	732	5,404
1984	853	125	62	3,713	85	712	5,550
1985	747	123	71	3,825	123	724	5,613
1986	689	139	64	3,752	106	718	5,468
1987	654	112	55	3,833	105	712	5,471
1988	706	119	61	3,938	95	647	5,566
1989	643	116	63	3,847	104	587	5,360
1990	503	126	55	3,790	85	615	5,174
1991	448	130	72	3,447	69	562	4,728
1992	412	136	32	3,300	61	481	4,422
1993	423	142	25	3,611	115	462	4,778
1994	453	165	40	3,764	92	555	5,069
1995	443	168	23	3,626	79	495	4,834
1996	426	149	27	3,866	115	465	5,048
1997	481	196	40	3,992	89	497	5,295
1998	498	202	26	3,962	101	493	5,282

DEATHS IN LARGE TRUCK CRASHES BY HIGHWAY TYPE, 1998
	Freeways	Major Roads	Minor Roads	Unknown	Total
Single-vehicle crashes	191	206	68	5	470
Multiple-vehicle crashes	1,043	2,792	328	55	4,218
Crashes with pedestrians, bicyclists, motorcyclists	148	236	103	6	493
Other/unknown	32	57	11	1	101

FATAL CRASHES BY NUMBER OF INVOLVED VEHICLES, LARGE TRUCKS COMPARED WITH PASSENGER VEHICLES, 1998
	Large Trucks		Passenger Vehicles
Single-vehicle crashes	793	(18%)	18,219	(54%)
Two vehicle crashes	2,952	(66%)	13,325	(39%)
Crashes with >2 vehicles	732	(16%)	2,459	(7%)
Total	4,477	(100%)	34,003	(100%)

DEATHS IN LARGE TRUCK CRASHES BY TRUCK CONFIGURATION, 1998
Tractor-trailer	3,946
Single-unit truck	1,333
Unknown truck configuration	99
Total	5,282
NOTE: Total is less than sum of deaths because deaths in crashes with more than one truck type are counted once.

DISTRIBUTION OF DEATHS IN LARGE TRUCK CRASHES BY DAY OF WEEK, 1998
	Percent
Sunday	6
Monday	17
Tuesday	17
Wednesday	17
Thursday	15
Friday	17
Saturday	10

DISTRIBUTION OF DEATHS IN LARGE TRUCK CRASHES BY TIME OF DAY, 1998
	Percent
Midnight-3 am	6
3 am-6 am	8
6 am-9 am	14
9 am-Noon	18
Noon-3 pm	19
3 pm-6 pm	17
6 pm-9 pm	10
9 pm-Midnight	7