Truck Crash Facts

Because of their large mass trucks tend to be over-represented in serious crashes. Deaths from crashes involving trucks make up around 16 percent of the total road toll, while only about 7 percent of the total distance travelled on NZ roads is travelled by trucks.

In crashes involving trucks most of the deaths are not truck occupants, but rather the other road users involved. This reflects the fact that in a collision between a heavy vehicle and a light vehicle or vulnerable road user there is  a much higher probability of death or serious injury than in a collision involving only light vehicles.

Truck Crash Facts 2009 contains the latest summary of truck crash data including graphs and tables.

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