The NHTSA’s “Traffic Safety Facts: Large Trucks“ documents national crash truck accident statistics through 2017. The Texas Department of Transportation’s 2018 Crash Data Analysis and Statistics site tracks collisions involving all types of commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) across the state.
Both agencies provide unique information about Texas truck-accident crashes. For instance:
37,515 commercial motor vehicle crashes occurred in Texas during 2018, resulting in 611 fatalities.
294 CMV crashes occurred in Nueces County in 2018, resulting in 2 fatalities.
Nationwide, heavy large trucks were involved in 79 percent of fatal truck accidents.
72 percent of the people killed in large truck accidents were occupants of the other vehicle, and 10 percent were pedestrians or bicyclists.
Large trucks comprise only 4 percent of nationally registered vehicles but were involved in 9 percent of the crash fatalities.
In Texas, 621 large trucks were involved in fatal crashes during 2017, the highest number nationwide.
Truck drivers involved in large truck fatal accidents were 20.7 percent more likely to have had previously recorded crashes.