To keep yourself and your loved ones safe from truck accidents, we are sharing both national and Michigan-specific truck accident statistics.
We want people to know how many truck accidents are occurring and what the most frequent underlying causes are.
National Truck Accident Statistics
There were 494,149 crashes involving large trucks in the U.S. in 2021, according to the truck accident statistics below. Representing the most current data that is publicly available, they are reported by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration in its annual “Large Truck and Bus Crash Facts 2021” (published in November 2023):
Truck crashes involving injury and deaths:
- 5,149 fatal truck crashes (Source: Trends Table 4)
- 110,000 injury truck crashes (Source: Trends Table 7)
- 379,000 property damage truck crashes (Source: Trends Table 10)
Truck crashes involving speed and harmful events:
Below the most common “driver-related factors” for “drivers of large trucks in fatal crashes” (Source: People Table 29):
- “Speeding of Any Kind”
- “Distraction/Inattention (Cell Phone, Lost in Thought, Eating, etc.)”
- “Careless Driving, Inattentive Operation, Improper Driving, Driving Without Due Care”
- “Failure to Yield Right of Way”
- “Impairment (Fatigue, Alcohol, Illness, etc.)”
Michigan Statistics
Below are 2023 statistics about Michigan truck accidents. They represent the most current data available from Michigan Traffic Crash Facts for “Heavy Truck/Bus Involved Crashes”:
Michigan truck crash deaths and injuries:
- There were 15,852 crashes involving trucks.
- There were 100 fatal truck crashes
- There were 2,774 injury truck crashes.
Causes of these truck crashes:
Below are the 2023 accident statistics for the most common causes of trucks in Michigan in 2023, according to the most current data available from Michigan Traffic Crash Facts for “Heavy Truck/Bus Involved Crashes”:
- Unable to Stop In Assured Clear Distance: 1,463 crashes, 4 fatal crashes, 373 injury crashes
- Failing to Yield: 1,044 crashes, 5 fatal crashes, 216 injury crashes
- Improper Lane Use: 933 crashes, 0 fatal crashes, 99 injury crashes
- Improper Backing: 555 crashes, 1 fatal crash, 23 injury crashes
- Speeding: 543 crashes, 2 fatal crashes, 127 injury crashes
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