Don large trucks cause a lot of crashes?
No, they do not. A 2006 Virginia Tech analysis of two studies conducted for the Department of Transportation found that 78 percent of crashes were caused by passenger car drivers. AAA found in July 2002 that 80 percent of crashes were caused by car drivers. In fatal crashes involving a car and a large truck, 35 percent of the time the crash occured in one of the four blind spots surrounding large trucks. In fatal crashes involving a rear-end collision between a large truck and a passenger vehicle, 77 percent of the time the passenger vehicle rear-ended the large truck. In fatal crashes involving a head-on collision between a large truck and a passenger vehicle, 77 percent of the time the passenger vehicle rear-ended the large truck.
