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TRUCKERS' FATALITIES * USA
* Missouri - Truck occupant fatalities up 20 percent
Green Valley,MO,USA -Land Line, by Jami Jones -12 Dec 2012: -- Deaths of truck occupants increased in 2011 by 20 percent, underscoring what OOIDA says is a need for cab crashworthiness standards... In 2011, 635 truck occupants died in large-truck crashes, according to a report released this week by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. That is 105 more people than in 2010... That trend runs counter to the decline in occupant fatalities in passenger vehicles and light trucks. The report shows declines in the number of fatalities of the occupants of passenger cars and light trucks, dropping 4.6 and 4.1 percent respectively in 2011... Overall fatalities as a result of large-truck crashes ticket up 1.9 percent overall with fatalities of the occupants of other vehicles involved in those crashes dropping 3.6 percent... The statistics released by NHTSA do not account for the vehicle miles traveled by large trucks. Any uptick in the number of miles traveled by the trucking industry will result in a decline in the overall fatality rates of large-truck crashes...
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