I guess these figures from the NHTSA didn't fit into their agenda:
Statistics about the vehicles involved in police-reported motor vehicle crashes are presented in this chapter,
according to six major vehicle types: Passenger Cars, Light Trucks (including pickups, vans, and utility vehicles
with a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less), Large Trucks (including single-unit trucks and truck
tractors with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 10,000 pounds), Motorcycles (including motorcycles,
mopeds, and motorscooters), Buses (including school buses and transit buses), and Other Vehicles (including
all-terrain vehicles, farm and construction equipment, and motorhomes). The tables and figures are presented for
all vehicle types first, then by individual vehicle type. Below are some of the vehicle statistics you will find in this
section:
ONearly 95 percent of the 10.6 million vehicles involved in motor vehicle crashes in 2006 were passenger cars or light trucks.
OLarge trucks accounted for 8 percent of the vehicles in fatal crashes, but only 3 percent of the vehicles involved in injury crashes and 4 percent of the vehicles involved in property-damage-only crashes. Of the 4,732 large trucks involved in fatal crashes, 74 percent were combination trucks.
OThe proportion of vehicles that rolled over in fatal crashes (21.6 percent) was 4 times as high as the proportion in injury crashes (5.3 percent) and 15 times as high as the proportion in property-damage-only crashes
(1.4 percent).
OCompared with other vehicle types, utility vehicles experienced the highest rollover rates in fatal crashes (35.1 percent) and in injury crashes (9.8 percent). Large trucks experienced the highest rollover rate in
property-damage-only crashes (2.6 percent).
OFires occurred in 0.1 percent of the vehicles involved in all traffic crashes in 2006. For fatal crashes, however,
fires occurred in 3 percent of the vehicles involved.
ORegardless of crash severity, the majority of vehicles in single- and two-vehicle crashes were going straight prior to the crash. The next most common vehicle maneuver differed by crash severity: negotiating a curve for fatal crashes, turning left for injury crashes, and stopped in traffic lane for property-damage-only crashes.
OMotorcycles in fatal crashes had the highest proportion of collisions with fixed objects (24.9 percent), and buses in fatal crashes had the lowest proportion (2.3 percent). 2006 Motor Vehicle Crash Data from FARS and GES
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