Indiana Traffic Safety Facts: Trucks 2012

Abstract

In 2012, 188,841 collisions occurred in Indiana. Of these, 46 percent involved a light truck and 6 percent involved a large truck. The percentage of both light and large truck collisions decreased from 2011. Among the 331,693 vehicles involved in 2012 collisions, 105,751 were light trucks and 13,090 were large trucks. This fact sheet summarizes various aspects of collisions involving large and light trucks, including characteristics of people involved, injuries sustained, and restraint use. Indiana data come primarily from the Indiana State Police Automated Reporting Information Exchange System (ARIES), as of April 9, 2013.