Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute

Research Reports
Report Details

Title:
Truck Crash Facts
Publication Date:
Oct 2013
Type:
Issue Brief

Abstract

Trucks are an important mode of economic connectivity in rural states like North Dakota. The size/mass difference between 80,000 pound trucks and 4,000 pound passenger vehicles, along with operational differences such as acceleration/deceleration times and turning radiuses, heighten risk for crash events.