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State Fact Sheets
The Institute for Safer Trucking publishes fact sheets summarizing truck safety statistics. The following facts are based on our analysis of the most recent data from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS).
FARS is a census of fatal crashes within the 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, dating back to 1975. Any crash involving a motor vehicle traveling on a public road that results in a death within 30 days is included in FARS.
Data Visualization Tool
The IST Data Visualization Tool can help you get a better understanding of truck crash fatalities that have occurred from 2010 to 2020 (the most recent year of available data). We are constantly improving this powerful resource and hope to continue updating it with even more filters.
Data Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS).
Safer Trucking Report
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GOVERNMENT & NGOS
Government:
Department of Transportation (DOT) - The mission of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is to ensure our Nation has the safest, most efficient and modern transportation system in the world, which improves the quality of life for all American people and communities, from rural to urban, and increases the productivity and competitiveness of American workers and businesses.
Federal Motor Carriers Safety Administration (FMCSA) - The primary mission of the FMCSA is to reduce crashes, injuries and fatalities involving large trucks and buses.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) - Through enforcing vehicle performance standards and partnerships with state and local governments, NHTSA reduces deaths, injuries and economic losses from motor vehicle crashes.
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) - An independent agency charged with making transportation safer by conducting independent accident investigations and advocating safety improvements.
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) - NIOSH is part of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It has the mandate to assure “every man and woman in the Nation safe and healthful working conditions and to preserve our human resources.”
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) - The Bureau of Labor Statistics measures labor market activity, working conditions, price changes, and productivity in the U.S. economy to support public and private decision making.
nON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONs (NGOS):
Road Safe America - RSA is a non-profit with a mission to improve trucking safety in the United States.
Governor’s Highway Safety Association (GHSA) - GHSA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit representing the state and territorial highway safety offices that implement federal grant programs to address behavioral highway safety issues.
National Safety Council (NSC) - The National Safety Council is one of America’s leading nonprofit safety advocacy groups. As a mission-based organization, NSC focuses on eliminating the leading causes of preventable death and focuses their efforts where they can make the greatest impact: workplace, roadway and impairment.
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) - An independent, nonprofit, scientific, and educational organization dedicated to reducing the losses — deaths, injuries and property damage — from motor vehicle crashes.
Stop Underrides - Committed to honoring the memory of Roya Sadigh, who was killed in a truck underride crash. This organization is committed to promoting better rear and side underride guards on large truck trailers.
AnnaLeah & Mary for Truck Safety - Committed to honoring the memories of AnnaLeah and Mary Karth, who were killed in a truck underride crash. They are focused on improving truck safety by promoting stronger underride protections, requiring crash avoidance systems, and increasing minimum insurance requirements for motor carriers.
Emily Fredricks Foundation - Their mission is to remember and honor a wonderful young woman. The Foundation honors the person that Emily was and fosters the people, family values, and things that she loved.
The Dave Fons Memorial Fund - A nonprofit created with the mission to carry on the legacy of Dave Fons' commitment to truck safety through advocacy and education.
We Save Lives - Their mission is to support and promote solution driven policies and programs that save lives by changing dangerous driving choices through viral awareness, education, advocacy and partnerships. One of their major programs is #BUTNOTWHILEDRIVING: to learn more about this program, click here.
BEREAVEMENT
Bereavement Groups:
Capital Caring Health grief counselors provide a variety of services that we hope will address your needs. These services include telephone support or ZOOM video calls, short-term individual or family grief counseling, resources for families with children, as well as support groups and workshops.
HealGrief is a 501(c)3 non-profit, is a social support network connecting grieving individuals to others while providing the tools and resources to guide one's journey with grief into a healthy post bereavement growth. Everything they do is inspired by their core belief that no one should ever grief alone.
Actively Moving Forward® (AMF), a HealGrief® program, provides communities for grieving individuals wanting to connect, be heard, and feel understood to like-minded individuals who understand their grief journey.
The Dougy Center is a non-profit with a mission to provide support in a safe place where children, teens, young adults and their families grieving a death can share their experiences.
Elizabeth Kübler Ross Foundation is a non-profit organization inspired by the life of psychiatrist, humanitarian, and hospice pioneer Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross. It’s in the spirit of embracing all of life — which includes death — that they further her mission and vision through collaborations, education, and advocacy.
MISS Foundation is an international 501(c)3, volunteer based organization providing C.A.R.E. [counseling, advocacy, research, and education] services to families experiencing the death of a child.
Open to Hope is a non-profit with a mission to provide an online forum to support people who have experienced loss: to help them cope with their pain, heal their grief and invest in their future. Their website is an online forum where people can share inspirational stories of loss and love.
Bereaved Parents of the USA is a non-profit with a mission to help grieving parents and families rebuild their lives after the death of a child.
Wendt Center for Loss and Healing is a non-profit that helps people in the Greater Washington D.C. area rebuild a sense of safety and hope after experiencing a loss, life-threatening illness, violence or other trauma.
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY