Typically weighing some 25 times more than the average car and needing about 30 percent more stopping distance, trucks present a particular hazard on the road.
New research by law firm T. Madden & Associates, P.C. has determined the best and worst states for truck accidents—which Newsweek has plotted in the interactive map below.
Truck accident data was sourced from various official U.S. state reports, the University of California, Berkeley’s Transportation Injury Mapping System and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
In total, the US saw 170,716 reported large truck accidents last year alone—resulting in 86,842 injuries and 5,078 deaths.
The worst state was Wyoming, with around 181 large truck crashes, 60 injuries and 6 deaths for every 100,000 residents.
Map Reveals Most Dangerous US States for Truck Accidents
