Pickup truck drivers in crashes (2012)

              Pickup Truck Drivers in Crashes (2012)
Oklahoma
Department of Public Safety
Highway Safety Office
3223 N. Lincoln Blvd.
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
Phone: 405.523.1570
Fax: 405.523.1586
www.ohso.ok.gov
Pickup Truck Drivers in Fatal Crashes
Five Year Trend (2008‐2012)
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Pickup Truck Drivers in Fatal Crashes 291 269 275 262 271
Total Drivers in Fatal Crashes 1,014 941 909 906 974
Pickup Truck Drivers as Percentage of Total Drivers in Fatal Crashes 28.7% 28.6% 30.3% 28.9% 27.8%
Pickup Truck Driver Fatalities 147 133 127 128 152
Total Driver Fatalities 517 520 451 471 495
Pickup Drivers Fatalities as Percentage of Total Driver Fatalities 28.4% 25.6% 28.2% 27.2% 30.7%
Crash Involvement
In 2012, 28,834 pickup truck drivers were involved in 25,449 motor vehicle crashes.
These drivers represent 22.3% of the total 129,238 drivers in 2012 motor vehicle
crashes. Pickup truck drivers were involved in 36.0% of the total 70,669 reported
crashes in 2012.
Driver Injury Severity, Age & Sex
Of the 28,834 pickup truck drivers in motor vehicle crashes in 2012, 152 were killed
and 2,186 were seriously injured. Males represented 78.1% of the pickup truck
drivers involved in crashes. Of the 28,834 pickup truck drivers involved in crashes,
19.9% were age 21‐29, 17.1% were age 30‐39 and 15.9% were age 40‐49.
Pickup Truck Drivers in Crashes (2012)
Driver Age & Driver Injury Severity
Driver Age
Driver Injury Severity
% of
Drivers
Fatal
Injury
Serious
Injury
*Other
Injury Total
Unknown 1 3 1296 1300 4.5%
Under 16 1 12 55 68 0.2%
16 ‐ 20 15 353 3606 3974 13.8%
21 ‐ 29 30 494 5205 5729 19.9%
30 ‐ 39 28 365 4536 4929 17.1%
40 ‐ 49 30 350 4195 4575 15.9%
50 ‐ 59 26 312 3958 4296 14.9%
60 ‐ 69 11 175 2245 2431 8.4%
70 ‐ 79 7 77 1019 1103 3.8%
80+ 3 45 381 429 1.5%
Total 152 2186 26496 28834 100.0%
*Other injury represents possible injury, unknown injury and no injury.
Serious injury includes incapacitating and non‐incapacitating injuries.