[houeto]

Very few. Truckers are the safest drivers on the highways.

Trucks comprise 4% of the total number of vehicles and are involved in 13% of the fatalities.

Those were federal statistics from 1999. Not sure what the numbers are now.

[Guillermo]

But were the accidents their fault?

There was a statistic from the Feds that said something like 9 of 10 accidents involving commercial trucks were not their fault, but the fault of the other driver.

It would make sense the fatality rate is higher, because the trucks are so much bigger and capable of more damage.

[Smartaleck]

"Trucks comprise 4% of the total number of vehicles and are involved in 13% of the fatalities."

Check out how many fatalities result when a train hits a car.........regardless of who's at fault.

[M. Thatcher]

Trucks comprise 4% of the total number of vehicles and are involved in 13% of the fatalities.

Apples and oranges. You have to compare number of total miles or total man-hours driven.