According to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), there were 4,311 fatal crashes involving large trucks and buses in the United States in 2015 – an increase of 8% from 2014.
From 2014 to 2015, there was a 1.7% increase in large truck and bus fatalities per 100 million vehicle miles travelled by all motor vehicles across the nation. In 2015, there were a total of 24,265 collisions in the District of Columbia, including 26 fatal collisions and 6,215 injury collisions.