Oregon Facts & Statistics
- The state recorded 1,245 truck crashes. There were 520 persons injured and 52 killed.
- Truck crash totals include every incident involving a fatality, injury, or damage requiring that any vehicle be towed away.
- The 1,245 truck crashes includes 692 truck-at-fault crashes. The truck driver was at-fault in 621 of the truck-at-fault crashes, both truck and car drivers were at-fault in 28, and only 43 were attributed to a truck mechanical problem.
- Trucks over 26,000 pounds traveled 1.871 billion miles in Oregon last year. Based on that mileage alone, there were 0.665 crashes, and 0.370 truck-at-fault crashes, per million miles.
Crash Statistics
Greg was killed by a tractor-trailer that had 23 safety violations, an inexperienced driver, and an improperly secured load.
Rachel was a healthy, active eight year old little girl. She had a long life ahead of her that was unfairly taken away.
I lost my freedom and my independence in a split second. Now I have to rely on many other people to do for me what I used to be able to do myself.- 8-year-old Killed in Collision with Truck Carrying Hazardous Load
An eight-year-old girl was traveling with her mother when a truck loaded with flammable materials crashed into the family’s car. The girl was severely injured and later died as a result of her injuries. During the wrongful death case brought against the operator of the truck and her employer, it was discovered that the truck [...]
- Tractor-trailer Loses Load, Kills Pick-up Truck Driver
A 37-year-old man was on his way to work when a tractor-trailer lost part of its load of hay bales on the highway. The hay bales smashed into the man’s pick-up truck, demolishing the vehicle and killing the driver. An investigation proved the trucking company knew the tractor trailer had received 23 or more safety [...]
- Young Child Dies in Multi-truck Crash
A nine-year-old girl and her mother were traveling down Interstate 5 one night when the valley filled with smoke. Due to poor visibility, the mother stopped the car behind a flatbed truck that had also stopped because of the smoke. Two 18-wheelers behind the stopped vehicles, one a gasoline tanker, continued driving through what both [...]