Truck safety advocates are calling on the Biden administration to act faster to prevent deaths resulting from large truck crashes, following new data compiled from federal sources.
The one-page report, released by the Truck Safety Coalition, ranks the 12 states with the highest fatality rates and overall deaths, based on statistics from the U.S. Department of Transportation.
State | Fatality rate* |
Wyoming | 4.3 |
South Dakota | 3.1 |
Nebraska | 2.9 |
Arkansas | 2.9 |
Montana | 2.9 |
Alabama | 2.9 |
Idaho |
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