UK sees truck driver fatalities down in 2009

According to figures released by the UK’s Department of Transport (DfT) the number of commercial vehicle drivers and passengers killed in road accidents fell by 24% in 2009 compared with the same period for 2008.

The numbers registered in 2009 was 50 down from 66 in 2008.

Those seriously injured numbered 556, down 10% on 2008’s total of 619. Those slightly injured totalled 5,656, down 8% on 2008’s figure of 6,158.

In a breakdown of the fifty deaths recorded in 2009 thirty six were LCV occupants (down 16% on 2008) and fourteen HGV occupants (down 39% on 2008). LCV occupants accounted for 381 of the serious injuries and 4,326 of the slight injuries. HGV occupants accounted for 175 serious injuries and 1,330 slight injuries.

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