Equipping large trucks with advanced safety technologies has the potential to prevent up to 63,000
truck related crashes each year, according to new research from the AAA Foundation for Traffic
Safety. In 2015, large trucks were involved in more than 400,000 crashes that resulted in more
than 4,000 deaths and 116,000 injuries — a four percent increase from 2014. AAA recommends
that all large trucks, both existing and new, get equipped with cost effective technologies that
improve safety for everyone on the road.
“There’s no question that truck safety technology saves lives,” said Dr. David Yang, executive
director of the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. “This new research shows that the benefits of
adding many of these technologies to trucks clearly outweigh the cost.”
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