Client Review by Trucker Injured in 3 Semi CrashThis table shows contributing circumstances or factors that were responsible for a crash. The majority of this table points to driver faults: improper turning, failing to yield to a light or signal, crashing due to obstructed vision, and so on.
The National Highway and Traffic Safety Agency (NHTSA) has more specific information on what caused fatal events: left side collision, right side, head on, and so on. Here, though, the Missouri Highway Patrol presents a long list of things which contributed to up to an accident without specifying a primary cause. Indeed, there is a row labeled “None” which leads the table in numbers, “None” contributing to 6468 commercial motor vehicle crashes. It could well be that a only when a fatality is involved that complete and detailed information is broken out.
Motor Vehicle in Transport simply refers to a vehicle under power. A truck that is moving. The rest of contributing circumstances could be applied to a vehicle at rest, such as a fire, a train stuck on railroad tracks, someone jumping off the vehicle, an explosion, and so on. Because crashes may involve more than one type of contributing circumstance, crashes may be counted more than once.
Commercial vehicle accident victims in Missouri can contact trucking accident attorney Lawrence Flick for a free consultation to ensure you receive full compensation for your damages.
Vehicle Defects
- There were 3 fatality vehicle defect crashes involving commercial motor vehicle drivers or trucks in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 553 vehicle defect crashes involving commercial motor vehicle drivers or trucks in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 14 fatality vehicle defect crashes involving a commercial motor vehicle or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 2913 vehicle defect crashes of a commercial motor vehicle driver or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
Improper Signal
- There were zero improper signaling crashes involving commercial motor vehicle drivers or trucks in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 23 total improper signaling crashes involving commercial motor vehicle drivers or trucks in Missouri in 2021.
- There was 1 fatality improper signaling crash involving a commercial motor vehicle or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
- There were a total of 208 improper signaling crashes involving a commercial motor vehicle driver or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
Improper Backing
- There were zero improper backing fatality crashes involving commercial motor vehicles or trucks in Missouri in 2021.
- There were a total of 556 improper backing crashes involving commercial motor vehicles or trucks in Missouri in 2021.
- There was 1 improper backing crash fatality involving a commercial motor vehicle or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
- There were a total of 2810 improper backing crashes involving a commercial motor vehicle or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
Improper Turn
- There was 1 fatality improper turn crash of a commercial motor vehicle driver or truck in Missouri in 2021.
- There were a total of 802 improper turn crashes involving commercial motor vehicle drivers or trucks in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 5 fatality improper turn crashes involving a commercial motor vehicle or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
- There were a total of 4377 improper turn crashes involving a commercial motor vehicle driver or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
Improper Lane Usage/Change
- There were 16 improper lane usage/change fatality crashes involving a commercial motor vehicle driver or truck in Missouri in 2021.
- There were a total of 2120 improper lane usage/change crashes involving commercial motor vehicle drivers or trucks in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 214 fatality improper lane usage/change crashes involving a commercial motor vehicle or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
- There were a total of 16050 improper lane usage/change crashes involving a commercial motor vehicle driver or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
Wrong Side (One-Way, Wrong Direction)
- There were 0 one way/wrong direction fatality crashes involving a commercial motor vehicle driver or truck in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 15 one way/wrong direction crashes involving commercial motor vehicle drivers or trucks in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 14 fatality one way/wrong direction crashes involving a commercial motor vehicle or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
- There were a total of 331 one way/wrong direction crashes involving a commercial motor vehicle driver or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
Improper Start From Park
- There were no improper start from park fatality crashes involving a commercial motor vehicle driver or truck in Missouri in 2021.
- There were a total of 5 improper start from park crashes involving commercial motor vehicle drivers or trucks in Missouri in 2021.
- There was 1 fatality improper start from park crash involving a commercial motor vehicle or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
- There were a total of 124 improper start from park crashes involving a commercial motor vehicle driver or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
Improperly Parked
- There were no improperly parked fatality crashes involving a commercial motor vehicle driver or truck in Missouri in 2021.
- There were a total of 11 improperly parked crashes involving commercial motor vehicle drivers or trucks in Missouri in 2021.
- There was no improperly parked crash fatality involving a commercial motor vehicle or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
- There were a total of 373 improperly parked crashes involving a commercial motor vehicle driver or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
Failed To Yield
- There were 15 failed to yield fatality crashes involving a commercial motor vehicle driver or truck in Missouri in 2021.
- There were a total of 892 failed to yield crashes involving commercial motor vehicle drivers or trucks in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 134 failed to yield fatality crashes involving a commercial motor vehicle or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
- There were a total of 24745 failed to yield crashes involving a commercial motor vehicle driver or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
Alcohol
- There was 1 alcohol related fatality crash involving a commercial motor vehicle driver or truck in Missouri in 2021.
- There were in total 77 alcohol related crashes involving commercial motor vehicle drivers or trucks in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 62 fatality alcohol related crashes involving a commercial motor vehicle or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
- There were a total of 5385 alcohol related crashes involving a commercial motor vehicle driver or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
Drugs
- There was 1 drug related fatality crash involving a commercial motor vehicle driver or truck in Missouri in 2021.
- There were a total of 14 drug related crashes involving commercial motor vehicle drivers or trucks in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 101 fatality drug related crashes involving a commercial motor vehicle or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
- There were a total of 1560 alcohol related crashes involving a commercial motor vehicle driver or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
Physical Impairment
- There were two physical impairment related fatality crashes involving a commercial motor vehicle driver or truck in Missouri in 2021.
- There were a total of 63 physical impairment related crashes involving commercial motor vehicle drivers or trucks in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 21 fatality physical impairment crashes involving a commercial motor vehicle or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 1416 physical impairment related crashes involving a commercial motor vehicle driver or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
Distracted/Inattentive
- There were 11 distracted/inattentive driver fatality crashes involving a commercial motor vehicle driver or truck in Missouri in 2021.
- There were a total of 979 distracted/inattentive crashes involving commercial motor vehicle drivers or trucks in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 70 fatality distracted/inattentive crashes involving a commercial motor vehicle or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
- There were a total of 16279 distracted/inattentive crashes of a commercial motor vehicle driver or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
Vision Obstructed
- There was 1 vision obscured fatality crash involving a commercial motor vehicle driver or truck in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 241 vision obscured crashes involving commercial motor vehicle drivers or trucks in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 8 fatality vision obscured crashes involving a commercial motor vehicle or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
- There were a total of 2523 vision obscured crashes involving a commercial motor vehicle driver or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
Driver Fatigue/Asleep
- There were no fatality driver fatigue or sleep related crashes involving a commercial motor vehicle driver or truck in Missouri in 2021.
- There were a total of 156 driver fatigue or sleep related crashes involving commercial motor vehicle drivers or trucks in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 15 fatality driver fatigue or sleep related crashes involving a commercial motor vehicle or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
- There were a total of 2479 driver fatigue or sleep related crashes involving a commercial motor vehicle driver or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
Failed To Dim Lights
- There were no fatal crashes for a failure to dim lights of a commercial motor vehicle driver or truck in Missouri in 2021.
- There was no failure to dim light crashes involving commercial motor vehicle drivers or trucks in Missouri in 2021.
- There were zero crashes for failing to dim lights involving a commercial motor vehicle or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
- There were a total of 7 failed to dim lights crashes involving a commercial motor vehicle driver or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
Failed To Use Lights
- There was one fatality failure to use lights crash involving a commercial motor vehicle driver or truck in Missouri in 2021.
- There were a total of 49 failure to use lights crashes involving commercial motor vehicle drivers or trucks in Missouri in 2021.
- There were zero fatalities in failure to use light crashes involving a commercial motor vehicle or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 82 failed to use lights crashes involving a commercial motor vehicle driver or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
Improper Towing/Pushing
- There was one fatality improper towing or pushing crash involving a commercial motor vehicle in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 49 improper towing or pushing crashes involving commercial motor vehicle drivers or trucks in Missouri in 2021.
- There were no improper towing or pushing crash fatalities involving a commercial motor vehicle or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
- There were a total of 82 failed to use lights crashes involving a commercial motor vehicle driver or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
Overcorrected
- There were 5 fatality crashes through overcorrection involving commercial motor vehicle drivers or trucks in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 259 overcorrection crashes of a commercial motor vehicle or truck in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 65 fatality overcorrection crashes of a commercial motor vehicle or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 3415 correction crashes involving a commercial motor vehicle driver or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
Improper Riding/Clinging To Vehicle Exterior
- There were no improper riding/clinging fatality crashes involving commercial motor vehicle drivers or trucks in Missouri in 2021.
- There was one crash from improper riding or clinging to a vehicle exterior of a commercial motor vehicle involving a vehicle driver or truck in Missouri in 2021.
- There was one fatality crash with improper riding or clinging to a vehicle exterior of a commercial motor vehicle or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 25 improper riding of clinging to a vehicle exterior crashes involving a commercial motor vehicle driver or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
Improperly Stopped On Roadway
- There were no improperly stopped on roadway fatality crashes of commercial motor vehicles or trucks in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 57 improperly stopped on roadway crashes of a commercial motor vehicle or truck in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 12 fatality improperly stopped on roadway crashes of a commercial motor vehicle or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 669 improperly stopped on roadway crashes involving a commercial motor vehicle driver or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
Failed To Secure Load/Improper Loading
- There was one fatality crash for failure to secure a load involving a commercial motor vehicle or truck in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 302 crashes from improper loading of a commercial motor vehicle or truck in Missouri in 2021.
- There was one fatality from failure to secure the load of a commercial motor vehicle or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 403 crashes from failure to secure a load involving a commercial motor vehicle driver or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
Animal(s) In Roadway
- There were no fatality crashes from an animal in a roadway involving a commercial motor vehicle or truck in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 302 crashes from an animal in the roadway of a commercial motor vehicle or truck in Missouri in 2021.
- There was one fatality crash from an animal in the roadway of a commercial motor vehicle or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 403 crashes from animals in the road involving a commercial motor vehicle driver or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
Object/Obstruction in Roadway
- There was one fatality crash from an object or obstruction in a roadway involving a commercial motor vehicle or truck in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 166 crashes from an object or obstruction in the roadway of a commercial motor vehicle or truck in Missouri in 2021.
- There were nine fatality crashes from an animal in the roadway of a commercial motor vehicle or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 403 crashes from animals in the road involving a commercial motor vehicle driver or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
Speed – Exceeded Limit
- There were four fatality crashes from speeding involving a commercial motor vehicle or truck in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 69 crashes from an object or obstruction in the roadway of a commercial motor vehicle or truck in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 168 fatality crashes from speed involving a commercial motor vehicle or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 4046 total crashes from speed/exceeding the limit involving a commercial motor vehicle driver or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
Too Fast For Conditions
- There were eight fatality crashes from driving too fast for conditions involving a commercial motor vehicle or truck in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 864 crashes from driving too fast for conditions involving a commercial motor vehicle or truck in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 187 fatality crashes from driving too fast for conditions involving a commercial motor vehicle or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 16248 total crashes from driving too fast for conditions involving a commercial motor vehicle driver or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
Improper Passing
- There were no fatality crashes from improper passing involving a commercial motor vehicle or truck in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 109 crashes from improper passing involving a commercial motor vehicle or truck in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 20 fatality crashes from improper passing involving a commercial motor vehicle or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 1823 total crashes from improper passing involving a commercial motor vehicle driver or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
Violation Signal/Sign
- There were two fatality crashes from failing to obey a signal or sign with a commercial motor vehicle or truck in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 171 crashes from failing to obey a signal or sign with a commercial motor vehicle or truck in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 54 fatality crashes from failing to obey a signal or sign with a commercial motor vehicle or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 6536 total crashes from failing to obey a signal or sign with a commercial motor vehicle driver or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
Wrong Side (Not Passing)
- There were five fatality crashes from being on the wrong side of the road with a commercial motor vehicle or truck in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 127 crashes from being on the wrong side on the road with a commercial motor vehicle or truck in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 91 fatality crashes from being on the wrong side of the road with a commercial motor vehicle or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 1605 total crashes from being on the wrong side of the road with a commercial motor vehicle driver or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
Following Too Close
- There were two fatality crashes for following too close with a commercial motor vehicle or truck in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 960 crashes for following too close with a commercial motor vehicle or truck in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 19 fatality crashes from following too close with a commercial motor vehicle or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 17497 total crashes from following too close with a commercial motor vehicle driver or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
Unknown
- There were four fatality crashes for unknown reasons with a commercial motor vehicle or truck in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 1208 crashes for unknown reasons with a commercial motor vehicle or truck in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 110 fatality crashes for unknown reasons with a commercial motor vehicle or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 19933 total crashes from being on the wrong side with a commercial motor vehicle driver or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
Derailment
- There were no fatality derailment crashes with a commercial motor vehicle or truck in Missouri in 2021.
- There were no derailment crashes with a commercial motor vehicle or truck in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 110 fatality crashes for unknown reasons with a commercial motor vehicle or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
- There was one crash from derailment with a commercial motor vehicle driver or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
None
- There were 75 crashes with no contributing circumstance listed with a commercial motor vehicle or truck in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 6468 crashes with no contributing circumstances listed involving a commercial motor vehicle or truck in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 338 fatality crashes with no contributing circumstances listed with a commercial motor vehicle or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 94263 crashes with no contributing circumstances listed with a commercial motor vehicle driver or truck and another driver or pedestrian in Missouri in 2021.
Source: These statistics are for 2021 and were developed by Missouri State Highway Patrol Statistical Analysis Center.
https://www.mshp.dps.missouri.gov/MSHPWeb/SAC/index_960grid.html
