Client Review by Trucker Injured in 3 Semi CrashDoes Missouri weather have an influence on commercial motor vehicle/truck involved accidents? Common sense tells us that an 80,000 pound big rig traveling at 60 MPH in the rain is a greater risk than one in clear weather since stopping distances are greater in adverse weather and visibility poorer. Statistically speaking, however, the numbers don’t bear this out at first glance.
The majority of crashes occur in clear weather, most probably since clear weather exists most of the time in Missouri. Also, these official Missouri Highway Patrol figures would have to be analyzed deeper by the government because uniform weather conditions do not exist across the entire state. It could be raining one moment in Kansas City while at the same time St. Louis enjoys sunny skies. Just relying on state-wide averages isn’t terribly helpful if one city has 100 rainy days in a year and another has 125.
In addition, any information like weather is taken down primarily to record the conditions of an accident scene, not to make grist for the mill of futurists. With these things in mind, though, these stats do lay a foundation for beginning the study of how weather influences commercial vehicle/truck accidents in Missouri.
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Clear Weather
- There were 84 fatal commercial vehicle accidents in clear weather in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 1883 personal injury commercial vehicle accidents in clear weather in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 8510 property damage only commercial vehicle accidents in clear weather in Missouri in 2021.
- There were a total of 10477 commercial vehicle accidents in clear weather in Missouri in 2021.
Cloudy Weather
- There were 38 fatal commercial vehicle accidents in cloudy weather in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 743 personal injury commercial vehicle accidents in cloudy weather in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 3047 property damage only commercial vehicle accidents in cloudy weather in Missouri in 2021.
- There were a total of 3828 commercial vehicle accidents in cloudy weather in Missouri in 2021.
Rainy Weather
- There were 12 fatal commercial vehicle accidents in rainy weather in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 320 personal injury commercial vehicle accidents in rainy weather in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 1169 property damage only commercial vehicle accidents in rainy weather in Missouri in 2021.
- There were a total of 1501 commercial vehicle accidents in rainy weather in Missouri in 2021.
Snowy Weather
- There were 4 fatal commercial vehicle accidents in snowy weather in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 99 personal injury commercial vehicle accidents in snowy weather in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 542 property damage only commercial vehicle accidents in snowy weather in Missouri in 2021.
- There were a total of 645 commercial vehicle accidents in snowy weather in Missouri in 2021.
Sleet/Hail Weather
- There were 0 fatal commercial vehicle accidents in sleet/hail weather in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 9 personal injury commercial vehicle accidents in sleet/hail weather in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 59 property damage only commercial vehicle accidents in sleet/hail weather in Missouri in 2021.
- There were a total of 68 commercial vehicle accidents in sleet/hail weather in Missouri in 2021.
Freezing Weather
- There were 4 fatal commercial vehicle accidents in freezing weather in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 109 personal injury commercial vehicle accidents in freezing weather in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 544 property damage only commercial vehicle accidents in freezing weather in Missouri in 2021.
- There were a total of 657 commercial vehicle accidents in freezing weather in Missouri in 2021.
Fog or Misty Weather
- There was 1 fatal commercial vehicle accident in fog or misty weather in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 44 personal injury commercial vehicle accidents in fog or misty weather in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 148 property damage only commercial vehicle accidents in fog or misty weather in Missouri in 2021.
- There were a total of 193 commercial vehicle accidents in fog or misty weather in Missouri in 2021.
Severe Crosswind Weather
- There were 0 fatal commercial vehicle accidents in severe crosswind weather in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 8 personal injury commercial vehicle accidents in severe crosswind weather in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 23 property damage only commercial vehicle accidents in severe crosswind weather in Missouri in 2021.
- There were a total of 31 commercial vehicle accidents in clear weather in Missouri in 2021.
Unknown or Unnamed Weather
- There were 0 fatal commercial vehicle accidents in unknown or unnamed weather in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 4 personal injury commercial vehicle accidents in unknown or unnamed weather in Missouri in 2021.
- There were 40 property damage only commercial vehicle accidents in unknown or unnamed weather in Missouri in 2021.
- There were a total of 43 commercial vehicle accidents in unknown or unnamed weather in Missouri in 2021.
Weather Crash Totals
- A total of 143 fatal commercial vehicle accidents occurred under different weather conditions in Missouri in 2021.
- A total of 3219 personal injury commercial vehicle accidents occurred under different weather conditions in Missouri in 2021.
- A total of 14082 property damage only commercial vehicle accidents occurred under different weather conditions in Missouri in 2021.
- There were a total of 17444 commercial vehicle accidents occurring under different weather conditions in Missouri in 2021.
Source: These statistics are for 2021 and were developed by Missouri State Highway Patrol Statistical Analysis Center.
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