Urban freight and road safety in the era of e-commerce

Figures & data

Figure 1. All vehicle- and freight vehicle–related death and nonfatal injury rates per trillion vehicle miles traveled, United States, 2005–2015.

Table 1. Location of all vehicle- and freight vehicle–related fatalities injuries, United States, 2005–2015.^a

	Fatalities
	All vehicle-related		Freight vehicle–related
	Urban interstate (%)	Urban non- interstate (%)	Urban interstate (%)	Urban non- interstate (%)
2005	6	37	12	23
2007	7	37	12	21
2009	6	37	11	22
2011	7	38	12	22
2013	6	40	12	23
2015	7	43	13	23

^aBold values indicate significant differences between freight-related crashes/injuries and all crashes/injuries.

Table 2. Location of all vehicle- and freight vehicle–related nonfatal injuries, United States, 2005–2015.^a

	Nonfatal injuries
	All vehicle-related		Freight vehicle–related
	Urban interstate (%)	Urban non- interstate (%)	Urban interstate (%)	Urban non- interstate (%)
2005	3	42	12	17
2007	3	42	9	21
2009	3	42	9	24
2011	3	43	8	25
2013	4	43	8	27
2015	3	44	10	25

^aBold values indicate the significant differences between freight-related crashes/injuries and all crashes/injuries.

Table 3. Person-level characteristics of fatal vehicle- and freight vehicle–related crashes by location type, United States, 2015.^a

Person-level characteristics		All crashes	Urban crashes	Urban, non- interstate crashes	Freight- related crashes	Urban freight- related crashes	Urban, non- interstate freight- related crashes
Number of observations		35,484	17,573	15,142	3,729	1,377	872
Age (mean)		43.5	43.8	44.5	43.9	42.5	44.1
Sex (%)	Male	71	72	72	72	71	69
	Female	29	28	28	28	29	31
Person type (%)	Vehicle occupants	81	71	69	90	83	81
	Pedestrian	15	24	26	8	14	14
	Bicyclist	2	3	4	1	2	4
	Other	1	1	1	1	1	1

^aBold values indicate the significant differences between freight-related crashes/injuries and all crashes/injuries.

Table 4. Person-level characteristics of nonfatal vehicle- and freight vehicle–related crashes by location type, United States, 2015.^a

Person-level characteristics		All crashes	Urban crashes	Urban, non- interstate crashes	Freight- related crashes	Urban freight- related crashes	Urban, non- interstate freight- related crashes
Number of observations		2,144,496	986,278	918,516	50,485	17,639	12,516
Age (mean)		37.6	37.0	37.0	39.0	35.4	36.1
Sex (%)	Male	47	47	47	61	62	63
	Female	53	53	53	39	38	37
Person type (%)	Vehicle occupants	94.6	93.0	92.5	98.0	98.0	96.0
	Pedestrian	3.0	4.0	4.2	0.4	1	1.6
	Bicyclist	1.9	2.6	2.7	0.4	0.9	1.2
	Others	0.5	0.5	0.6	1.2	0.1	1.2

^aBold values indicate the significant differences between freight-related crashes/injuries and all crashes/injuries.

Figure 2. Share of vulnerable road users in freight vehicle–related fatalities, United States, 2005–2015.

Data availability statement

The data sets generated during and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.