Research Article

Association between Truck Crashes due to Mechanical Failure and Truck Age

Table 5

Rates of truck-involved crashes occurring due to mechanical failure.

Age groupNo. of mechanical failuresEstimated number of trucksMechanical failure rates per million trucks

0–9 years25595,967,5362.65715
10–19 years29847,086,3996.32879
20–29 years1048,613,17512.07453
30–40 years211,034,52120.29924
Sum678152,701,6314.44003