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2008 Trucks Involved in Fatal Accidents Factbook. Jarossi, L., Matteson, A., Woodrooffe, J.
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This document presents aggregate statistics on trucks involved in traffic accidents in 2008. The statistics are derived from the Trucks Involved in Fatal Accidents (TIFA) file, compiled by the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute. The TIFA database provides coverage of all medium and heavy trucks recorded in the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) file. TIFA combines vehicle, accident, and occupant records from FARS with information about the physical configuration and operating authority of the truck from the TIFA survey.