GAO-NSIAD-99-82-B-282071
MILITARY SAFETY
Army M939 5-Ton Truck Accident History and Planned Modifications
APRIL 1999
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Appendix II
M939 Fatal Crash and Occupant Fatality
Statistics Compared to Commercial,
Single-Unit Medium and Heavy Trucks,
1987-1996
Fatal crashes
Occupant fatalities
Million miles driven
Year
M939
SUMHT
a
M939
SUMHT
a
M939
SUMHT
a
1987
8
1,118
3
177
56.8
49,537.
1988
13
1,014
8
180
56.5
51,239.
1989
6
1,056
3
187
65.8
52,969.
1990
11
979
12
185
87.4
53,443.
1991
17
1,072
13
168
109.2
53,787.
1992
5
987
4
156
88.6
53,691.
1993
12
1,054
10
159
70.3
56,781.
1994
4
1,188
3
193
58.7
61,284.
1995
12
1,133
10
176
60.7
62,705.
1996
5
1,159
3
174
85.5
63,967.
a
Single-unit medium and heavy trucks.
Note: “Fatal crashes” are defined as any event in which someone is killed in a crash—vehicle
occupant or otherwise—and “truck occupant fatalities” as a fatality of an occupant of a single-unit
or M939 truck.
Source: GAO analysis of Federal Highway Administration, Army Safety Center, and
Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command data.
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