Figure 1,,, Fatalities in Large Truck Crashes: 1975–2000,,, (Thousands of fatalities),,, Year,Fatalities,, 1975,"4,483",, 1976,"5,008",, 1977,"5,723",, 1978,"6,356",, 1979,"6,702",, 1980,"5,971",, 1981,"5,806",, 1982,"5,229",, 1983,"5,491",, 1984,"5,640",, 1985,"5,734",, 1986,"5,579",, 1987,"5,598" 1988,"5,679" 1989,"5,490" 1990,"5,272" 1991,"4,821" 1992,"4,462" 1993,"4,856" 1994,"5,144" 1995,"4,918" 1996,"5,142" 1997,"5,398" 1998,"5,374" 1999,"5,203" 2000,"5,282" "SOURCES: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Traffic Safety Facts 2000 (Washington, DC: 2001), table 11. ____. Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) database, available at http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/, as of April 2002.",