Data released this month by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration shows that trucks were involved in 3,608 accidents that involved fatalities in 2011. That number is up 3 percent from 2010, but is down 12 percent from 2008. It is also down 25 percent from 2001. Deaths in truck accidents up in 2011, but drop 25% since 2001 | Overdrive - Owner Operators Trucking Magazine
The article also states that while the number of fatalities have increased, the number of trucks involved decreased.