CDC: 14 percent of truck drivers often don’t wear seat belts
Motor vehicle accidents were the leading cause of occupational fatalities in the U.S. in 2012, accounting for 25% of deaths. Truck drivers accounted for 46% of these deaths.
One reason for that fatality rate among truckers might be a startling fact recently revealed in a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report: one in six long-haul truck drivers (LHTDs) do not wear seat belts.