Did You Know?
- Trucking employs 100,999 people in Oklahoma? That's one out of 10 workers.
- Oklahoma's trucking industry will transport 12% more goods by the year 2000 than in 1995 -- almost 110 million tons of goods.
- Trucks move 86% (98 million tons) of Oklahoma's manufactured freight.
- 68% or two out of every three Oklahoma communities are exclusively served by truck.
- Trucks are involved in less than 3.2 % of all vehicle accidents.
- Between 86-95% of businesses today use outside help during the year.
- 77.5% of the transportation firms use out source services for their employees.
- Oklahoma is home to 5, 456 Interstate trucking businesses.
- Oklahoma has the country's 12th largest roadway system.
- In the last 10 years, the fatal accident rate involving medium and heavy trucks dropped 39.5% while miles traveled increased 40.7%.
