Alaska First in Special Use Vehicle Fatal Crashes Involving Taxis

Alaska ranked first with 66.7% of fatal crashes involving special use vehicles being taxis, a new study shows.

Nationally, 10% of fatal crashes involved special use vehicles are taxis. In the U.S. the taxi services industry was worth an estimated $48 billion in 2022, with more than a million businesses in operation. Taxis are considered special use vehicles, along with ambulances, fire trucks, military vehicles, school and other buses, and police vehicles.

The study, conducted by Las Vegas Personal Injury Lawyers at H&P Law, used data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to examine which vehicles were involved in fatal crashes from 2017-2021 and their usage. They assessed each state’s number of crashes involving special use vehicles to discover how many of those involved a taxi.

Alaska was the state where taxis are the special use vehicle most likely to be involved in a crash, with a rate of 66.7%. The state had an overall low rate of fatal crashes, but due to adverse weather like blizzards, driving conditions are considered perilous.

Connecticut was second with 26.3% of fatal crashes involving special use vehicles being taxis. New York was third, with 26% of fatal crashes involving special use vehicles being taxis, and New Hampshire was fourth for fatal crashes involving special use vehicles being taxis with 25%. Oregon ranked fifth, with 23.1% of fatal crashes involving special use vehicles being taxis.