Intrastate Truck Driver Pay and Safety: A Longitudinal Analysis

Details

• Journal Article:
  Industrial Relations
• Personal Author:
  Conner, Kevin ; Ryley, Walter ; Belzer, Michael H.
• Description:
  Truck drivers, their employers, and the public bear the costs of large truck crashes. Prior research finds that truck drivers tend to have fewer crashes when they are paid more, yet much of the U.S. industry operates with low pay and high turnover. We use carrier-level safety records and regional earnings information covering more than 40,000 carriers to show that the pay-safety relationship weakens during periods of labor market slack or heightened cost pressures. These findings suggest that upstream economic factors influence trucking safety and that recent economic regulation of trucking in other countries may inform U.S. policy. Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Motor Vehicles
  • Occupational Health
  • Safety
  • Truck Driver
• Keywords:
  • Truck drivers; Trucking; Occupational safety; Labor relations; Economic impact; Transportation workers; Motor vehicles; Accident statistics; Longitudinal study; Policy; Safety research;
  • Author Keywords: economics of industrial; safety; intrastate trucking; occupational safety; piecework; remuneration; safe rates; trucking
• Source:
  Ind Rel 2026 Apr; :Epub ahead of print
• ISSN:
  0019-8676
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Chicago Region OSHA ; Denver Region OSHA ; Michigan ; Ohio ; Utah
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  17 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20071619
• Contact Point Address:
  Kevin Conner, Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
• Email:
  kevin.conner@utah.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2026
• Performing Organization:
  University of Utah
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• End Date:
  20280630
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/259394/cdc_259394_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 434.09 KB]
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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