Hi-Tech Safety: The Innovations To Make Truck Driving Safer Photo : Hi-Tech Safety: The Innovations To Make Truck Driving Safer In 2019, there were around 4,119 fatalities as a result of large truck accidents, with 16% of those deaths being truck drivers, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Improving road and truck driving safety is a desire that manufacturers, government bodies, and motorists all share. In this quest, technology is stepping up to make truck driving - and driving in general - safer not just for drivers, but for other people on the road. So what innovations are leading the way? Driver Assistance Systems