I suspect that the real story is not as bad as these statistics make it look. What would really be of interest is what these figures would look like between motorcycles and cars.
I can believe that we are way more at risk than truck drivers. But so are car drivers. The fact that all other road users are lumped together very much clouds the results and essentially renders any analysis of the quoted reports meaningless. Which, I guess, was the intent of the authors - they were "sound men" in the words of Humphrey Appleby.
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin (1706-90)
"I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending to much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it." - Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
"Motorcycling is not inherently dangerous. It is, however, EXTREMELY unforgiving of inattention, ignorance, incompetence and stupidity!" - Anonymous
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