Metro Atlanta truck crash statistics: Age 0 to 20 (2020-2024)

Deaths and fatal crashes by year

The annual figures distinguish selected deaths from the fatal crashes containing those deaths. In 2020, there were 8 selected deaths in 5 crashes; in 2021, there were 7 in 7 crashes. The 2022 figures were 9 selected deaths in 8 crashes, the highest annual counts for both measures among the supplied years. In 2023, 6 selected deaths occurred in 4 crashes, followed by 6 in 5 crashes in 2024. Equal death counts can therefore accompany different crash counts. The 2024 figures come from the provisional Annual Report File, while 2020 through 2023 use Final Files.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Person categories

People in other vehicles accounted for 28 selected deaths, compared with 6 nonoccupants and 2 people in the large truck. These categories describe only the deceased people meeting the age selection, rather than everyone killed in the crashes. Nonoccupants follows the FARS A_PTYPE grouping, which includes occupants of vehicles not in transport. It should not be read as a count limited to pedestrians or pedalcyclists. The person categories distinguish where the selected deceased people fit within the records; they do not assign responsibility. Large-truck involvement does not mean that the truck occupant was the person who died.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Manner of collision

Angle collisions accounted for 13 selected deaths, the largest selected-death count among the supplied manner-of-collision rows. Not a collision with a motor vehicle in transport and rear-end collisions each accounted for 9. Head-on collisions accounted for 4, and sideswipes for 1. These figures count selected people killed, not the number of crashes with each collision manner. The classification concerns the first harmful event, so it does not describe every event within a crash. A motor vehicle stopped in traffic can still be in transport under the supplied definition. These labels do not establish a cause or fault.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Recorded counties

Fulton County recorded 7 selected deaths, the highest selected-death count among the supplied county rows, followed by DeKalb County with 6. Bartow County and Gwinnett County each recorded 4, while Cobb County recorded 3. Barrow County and Douglas County each recorded 2. Butts, Coweta, Haralson, Heard, Jasper, Newton, Rockdale and Spalding counties each recorded 1. County assignment follows the location of the crash, not the home address of the person killed. These counts describe the age-selected fatality records within the metro geography. Without population or traffic exposure denominators, they do not establish comparative county risk.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Recorded interstate routes

Among the supplied recorded interstate routes, I-20 had the largest selected-death count with 6, followed by I-75 with 5 and I-285 with 3. The records list 1 selected death for I-85 and 1 for I-86. Inclusion requires ROUTE = 1 together with an I-route identifier that can be parsed from TWAY_ID. This operational selection describes the recorded route fields, not every road carrying the selected crashes. The figures remain confined to crashes within metro Atlanta and do not describe an interstate's entire length. They count selected deaths rather than crashes and provide no route-specific exposure comparison.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Trucks in the selected crashes

The distinct crashes containing the selected deaths involved 30 large-truck vehicles, including 19 truck-tractor vehicles. Both figures measure vehicles, so neither should be substituted for the selected-death count or the distinct fatal-crash count. For this dataset, a large truck is a medium or heavy truck with a gross vehicle weight rating greater than 10,000 pounds; buses and motor homes are excluded. The vehicle totals concern trucks in the crashes containing the age-selected deaths, regardless of the deceased person's vehicle category. They do not mean that every truck contained a selected deceased person, and involvement does not establish fault.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Sources and limits

The geographic frame is the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA MSA, containing 29 counties under OMB Bulletin 23-01, July 2023. NHTSA FARS covers fatal traffic crashes involving a motor vehicle on a trafficway customarily open to the public, with an occupant or nonoccupant dying within 30 days. Nonfatal-only crashes are excluded. This selection requires large-truck involvement and deceased people with known ages 0 to 20; unknown age codes and ages above 120 are excluded. The 2024 Annual Report File remains subject to revision. No population rate, mileage denominator or traffic exposure denominator is supplied for these selected deaths.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

See also

• Georgia's two-year limit for truck accident injury claims

On related publications

• Georgia truck accident statistics (2020-2024) (truckaccidentlawyers.wiki)
• Large truck (crash data definition) (truckaccidentlawyer.wiki)