Metro Atlanta truck crash statistics: Age 21 to 34 (2020-2024)

Deaths and fatal crashes by year

Selected deaths and the fatal crashes containing them follow separate annual counts. In 2020, there were 25 selected deaths in 24 fatal crashes; 2021 recorded 29 selected deaths in 29 fatal crashes. The 2022 figures were 32 selected deaths and 31 fatal crashes, the largest annual counts for both measures among the supplied years.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

In 2023, the counts were 16 selected deaths in 15 fatal crashes, followed by 22 selected deaths in 22 fatal crashes in 2024. The 2024 Annual Report File is provisional. Annual death counts remain restricted to the selected age group.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Person categories

People in other vehicles accounted for 99 selected deaths, the largest count among the supplied person categories. Nonoccupants accounted for 20 selected deaths, while people in the large truck accounted for 5. Each category describes deceased people with known ages 21 to 34 in the selected metro Atlanta crashes, rather than everyone killed in those crashes.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

The nonoccupant category uses the FARS A_PTYPE grouping and includes occupants of vehicles not in transport. It should therefore not be read as a pedestrian-only count. The category totals describe the selected deceased population, without an exposure denominator for comparing risk.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Manner of collision

Rear-end collisions accounted for 38 selected deaths, the largest selected-death count among the supplied collision categories. Angle collisions accounted for 32, and events classified as not a collision with a motor vehicle in transport accounted for 30. Head-on collisions accounted for 18 selected deaths, sideswipes for 5, and the other category for 1.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

These classifications describe the manner of the first harmful event. They are counts of selected people killed, not counts of collision events or vehicles. A motor vehicle in transport can be stopped in traffic, so that term does not require movement at the moment described.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Recorded counties

Fulton County recorded 24 selected deaths, the largest count among the supplied county rows, followed by DeKalb County with 19. Cobb County and Gwinnett County each recorded 12, while Clayton County and Douglas County each recorded 8. Bartow County recorded 5 and Haralson County recorded 4.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

County assignments identify where the fatal crashes occurred, not where the deceased people lived. All county figures retain the known-age selection of 21 to 34 within large-truck crashes during 2020-2024. These counts do not establish county risk rankings because no county population, mileage or traffic exposure denominator is supplied.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Recorded interstate routes

Among the supplied interstate rows, I-75 recorded the largest selected-death count at 17, followed by I-285 with 15. I-20 and I-85 each recorded 10 selected deaths, and I-675 recorded 1. These figures concern selected deceased people in crashes within metro Atlanta, not deaths along the full lengths of those routes.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Route inclusion requires ROUTE = 1 together with a parseable I-route in TWAY_ID. This operational selection does not cover every road. A road outside this selection is not thereby assigned a legal road classification, and the route counts do not provide an exposure-based comparison.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Trucks in the selected crashes

The distinct fatal crashes containing the selected deaths involved 127 large-truck vehicles. Of those vehicles, 75 were truck tractors. These are vehicle counts within the selected crashes, separate from the 124 selected deaths and the 121 distinct fatal crashes. The truck total does not count deceased truck occupants.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

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 from that definition. Recorded involvement establishes that a qualifying truck was in the crash; it does not establish fault.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Sources and limits

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 outside its scope. This selection applies A_LT = 1 and retains only deceased people with known ages 21 to 34, excluding unknown age codes and ages above 120.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

The 2020 through 2023 figures use FARS Final Files; the provisional 2024 Annual Report File is subject to revision. Counts follow crash location. The supplied percentage uses all metro large-truck-crash deaths as its denominator, not population or travel exposure.^{[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)