Metro Atlanta truck crash statistics: Age 35 to 54 (2020-2024)

Deaths and fatal crashes by year

The annual records show 35 selected deaths in 34 fatal crashes in 2020, followed by 30 selected deaths in 28 fatal crashes in 2021. In 2022, the figures were 33 selected deaths and 32 fatal crashes. The 2023 records contain 28 selected deaths in 26 fatal crashes; the provisional 2024 Annual Report File contains 23 selected deaths in 22 fatal crashes.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Among these annual rows, 2020 has the largest selected death count and 2024 the smallest. Each crash figure counts distinct fatal crashes containing the selected deaths, rather than treating every selected death as a separate crash.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Person categories

People in other vehicles accounted for 94 selected deaths, the largest selected death count among the supplied person categories. People in the large truck accounted for 31 selected deaths, while the nonoccupant grouping accounted for 24. All categories retain the known-age selection of 35 to 54.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

The nonoccupant category uses the FARS A_PTYPE 3,4,5 grouping, which includes occupants of vehicles not in transport. Its scope therefore extends beyond pedestrians and pedalcyclists. These figures describe selected people who died, not vehicle counts, and they exclude people outside the age selection even when those people died in the same crashes.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Manner of collision

The first harmful event was classified as not a collision with a motor vehicle in transport for 49 selected deaths. Rear-end collisions accounted for 45 selected deaths, angle collisions for 28, head-on collisions for 17, sideswipes for 8, and the other category for 2.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

These classifications describe the manner of the first harmful event, rather than every event in the crash sequence. A motor vehicle in transport can be stopped in traffic. The figures count selected deceased people aged 35 to 54 under each classification; they are not counts of collisions and do not establish fault or explain why a crash occurred.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Recorded counties

Fulton County recorded 20 selected deaths, the largest selected death count among the supplied county rows. DeKalb County and Gwinnett County each recorded 17, followed by Bartow County with 14, Cobb County with 13, and Clayton County with 11. Henry County recorded 9 and Douglas County recorded 7.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

County attribution follows the crash location, not the deceased person's residence. The geographic framework is the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA MSA, CBSA 12060, containing 29 counties under OMB Bulletin 23-01, July 2023. The supplied county counts describe deaths within the age selection and provide no population or travel-exposure basis for comparing county risk.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Recorded interstate routes

Among the supplied interstate rows, I-20 recorded the largest selected death count, with 18. I-75 recorded 17 selected deaths, I-85 recorded 16, and I-285 recorded 15. The remaining supplied routes were I-985 with 2 selected deaths and I-575 with 1.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

This table selects records with ROUTE = 1 and a parseable I-route identifier in TWAY_ID. Its figures cover selected deaths at crash locations within metro Atlanta, not deaths along each route's entire length. Roads omitted by this operational selection cannot be assigned a legal road classification from that omission. Route counts lack a traffic-exposure denominator for assessing comparative risk.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Trucks in the selected crashes

The distinct fatal crashes containing the selected deaths involved 161 large-truck vehicles. Among those large trucks, 91 were truck-tractor vehicles. Both figures count vehicles in the selected crashes, rather than selected deaths or distinct crashes. The age restriction selects deceased people; it does not turn the truck counts into a count of truck occupants in that age range.^{[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. Large-truck involvement identifies the crash population and 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 fall outside that census. Here, A_LT = 1 identifies crashes involving at least one large truck, and the age selector limits the reported deaths to deceased people with known ages 35 to 54.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Records for 2020 through 2023 come from FARS Final Files. The 2024 Annual Report File is provisional and subject to revision. No population rate, mileage denominator, or traffic-exposure denominator is supplied, so these counts do not measure exposure-adjusted risk.^{[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)