Metro Atlanta truck crash statistics: Age 55 to 64 (2020-2024)

Deaths and fatal crashes by year

The annual records show 16 selected deaths in 16 fatal crashes in 2020, followed by 7 selected deaths in 7 fatal crashes in 2021. In 2022, the counts were 24 selected deaths and 23 fatal crashes. The remaining years recorded 13 selected deaths in 13 fatal crashes in 2023 and 12 selected deaths in 12 fatal crashes in 2024.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Among the displayed years, 2022 had the largest selected death count and the largest count of fatal crashes containing those deaths. The 2024 figures come from the provisional Annual Report File and remain subject to revision.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Person categories

People in other vehicles accounted for 39 selected deaths, compared with 18 among people in the large truck and 15 among nonoccupants. People in other vehicles therefore had the largest selected death count among the displayed person categories. Each category remains restricted to deceased people with known ages 55 to 64.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

The nonoccupant category follows the FARS A_PTYPE 3,4,5 grouping, which includes occupants of vehicles not in transport. These categories describe the selected people killed, rather than everyone involved in the crashes. They do not expand the age selection to include other deceased people.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Manner of collision

The manner-of-collision figures assign selected deaths to the first harmful event. Not a collision with a motor vehicle in transport accounted for 22 selected deaths, the largest count among the displayed categories. Angle collisions accounted for 18, rear-end collisions for 15, head-on collisions for 11 and sideswipes for 6.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

These are death counts within the age selection, rather than counts of distinct collisions. A motor vehicle in transport can be stopped in traffic, so that classification does not require continuous movement. The recorded manner describes the first harmful event without establishing why the crash happened.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Recorded counties

Fulton County recorded 12 selected deaths, the largest selected death count among the supplied county rows. Bartow County, Cobb County and DeKalb County each recorded 6. Cherokee County and Gwinnett County each recorded 5. Carroll County, Coweta County, Fayette County and Henry County each recorded 3.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

The county table groups deaths by where the crashes occurred, not where the deceased people lived. Its entries describe selected deaths within the metro boundary during 2020-2024. These location counts supply no county population, travel mileage or traffic exposure denominator, so their ordering does not establish comparative risk.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Recorded interstate routes

Among the displayed interstate routes, I-75 had the largest selected death count at 12. The other recorded counts were 6 on I-20, 5 on I-85, 3 on I-285 and 1 on I-575. Each figure counts selected deceased people, rather than vehicles or distinct crashes.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

The route selection requires ROUTE = 1 together with a parseable I-route in TWAY_ID. This operational filter covers qualifying records inside metro Atlanta. It does not describe every road or the portions of these routes outside the metro area. No route mileage or traffic exposure denominator accompanies the counts.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Trucks in the selected crashes

The distinct fatal crashes containing the selected deaths involved 85 large-truck vehicles. Among those large trucks, 42 were truck-tractor vehicles. These vehicle totals describe trucks involved in the selected crashes; they are separate measures from the 72 selected deaths and the 71 distinct fatal crashes.^{[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. Truck involvement does not establish fault, and the vehicle counts do not indicate how many selected deceased people occupied each truck.^{[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 excluded. This selection uses A_LT=1 crashes and deceased people with known ages 55 to 64; ages above 120 and unknown age codes are excluded.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

The 2020 through 2023 data use FARS Final Files; 2024 uses the provisional Annual Report File. Counts follow crash location. The supplied share uses all metro large-truck-crash deaths as its denominator. No population rate or exposure-based risk comparison is supplied.^{[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)