Metro Atlanta truck crash statistics: Age 65 and older (2020-2024)

Deaths and fatal crashes by year

In 2020, the selection recorded 14 deaths in 12 distinct fatal crashes containing those deaths. In 2021, there were 14 selected deaths in 14 fatal crashes. The figures were 10 selected deaths in 10 fatal crashes in 2022 and 8 selected deaths in 8 fatal crashes in 2023.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

The 2024 figures were 18 selected deaths in 18 fatal crashes, the largest annual selected-death count among the supplied years. That year uses the provisional Annual Report File and remains subject to revision. The annual death column counts selected people, while the crash column counts distinct crashes containing them.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Person categories

People in other vehicles accounted for 48 selected deaths, the largest count among the supplied person categories. Nonoccupants accounted for 10 selected deaths, and people in the large truck accounted for 6. These categories describe the selected deceased people with known ages 65 and older, rather than everyone killed in their crashes.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

The nonoccupant category follows the FARS person-type grouping and includes occupants of vehicles not in transport. Its label therefore should not be read as referring only to pedestrians or pedalcyclists. All categories remain limited to the selected deaths in metro Atlanta large-truck crashes during 2020-2024.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Manner of collision

Angle collisions accounted for 31 selected deaths, the largest selected-death count among the supplied collision categories. Rear-end collisions accounted for 14, while events classified as not a collision with a motor vehicle in transport accounted for 13. Head-on collisions accounted for 4 selected deaths; other and sideswipe categories each accounted for 1.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

This breakdown describes the manner of the first harmful event in the selected crashes during 2020-2024. It counts selected deceased people, not collision events or vehicles. A motor vehicle in transport can be stopped in traffic, so the classification does not simply distinguish moving vehicles from stationary vehicles.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Recorded counties

DeKalb County recorded 7 selected deaths, the largest selected-death count among the supplied county rows. Cherokee County recorded 6; Barrow County and Carroll County each recorded 5. Butts County, Forsyth County, Fulton County, Henry County and Pickens County each recorded 4 selected deaths during 2020-2024.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

County assignments identify where the crashes occurred, not where the deceased people lived. The geographic frame 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 the distribution of selected deaths; without an exposure denominator, they do not establish comparative county risk.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Recorded interstate routes

Among the supplied interstate rows, I-75 had the largest selected-death count, with 8. I-20 recorded 3 selected deaths. I-285, I-575 and I-85 each recorded 1. These figures count selected deceased people with known ages 65 and older in qualifying crashes within metro Atlanta during 2020-2024.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

The operational selection requires ROUTE = 1 together with a parseable I-route in TWAY_ID. The table therefore describes recorded routes meeting that selection, rather than every road in the region. It also does not describe the full length of any listed interstate outside metro Atlanta. Route counts provide no mileage-based comparison of risk.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Trucks in the selected crashes

The distinct fatal crashes containing the selected deaths involved 67 large-truck vehicles. Among those large trucks, 36 were truck-tractor vehicles. These are vehicle counts within the selected crashes, separate from the 64 selected deaths and the 62 distinct fatal crashes. They do not count truck occupants or indicate how many selected people died in a particular truck.^{[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 a vehicle's presence in a crash and does not establish fault.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Sources and limits

NHTSA FARS is a census of fatal traffic crashes involving a motor vehicle on a trafficway customarily open to the public, with an occupant or nonoccupant dying within 30 days. This topic selects deceased people with known ages 65 and older, excluding ages above 120 and unknown codes, within A_LT = 1 large-truck crashes.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

The 2020 through 2023 records use FARS Final Files; 2024 uses the provisional Annual Report File, subject to revision. Counts follow crash location. No population rate, mileage denominator or traffic exposure denominator is supplied, so these counts and the supplied death share cannot establish comparative 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)