Metro Atlanta truck crash statistics: Bartow County: urban crashes (2020-2024)

Deaths and fatal crashes by year

The annual records show 6 deaths in 6 fatal crashes in 2020, followed by 0 deaths and 0 selected fatal crashes in 2021. In 2022, the selection contains 6 deaths in 5 fatal crashes. The figures for 2023 are 3 deaths in 3 fatal crashes, while 2024 records 7 deaths in 3 fatal crashes.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Among the supplied annual rows, 2024 has the largest death count, while 2020 has the largest fatal-crash count. These measures describe different aspects of the selected events. 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 account for 11 deaths in the selected Bartow County urban crashes during 2020-2024. People in the large truck account for 10 deaths, and the nonoccupant category accounts for 1 death. These are person counts within the selected fatal crashes, rather than counts of vehicles or separate crash events.^{[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. It should therefore not be read as a pedestrian-only category. The population includes everyone killed in the selected crashes, with truck occupants identified separately from the other supplied person categories.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Manner of collision

The manner-of-collision breakdown assigns 12 deaths to crashes whose first harmful event was not a collision with a motor vehicle in transport. Rear-end collisions account for 6 deaths, and angle collisions account for 4 deaths. Among these supplied categories, the largest death count belongs to the category for events not involving a collision with a motor vehicle in transport.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

These figures describe deaths grouped by the crash's first harmful event. They do not count collisions or describe every event within a crash. A motor vehicle stopped in traffic can still be in transport under the supplied FARS distinction.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Recorded counties

The county table records 22 deaths in Bartow County for the urban large-truck-crash selection during 2020-2024. County assignment follows where the crash occurred, not where a person lived. Because Bartow County is the only supplied county row, this table provides no comparison of death counts between counties.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

The broader Bartow County figure is 31 deaths in all large-truck crashes. Across metro Atlanta, large-truck crashes matching the urban topic dimension account for 356 deaths. Those comparison figures have different geographic or selection scopes from the county urban count and from the metro total covering all large-truck crashes.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Recorded interstate routes

The supplied interstate row records 16 deaths on I-75 within the selected Bartow County urban large-truck crashes during 2020-2024. This is a count of people killed in the selected crashes assigned to that route, rather than a count of trucks or fatal crashes.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Route inclusion requires ROUTE = 1 together with a parseable interstate route identifier in TWAY_ID. The table consequently reflects that operational selection. It does not cover every road, establish a legal road classification for excluded records, or describe I-75 outside metro Atlanta. With only I-75 supplied, no comparison between interstate routes is supported.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Trucks in the selected crashes

The distinct fatal crashes containing the selected deaths involved 22 large-truck vehicles during 2020-2024. Of those large trucks, 19 were truck-tractor vehicles. These figures count vehicles involved in the selected crashes. They are separate measures from the 22 deaths and 17 distinct fatal crashes, even where the displayed values coincide.^{[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. Recording a truck's involvement does not establish fault, and the truck-tractor count describes vehicles rather than people killed in them.^{[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. The 2020 through 2023 counts use Final Files; 2024 uses the provisional Annual Report File.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Metro Atlanta means the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA MSA, CBSA 12060, containing 29 counties under OMB Bulletin 23-01, July 2023. No mileage, traffic exposure denominator or population rate is supplied. The reported share uses all metro large-truck-crash deaths as its denominator; it does not compare exposure or 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)