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

Deaths and fatal crashes by year

The annual figures show 9 deaths in 7 selected fatal crashes in 2020, followed by 3 deaths in 3 crashes in 2021. In 2022, the selection recorded 11 deaths in 10 crashes, the largest death count and fatal-crash count among the supplied annual rows. The figures were 4 deaths in 3 crashes in 2023 and 7 deaths in 6 crashes in 2024.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Each crash count represents distinct fatal crashes containing the deaths reported for that year. These counts describe the selected Cobb County urban crashes; they do not measure travel exposure or establish differences in risk between years.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Person categories

People in other vehicles accounted for 19 deaths in the selected Cobb County urban large-truck crashes during 2020-2024. The nonoccupant category recorded 9 deaths, while people in the large truck accounted for 6 deaths. Among the supplied person-category rows, people in other vehicles had the largest death count.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Nonoccupants follows the FARS A_PTYPE 3,4,5 grouping, which includes occupants of vehicles not in transport. The label therefore should not be read as referring exclusively to pedestrians or pedalcyclists. These categories describe the people killed within the selected fatal crashes, rather than the number of vehicles or crashes involved.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Manner of collision

Rear-end collisions accounted for 15 deaths in the selected crashes, the largest death count among the supplied collision categories. Events classified as not a collision with a motor vehicle in transport accounted for 10 deaths. Angle collisions recorded 6 deaths, and head-on collisions recorded 3 deaths. These are deaths during 2020-2024, not counts of collisions.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

The classification concerns the manner of the first harmful event in each crash. A motor vehicle in transport can include a vehicle stopped in traffic. The category names describe that recorded event; they do not establish why the crash happened or who was at fault.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Recorded counties

The county table assigns 34 deaths to Cobb County because the topic selects crashes located in Cobb County (FIPS 13067) with A_RU = 2. Location refers to where the crash occurred, rather than where the people killed lived. The supplied county table contains no other county rows to rank against Cobb County.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

For 2020-2024, the broader Cobb County large-truck-crash count is 36 deaths. Across metro Atlanta, the matching urban topic dimension records 356 deaths in large-truck crashes. These comparison counts have different geographic or selection scopes from the county's selected urban deaths and should retain those distinctions.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Recorded interstate routes

Among the supplied recorded interstate rows, I-75 accounted for 16 deaths in the selected Cobb County urban large-truck crashes during 2020-2024. I-20 and I-285 each accounted for 2 deaths. I-75 therefore has the largest death count within these supplied route rows; this is not a ranking of every road.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

The route selection requires ROUTE = 1 together with an I-route identifier that can be parsed from TWAY_ID. The figures concern deaths in crashes meeting the county and urban selectors. They do not describe an interstate's full length outside metro Atlanta or establish a comparison adjusted for traffic volume.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Trucks in the selected crashes

The distinct crashes containing the selected deaths involved 34 large-truck vehicles, including 17 truck-tractor vehicles. Those figures count vehicles in the selected Cobb County urban crashes during 2020-2024. They are separate measures from the death count and the count of distinct fatal crashes, even where displayed values happen to match.^{[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. A truck's inclusion records its involvement in a selected fatal crash; involvement does not establish fault.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Sources and limits

NHTSA FARS counts fatal traffic crashes involving a motor vehicle on a trafficway customarily open to the public when an occupant or nonoccupant dies within 30 days. Nonfatal-only crashes are outside its scope. This topic applies A_LT = 1, Cobb County (FIPS 13067), and A_RU = 2, counting all people killed in the resulting crashes.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

The 2020 through 2023 records are Final Files; the 2024 Annual Report File is provisional. Metro Atlanta follows the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA MSA (CBSA 12060), containing 29 counties under OMB Bulletin 23-01, July 2023. No population rate, mileage denominator or traffic-exposure denominator 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)