Metro Atlanta truck crash statistics: Cobb County: NHTSA weekday-period crashes (2020-2024)

Deaths and fatal crashes by year

The annual figures show 10 deaths in 8 fatal crashes in 2020, followed by 4 deaths in 4 fatal crashes in 2021. In 2022, the selected crashes accounted for 7 deaths in 7 fatal crashes. The figures for 2023 are 3 deaths in 2 fatal crashes; for 2024, they are 3 deaths in 3 fatal crashes.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Among these supplied annual rows, 2020 has the largest death count and the largest fatal-crash count. Deaths and crashes remain separate measures. The 2024 figures come from the provisional Annual Report File, so that annual entry remains subject to revision.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Person categories

People in other vehicles account for 14 deaths, the largest death count among the supplied person categories. Nonoccupants account for 7 deaths, while people in the large truck account for 6 deaths. Each category concerns people killed in the selected Cobb County weekday-period crashes during 2020-2024.^{[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. It should therefore not be read as a pedestrian-only count. These categories describe the people who died; they do not count vehicles, identify responsibility, or restrict the overall selection to people traveling in trucks.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Manner of collision

Rear-end collisions account for 11 deaths in the selected crashes, the largest death count among the supplied manner-of-collision rows. The category not a collision with a motor vehicle in transport accounts for 9 deaths. Angle collisions account for 5 deaths, and head-on collisions account for 2 deaths.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

These are death counts for 2020-2024, not counts of collisions. The classification describes the first harmful event rather than every event in a crash. A motor vehicle in transport can be stopped in traffic, so the transport distinction should not be interpreted simply as whether a vehicle was moving.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Recorded counties

The county table assigns 27 deaths to Cobb County because the selected crashes occurred there. It does not describe the county of residence of the people killed. Cobb County is the only supplied county row, so this table provides no ranking of counties by weekday-period deaths.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

For 2020-2024, the broader Cobb County total is 36 deaths in all large-truck crashes. Across metro Atlanta, 320 deaths occurred in large-truck crashes matching the weekday-period dimension. These comparison counts have different geographic or selection scopes. Neither supplies a population, mileage, or traffic-exposure denominator for comparing risk.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Recorded interstate routes

The supplied interstate rows record 11 deaths on I-75 and 3 deaths on I-285 within the selected Cobb County weekday-period large-truck crashes during 2020-2024. I-75 has the larger death count of these supplied route rows. The figures count people killed, not trucks or distinct crashes.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Route inclusion requires ROUTE = 1 together with a parseable I-route in TWAY_ID. The table therefore reflects that operational selection rather than an inventory of every road. Its counts do not describe the full lengths of these routes outside metro Atlanta, and they provide no traffic-exposure basis for a route risk comparison.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Trucks in the selected crashes

The distinct crashes containing the selected deaths involved 29 large-truck vehicles, including 11 truck-tractor vehicles. These figures count vehicles in the selected Cobb County weekday-period crashes during 2020-2024. They are different measures from the 27 deaths and 24 fatal crashes and should not be substituted for either.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

For this classification, 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. A_LT = 1 identifies a crash involving at least one large truck. Truck involvement alone 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 are excluded. These figures use Final Files for 2020 through 2023 and the provisional 2024 Annual Report File.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

The A_DOW = 1 weekday period runs from Monday 6 a.m. to Friday 5:59 p.m.; it is not a simple split by calendar weekday, and unknown A_DOW values are excluded. Metro Atlanta means the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA MSA, CBSA 12060, containing 29 counties under OMB Bulletin 23-01, July 2023.^{[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)