Metro Atlanta truck crash statistics: DeKalb County: non-interstate crashes (ROUTE and I-route) (2020-2024)

Deaths and fatal crashes by year

The annual record shows 0 selected deaths and 0 fatal crashes containing those deaths in 2020. In 2021, the selection contains 7 deaths and 7 fatal crashes, the highest annual counts among the supplied years. The figures for 2022 are 4 deaths and 4 fatal crashes; 2023 also records 4 deaths and 4 fatal crashes. For 2024, the supplied counts are 5 deaths and 5 fatal crashes.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Deaths and crashes remain separate measures despite their matching annual totals. These are counts for the DeKalb County operational non-interstate selection, not all county truck crashes. The 2020 through 2023 counts use FARS Final Files; 2024 uses the provisional Annual Report File.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Person categories

People in other vehicles account for 12 deaths in the selected DeKalb County crashes during 2020-2024. Nonoccupants account for 6 deaths, and people in the large truck account for 2 deaths. Among the supplied person categories, people in other vehicles have the largest death count. These categories describe the people killed, rather than the number of vehicles or crashes involved.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

The nonoccupant category follows the FARS A_PTYPE 3,4,5 grouping and includes occupants of vehicles not in transport. It therefore should not be read as a count limited to pedestrians or pedalcyclists. Every category remains within the selected large-truck fatal crashes, including deaths of people who were outside the large truck.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Manner of collision

The manner-of-collision breakdown assigns 7 selected deaths to events classified as not a collision with a motor vehicle in transport. Angle and head-on events each account for 5 deaths. Sideswipe events account for 2 deaths, while rear-end events account for 1 death. These figures describe deaths during 2020-2024, not counts of collisions in each category.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

FARS manner of collision identifies the first harmful event. A motor vehicle in transport can be stopped in traffic, so the category does not simply distinguish moving vehicles from stationary ones. Among the supplied rows, not a collision with a motor vehicle in transport has the largest selected death count. The breakdown does not establish crash causes or fault.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Recorded counties

The recorded-county table contains DeKalb County, FIPS 13089, with 20 selected deaths during 2020-2024. Assignment is based on where the crash occurred, not where the person who died lived. Because the supplied county table contains only DeKalb County, it provides no basis for ranking this selection against other counties.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

For context, all DeKalb County large-truck crashes account for 55 deaths during 2020-2024. Across metro Atlanta, large-truck crashes matching this topic's operational non-interstate dimension account for 268 deaths. These comparison counts have different geographic or selection boundaries. The reported 4.5% share instead uses 448 deaths in all metro Atlanta large-truck crashes as its denominator, including crashes outside this topic selection.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Trucks in the selected crashes

The distinct crashes containing the selected deaths involved 20 large-truck vehicles during 2020-2024. Of those large trucks, 5 were truck-tractor vehicles. Both figures count vehicles, rather than people killed or fatal crashes. Their units remain different from the 20 selected deaths and 20 distinct fatal crashes, even where the displayed values match.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

For this reference, 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. The underlying A_LT = 1 selection identifies crashes involving at least one large truck. Truck involvement by itself does not establish fault or explain why a fatal crash occurred.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Sources and limits

NHTSA FARS records 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 excluded. This selection applies A_LT = 1, DeKalb County FIPS 13089, and exclusion from the combined ROUTE = 1 and parseable I-route TWAY_ID interstate rule.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Metro Atlanta refers to the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA MSA, CBSA 12060, containing 29 counties under OMB Bulletin 23-01, July 2023. Data for 2020 through 2023 are final; the 2024 Annual Report File is provisional and subject to revision. No population rate, mileage denominator or traffic exposure denominator is supplied, so these counts do not support a risk comparison.^{[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)