Metro Atlanta truck crash statistics: DeKalb County: crashes with two motor vehicles on the police report (2020-2024)

Deaths and fatal crashes by year

The annual figures record 2 deaths in 2 fatal crashes in 2020, followed by 5 deaths in 5 fatal crashes in 2021 and 4 deaths in 4 fatal crashes in 2022. In 2023, the selection contains 10 deaths in 7 fatal crashes. The 2024 figures are 8 deaths in 8 fatal crashes. Among these supplied annual rows, 2023 has the largest death count, while 2024 has the largest fatal-crash count. These are different measures within the same county and vehicle-count selection. 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 24 selected deaths, compared with 3 deaths among nonoccupants and 2 among people in the large truck. Other-vehicle occupants therefore have the largest death count among the supplied person categories for 2020-2024. These categories describe the people killed, rather than the number of vehicles or crashes. The nonoccupant category follows the FARS A_PTYPE 3,4,5 grouping, which includes occupants of vehicles not in transport. It should not be read as a count exclusively of pedestrians or pedalcyclists. All categories remain restricted to the selected DeKalb County fatal crashes involving a large truck.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Manner of collision

Rear-end events account for 12 selected deaths, the largest death count among the supplied collision categories. Angle events account for 6 deaths, events classified as not a collision with a motor vehicle in transport account for 6, and head-on events account for 5. Each figure covers deaths during 2020-2024, rather than a count of crashes of that type. FARS manner of collision describes the first harmful event. This classification is separate from the police-report vehicle total: VE_TOTAL includes parked vehicles, while a motor vehicle in transport can be stopped in traffic. Neither classification establishes fault.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Recorded counties

The county table records 29 selected deaths in DeKalb County during 2020-2024. Its geographic assignment follows where each crash occurred, not where the people killed lived. For context, all DeKalb County large-truck crashes account for 55 deaths during the period, a broader county measure than the selected vehicle-count topic. Across metro Atlanta, large-truck crashes matching this two-vehicle topic account for 277 deaths. That metro measure differs from the 448 deaths across all metro large-truck crashes. The supplied 6.5% share uses the latter denominator. The county table provides no other county rows for a comparison of selected death counts.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Recorded interstate routes

The supplied interstate rows associate 11 selected deaths with I-20, 6 with I-285 and 2 with I-85 during 2020-2024. I-20 has the largest death count among these listed routes within the DeKalb County selection. Route inclusion requires ROUTE = 1 together with an I-route identifier that can be parsed from TWAY_ID. These figures describe deaths in selected fatal crashes recorded on those routes, not vehicle totals or crash totals. The table does not cover every road, and the figures do not describe the full routes outside metro Atlanta. No traffic-exposure denominator supports a comparison of route risk.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Trucks in the selected crashes

The distinct crashes containing the selected deaths involved 26 large-truck vehicles, including 13 truck-tractor vehicles, during 2020-2024. These figures count vehicles; they are separate from the 29 deaths and 26 distinct fatal crashes. A large truck is a medium or heavy truck with a gross vehicle weight rating greater than 10,000 pounds, excluding buses and motor homes. The selection identifies large-truck involvement through A_LT = 1. Its two-vehicle condition uses VE_TOTAL, which counts all motor vehicles on the police report, including parked vehicles. That condition is not the NHTSA A_CT crash-configuration measure, and truck involvement 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. Records for 2020 through 2023 use Final Files; 2024 uses the provisional Annual Report File. Metro Atlanta means the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA MSA, CBSA 12060, comprising 29 counties under OMB Bulletin 23-01, July 2023. This page narrows that geography to DeKalb County and the stated vehicle selector. No population rate, mileage denominator or traffic-exposure denominator is supplied, so the counts do not measure 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)