Metro Atlanta truck crash statistics: DeKalb 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 10 deaths in 10 fatal crashes in 2021 and 10 deaths in 10 fatal crashes in 2022. In 2023, the selection recorded 15 deaths in 11 fatal crashes. The provisional 2024 Annual Report File records 13 deaths in 13 fatal crashes.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Among the supplied annual rows, 2023 has the largest death count, while 2024 has the largest fatal-crash count. These measures describe different things: people killed and distinct crashes containing those deaths. Neither annual count measures traffic exposure or the frequency of nonfatal crashes.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Person categories

People in other vehicles account for 35 deaths in the selected DeKalb County urban large-truck crashes during 2020-2024. The remaining person-category rows record 13 nonoccupant deaths and 6 deaths among people in the large truck. People in other vehicles have the largest death count among these supplied categories.^{[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 count limited to pedestrians and pedalcyclists. These categories describe the people killed within the selected fatal crashes, rather than all people involved or injured.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Manner of collision

For 2020-2024, the selected death counts are 19 for crashes classified as not a collision with a motor vehicle in transport and 19 for rear-end crashes. Angle and head-on classifications each account for 7 deaths, while sideswipe accounts for 2 deaths. The first pair shares the largest death count among the supplied collision rows.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

The classification concerns the manner of the first harmful event. These figures count deaths, not distinct crashes or vehicles. A motor vehicle in transport can be stopped in traffic, so the classification does not simply distinguish moving vehicles from vehicles that are stationary.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Recorded counties

The county table assigns all 54 selected deaths during 2020-2024 to DeKalb County, using the location of the crash rather than the residence of the person killed. Its scope is the county's urban selection, identified by A_RU = 2. The separately supplied count of 55 deaths covers all large-truck crashes in DeKalb County.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

For geographic context, Metro Atlanta means the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA MSA, containing 29 counties under OMB Bulletin 23-01, July 2023. Across that metropolitan area, the corresponding urban topic dimension contains 356 deaths. The county table supplies no other county rows from which to establish a county ranking.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Recorded interstate routes

The recorded interstate rows show 15 selected deaths on I-285, 14 on I-20 and 5 on I-85 during 2020-2024. I-285 has the largest selected death count among these supplied route rows. These are deaths in the selected DeKalb County urban large-truck crashes, not totals for the full lengths of those interstates.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Route inclusion requires ROUTE = 1 together with a parseable I-route in TWAY_ID. This operational selection does not describe every road in the county. The route counts also supply no traffic or mileage denominator, so their ordering cannot establish a comparison of risk between the listed interstates.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Trucks in the selected crashes

The distinct fatal crashes containing the selected deaths involved 52 large-truck vehicles during 2020-2024. Of those large trucks, 29 were truck-tractor vehicles. Both figures count vehicles, whereas the topic's 54 deaths count people and its 50 fatal crashes count distinct events. The truck-tractor figure describes vehicles among the large trucks, not an additional death or crash category.^{[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. Large-truck involvement does not itself establish fault for a crash.^{[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 outside that census. This topic applies the DeKalb County (FIPS 13089), A_RU = 2 selector within A_LT = 1 crashes.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

The 2020 through 2023 records use FARS Final Files; 2024 uses the provisional Annual Report File. The supplied 12.1% share uses all metro large-truck-crash deaths as its denominator. No population rate, mileage denominator or traffic exposure denominator is supplied, and these location-based counts do not measure residents' 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)