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

Deaths and fatal crashes by year

The annual figures report 5 deaths in 5 fatal crashes in 2020, followed by 9 deaths in 9 fatal crashes in 2021. In 2022, the selection contained 4 deaths in 4 fatal crashes. The 2023 figures were 9 deaths in 6 fatal crashes, while 2024 recorded 7 deaths in 7 fatal crashes.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Among the supplied annual rows, 2021 and 2023 share the highest death count, but their fatal-crash counts differ. Each row retains the DeKalb County weekday-period selection. The 2024 figures come from the provisional Annual Report File; the earlier years use Final Files.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Person categories

People in other vehicles accounted for 27 deaths in the selected DeKalb County weekday-period crashes during 2020-2024. Nonoccupants accounted for 5 deaths, and people in the large truck accounted for 2 deaths. Among these supplied person categories, people in other vehicles had the largest death count. These figures describe people killed, rather than vehicles involved or distinct crashes.^{[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 simply as a pedestrian count. Large-truck involvement defines the crash selection without restricting the deaths to truck occupants.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Manner of collision

The manner-of-collision breakdown assigns 13 selected deaths to rear-end events and 10 to events classified as not a collision with a motor vehicle in transport. Angle and head-on events each account for 5 deaths, while sideswipe events account for 1. Rear-end events have the largest death count among the supplied collision categories for this DeKalb County weekday-period selection.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

These categories describe the first harmful event, rather than every event in a crash sequence. A motor vehicle in transport can be stopped in traffic. The entries count deaths in the selected fatal crashes, so they are not counts of collisions or findings about fault.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Recorded counties

The county table places all 34 selected deaths in DeKalb County during 2020-2024. That location is part of the selection itself: the table does not compare DeKalb County with other counties. Counts follow where the crash occurred, rather than where a person lived. The supplied county-wide comparison is 55 deaths in all DeKalb County large-truck crashes, a broader population than the weekday-period selection.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Across metro Atlanta, 320 deaths occurred in large-truck crashes matching the weekday-period dimension. That comparison differs from the 448 deaths in all metro Atlanta large-truck crashes. Neither comparison supplies a population, mileage or traffic-exposure denominator.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Recorded interstate routes

Within the selected DeKalb County weekday-period crashes in 2020-2024, the recorded interstate rows show 9 deaths on I-20, 7 on I-285 and 4 on I-85. I-20 has the largest selected death count among these supplied route rows. The figures refer to deaths associated with recorded routes, rather than the number of crashes or trucks on each interstate.^{[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 does not cover every road or describe an interstate's entire length outside metro Atlanta. These location counts provide no basis for comparing risk per mile traveled.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Trucks in the selected crashes

The distinct fatal crashes containing the selected deaths involved 33 large-truck vehicles during 2020-2024. Of those large trucks, 15 were truck-tractor vehicles. These are vehicle counts within the DeKalb County weekday-period crash selection. They measure something different from the 34 people killed and the 31 distinct fatal crashes, and the truck-tractor count is a subset of the large-truck vehicle count.^{[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. A truck's involvement does not establish fault for the 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 excluded. The 2020 through 2023 records are Final Files; the 2024 Annual Report File is provisional and subject to revision.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

The A_DOW = 1 weekday period is not a simple calendar-day Monday-Friday grouping; 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. No mileage 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)