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

Deaths and fatal crashes by year

The annual records show 1 selected death in 1 fatal crash in 2020 and 2 selected deaths in 2 fatal crashes in 2021. In 2022, the selection contained 6 deaths in 6 fatal crashes. The 2023 figures were 6 deaths in 5 fatal crashes, followed by 6 deaths in 6 fatal crashes in 2024.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Among these annual rows, 2022, 2023 and 2024 share the highest death count. Death counts and crash counts remain separate measures even when their values match. The 2024 figures come from the provisional Annual Report File and may be revised.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Person categories

People in other vehicles accounted for 9 deaths, the largest death count among the supplied person categories. Nonoccupants accounted for 8 deaths, while people in the large truck accounted for 4 deaths. Each category describes people killed within the selected DeKalb County weekend-period fatal crashes during 2020-2024.^{[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 therefore should not be read as a count limited to pedestrians or pedalcyclists. These person categories describe the deceased, without restricting the overall selection to people who occupied large trucks.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Manner of collision

The manner-of-collision rows assign 10 selected deaths to crashes whose first harmful event was not a collision with a motor vehicle in transport. Rear-end crashes accounted for 6 deaths. Angle and head-on crashes each accounted for 2 deaths, and sideswipe crashes accounted for 1 death.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

The first category has the largest death count among the supplied rows. These are deaths associated with each recorded manner of first harmful event, not counts of collisions. A motor vehicle stopped in traffic can still be in transport. The classification describes that event rather than establishing why the crash occurred.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Recorded counties

The county table records 21 selected deaths in DeKalb County during 2020-2024. Location refers to where the crashes happened, not where the people who died lived. Because this selection is limited to DeKalb County, its single county row does not establish a ranking across metro counties.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

For context, DeKalb County recorded 55 deaths in all large-truck crashes during the period. Across metro Atlanta, large-truck crashes matching the weekend-period dimension accounted for 128 deaths. Those comparison populations differ: the county total includes all periods, while the metro weekend total extends beyond the county selection.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Recorded interstate routes

Among the supplied interstate rows, I-285 recorded 9 selected deaths, I-20 recorded 5 and I-85 recorded 1 during 2020-2024. I-285 has the largest death count within these listed routes. The figures concern the selected crashes in DeKalb County and do not describe deaths along 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 identifier in TWAY_ID. This operational selection does not cover every road. Failure to meet it is not a legal classification of a road, and these counts provide no comparison adjusted for route mileage or traffic.^{[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, including 15 truck-tractor vehicles. These are vehicle counts within the selected DeKalb County weekend-period crashes during 2020-2024. They must be kept separate from both the number of people killed and the number of fatal crashes.^{[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_LT = 1 identifies crashes involving at least one large truck. That involvement does not establish fault or restrict the death count to truck occupants.^{[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. Records for 2020 through 2023 use Final Files; 2024 uses the provisional Annual Report File. A_DOW = 2 selects the weekend period, and unknown A_DOW = 3 records are excluded.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

The metro comparison geography is the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA MSA (CBSA 12060), containing 29 counties under OMB Bulletin 23-01, July 2023. The supplied percentage uses metro large-truck-crash deaths as its denominator. No population rate or mileage or traffic exposure denominator is supplied, so these 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)