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

Deaths and fatal crashes by year

The annual figures pair deaths with the distinct fatal crashes containing those deaths. In 2020, the selection recorded 2 deaths in 2 fatal crashes; in 2021, it recorded 8 deaths in 8 fatal crashes. The 2022 figures were 12 deaths in 9 fatal crashes, followed by 4 deaths in 3 fatal crashes in 2023 and 2 deaths in 2 fatal crashes in 2024.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Among the supplied annual rows, 2022 had the largest death count and fatal-crash count. The 2024 figures come from the provisional Annual Report File. Annual counts do not establish exposure-adjusted risk.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Person categories

People in other vehicles accounted for 18 deaths in the selected Fulton County interstate crashes during 2020-2024. The remaining person-category rows report 8 nonoccupant deaths and 2 deaths among people in the large truck. People in other vehicles therefore have the largest death count among the supplied person categories.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Nonoccupants uses the FARS A_PTYPE 3,4,5 grouping, which includes occupants of vehicles not in transport. It should not be read simply as a pedestrian count. These categories describe the people killed within the selected large-truck crashes; they do not count everyone involved, injured or present in those crashes.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Manner of collision

The manner-of-collision breakdown assigns 15 selected deaths to rear-end events, 9 to events that were not a collision with a motor vehicle in transport, 3 to sideswipe events and 1 to angle events. Rear-end has the largest death count among these supplied rows for Fulton County's selected interstate crashes during 2020-2024.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

This classification describes the first harmful event, rather than every event in a crash sequence. A motor vehicle in transport can be stopped in traffic. Each row counts deaths associated with its classification, not crashes, and the classification does not establish responsibility for the event.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Recorded counties

The county table reports 28 selected deaths in Fulton County during 2020-2024. Assignment follows where the crash occurred, regardless of where a person lived. Because the selection is restricted to Fulton County, this table does not provide a comparison or ranking across metro Atlanta counties.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

For context, all Fulton County large-truck crashes accounted for 69 deaths during 2020-2024, while metro Atlanta large-truck crashes matching this interstate topic accounted for 180 deaths. These are separate comparison populations. Metro Atlanta here means the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA MSA (CBSA 12060), comprising 29 counties under OMB Bulletin 23-01, July 2023.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Recorded interstate routes

Among the supplied recorded-route rows, I-285 had the largest selected death count, with 13 deaths during 2020-2024. I-75 and I-85 each recorded 6 deaths, and I-20 recorded 3 deaths. These figures concern the selected fatal large-truck crashes located in Fulton County, rather than deaths along each interstate's full length.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Route inclusion requires both ROUTE = 1 and a parseable I-route in TWAY_ID. This is an operational record selection, not a legal road classification. The route counts do not measure traffic volume, and their ordering cannot establish comparative risk without a mileage or traffic exposure denominator.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Trucks in the selected crashes

The distinct fatal crashes containing the selected deaths involved 26 large-truck vehicles during 2020-2024. Among those large trucks, 17 were truck-tractor vehicles. Both figures count vehicles: neither is a count of people killed or a count of distinct fatal crashes. The truck-tractor figure is a subset of the reported large-truck vehicles.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

For this dataset, 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. Large-truck involvement identifies a vehicle present in the selected crash and 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. This selection uses A_LT = 1 for large-truck involvement, then restricts records to Fulton County (FIPS 13121), ROUTE = 1 and a parseable I-route TWAY_ID.^{[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, subject to revision. Counts reflect crash location, not residence. No mileage or traffic exposure denominator is supplied, so these totals support counts rather than exposure-based risk comparisons.^{[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)