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

Deaths and fatal crashes by year

The annual records show 13 selected deaths in 9 fatal crashes in 2020, followed by 9 deaths in 9 fatal crashes in 2021. In 2022, the selected crashes accounted for 11 deaths across 10 fatal crashes. The remaining annual entries report 5 deaths in 5 fatal crashes in 2023 and 3 deaths in 3 fatal crashes in 2024.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Among these supplied years, 2020 had the largest death count, while 2022 had the largest fatal-crash count. Those are different measures: a fatal crash can contain multiple deaths. The 2024 figures come from the provisional Annual Report File. These annual counts do not measure traffic exposure or establish changes in risk.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Person categories

People in other vehicles accounted for 36 selected deaths during 2020-2024. The other supplied person-category row records 5 deaths among nonoccupants. These categories describe people killed within the selected Fulton County large-truck crashes. They do not count vehicles, and the presence of a large truck does not mean that the person killed occupied that truck.^{[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 treated as a synonym for pedestrians. A motor vehicle stopped in traffic can still be in transport. The person-category figures retain the same fatal-only scope and operational road selection as the overall total.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Manner of collision

Angle collisions accounted for 19 selected deaths, the largest death count among the supplied manner-of-collision rows. Head-on collisions accounted for 9 deaths. The rows for rear-end collisions and events that were not collisions with a motor vehicle in transport each report 5 deaths. Sideswipe collisions accounted for 3 deaths. All of these figures cover 2020-2024.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

The classification describes the first harmful event in the crash. These entries count deaths associated with that classification, rather than the number of collisions of each kind. They do not describe every event that may have occurred in a crash or establish its cause. Large-truck involvement alone does not establish fault.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Recorded counties

The county table records 41 selected deaths in Fulton County during 2020-2024. Location refers to where the crash occurred, not where a person lived. Because the table supplies only Fulton County, it does not support a ranking against other counties.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

For context, all Fulton County large-truck crashes accounted for 69 deaths, while metro Atlanta large-truck crashes matching this topic's operational non-interstate dimension accounted for 268 deaths. These are separate comparison populations. The supplied 9.2% share instead uses the broader denominator of 448 deaths in all metro Atlanta large-truck crashes. Metro Atlanta here means the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA MSA, containing 29 counties under OMB Bulletin 23-01, July 2023.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Trucks in the selected crashes

The distinct crashes containing the selected deaths involved 36 large-truck vehicles, including 19 truck-tractor vehicles. These are vehicle counts. The 36 large trucks and the 36 distinct fatal crashes are separately defined measures, even though their displayed totals match. Because each selected crash involved at least one large truck, the totals of 36 large-truck vehicles across 36 distinct fatal crashes establish exactly one recorded large-truck vehicle in each crash.^{[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. The truck-tractor count identifies vehicles among those large trucks, not deaths among their occupants. These figures describe involvement in the selected fatal crashes and provide no basis for assigning fault.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Sources and limits

NHTSA FARS records 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, Fulton County crash location, and records not meeting the combined ROUTE = 1 and parseable I-route TWAY_ID test.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

The 2020 through 2023 records use FARS Final Files. The 2024 Annual Report File is provisional and subject to revision. No population rate, mileage denominator or traffic exposure denominator is supplied. The counts and supplied death share therefore describe the selected fatal-crash records without establishing comparative travel 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)