Metro Atlanta truck crash statistics: Fulton County: urban crashes (2020-2024)

Deaths and fatal crashes by year

The annual figures show 14 deaths in 10 fatal crashes in 2020, followed by 16 deaths in 16 fatal crashes in 2021. In 2022, the selection recorded 22 deaths in 18 fatal crashes. The remaining years show 8 deaths in 7 fatal crashes in 2023 and 5 deaths in 5 fatal crashes in 2024.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Among the supplied annual rows, 2022 has the largest death count and the largest fatal-crash count. These columns measure different things: people killed and distinct crashes containing those deaths. The 2024 figures come from the provisional Annual Report File and remain subject to revision.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Person categories

People in other vehicles account for 50 selected deaths, the largest death count among the supplied person categories. Nonoccupants account for 13 deaths, while people in the large truck account for 2 deaths. Each category remains limited to the selected Fulton County urban 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 should not be read as a pedestrian-only count. These rows describe the people who died, rather than everyone involved or injured, and the overall selection includes deaths beyond those of large-truck occupants.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Manner of collision

The manner-of-collision breakdown assigns 19 selected deaths to rear-end events and 18 to angle events. Events classified as not a collision with a motor vehicle in transport account for 14 deaths. Head-on events account for 8 deaths, and sideswipe events account for 6 deaths. Rear-end events have the largest death count among these supplied rows.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

These are death totals associated with the manner of the first harmful event, not counts of separate collisions. A motor vehicle in transport can be stopped in traffic. The classifications describe that event without establishing a cause or identifying fault.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Recorded counties

The county table contains Fulton County alone, with 65 deaths in the selected urban large-truck crashes during 2020-2024. Assignment to the county follows the crash location, not the residence of anyone killed. Because this table supplies only the selected county, it does not support a ranking against other metro counties.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

The broader Fulton County total is 69 deaths in all large-truck crashes. Separately, metro Atlanta recorded 356 deaths in large-truck crashes matching the urban topic dimension. Those comparison totals have different geographic or selection scopes from the county's urban count and should retain their respective labels.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Recorded interstate routes

Among the supplied interstate rows, I-285 has the largest selected death count, with 13 deaths. I-75 records 6 deaths, I-85 records 5 deaths, and I-20 records 3 deaths. These figures concern deaths in the selected Fulton County urban large-truck crashes during 2020-2024, rather than counts of trucks or fatal crashes.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Inclusion in this route table requires ROUTE = 1 together with a parseable I-route value in TWAY_ID. The table therefore reflects an operational route selection. It does not cover every road, describe an entire interstate outside metro Atlanta, or supply traffic exposure for comparing route risk.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Trucks in the selected crashes

The distinct fatal crashes containing the selected deaths involved 58 large-truck vehicles, including 34 truck-tractor vehicles. These figures count vehicles within the selected crashes. They are separate from the 65 people killed and the 56 distinct fatal crashes, and the truck-tractor count is part of the large-truck vehicle count.^{[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 A_LT = 1 selection identifies crashes involving a large truck. Involvement alone 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, where an occupant or nonoccupant dies within 30 days. Nonfatal-only crashes are outside that census. This selection uses FARS Final Files for 2020 through 2023 and the provisional 2024 Annual Report File.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Metro Atlanta means the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA MSA (CBSA 12060), comprising 29 counties under OMB Bulletin 23-01, July 2023. The county urban filter narrows that geography. No population rate, mileage denominator or traffic exposure denominator is supplied, so the counts do not establish 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)