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

Deaths and fatal crashes by year

The annual records show 14 deaths in 10 fatal crashes in 2020, followed by 13 deaths in 13 fatal crashes in 2021. For 2022, the selection contains 12 deaths in 9 fatal crashes. The figures for 2023 are 4 deaths in 4 fatal crashes, while 2024 records 3 deaths in 3 fatal crashes.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Each annual row retains the Fulton County weekday-period large-truck selection. Deaths count people, while fatal crashes count distinct events containing those deaths. The 2024 figures come from the provisional Annual Report File, so the annual series includes data subject to revision.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Person categories

People in other vehicles account for 37 selected deaths, compared with 8 nonoccupant deaths and 1 death among people in the large truck. Among the supplied person categories, people in other vehicles have the largest death count. These figures cover all people killed in the selected crashes, rather than a population limited to truck occupants.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

The nonoccupant category follows the FARS A_PTYPE 3,4,5 grouping and includes occupants of vehicles not in transport. It should not be read solely as a pedestrian count. All categories retain the same Fulton County weekday-period crash selection for 2020-2024.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Manner of collision

Angle and rear-end collisions each account for 15 selected deaths, tying for the largest death count among the supplied manner-of-collision rows. Head-on collisions account for 7 deaths, and events classified as not a collision with a motor vehicle in transport also account for 7 deaths. Sideswipe collisions account for 2 deaths.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

These are death counts grouped by the manner of the first harmful event, not counts of collisions. The classification does not establish fault or explain why an event occurred. A motor vehicle in transport can be stopped in traffic; the term does not require movement.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Recorded counties

The county table records 46 deaths at crash locations in Fulton County for the selected weekday period during 2020-2024. County assignment follows where the crash occurred, rather than where a person lived. The supplied county table contains only Fulton County and therefore provides no ranking across counties.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

For context, all large-truck crashes in Fulton County account for 69 deaths during 2020-2024. Across metro Atlanta, large-truck crashes matching this weekday-period dimension account for 320 deaths. These comparison counts have different geographic or selection scopes from the county topic and should retain those distinctions when read alongside its death count.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Recorded interstate routes

Within the supplied interstate rows, I-285 has the largest selected death count at 7. I-75 and I-85 each record 4 deaths, and I-20 records 2 deaths. These figures describe deaths in the selected Fulton County weekday-period large-truck crashes during 2020-2024, rather than deaths along each interstate's full length.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

The route selection requires ROUTE = 1 together with a parseable I-route entry in TWAY_ID. The table does not cover every road or the entire route outside metro Atlanta. Its operational selection also does not establish a legal road classification for roads omitted from the table.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Trucks in the selected crashes

The 39 distinct fatal crashes containing the selected deaths involved 40 large-truck vehicles. Among those large trucks, 20 were truck-tractor vehicles. Both figures count vehicles, so neither represents the number of people killed or the number of fatal crashes. The truck-tractor figure describes vehicles within the large-truck 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. A_LT = 1 selects crashes involving at least one large truck; that involvement does not establish fault.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Sources and limits

NHTSA FARS enumerates 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 fall outside that scope. The metro boundary is the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA MSA, CBSA 12060, containing 29 counties under OMB Bulletin 23-01, July 2023.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

The 2020 through 2023 records use Final Files; 2024 uses the provisional Annual Report File. A_DOW = 1 is a weekday time period, not a simple Monday-Friday calendar grouping; unknown codes are excluded. No population, mileage or traffic-exposure denominator is supplied for calculating a rate or comparing 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)