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

Deaths and fatal crashes by year

The annual counts distinguish people killed from the fatal crashes containing those deaths. In 2020, the selection recorded 5 deaths in 5 fatal crashes. In 2021, it recorded 7 deaths in 6 fatal crashes, the highest death count and fatal-crash count among the supplied annual rows. The 2022 figures were 4 deaths in 4 fatal crashes.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

In 2023, there were 2 deaths in 2 fatal crashes, the lowest counts among these annual rows. The 2024 figures were 4 deaths in 4 fatal crashes. Those latest figures come from the provisional Annual Report File and remain subject to revision. The annual series measures fatal outcomes within the same county and roadway selection.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Person categories

People in other vehicles accounted for 17 deaths in the selected Gwinnett County crashes during 2020-2024. The nonoccupant grouping accounted for 4 deaths, while people in the large truck accounted for 1 death. Among the supplied person-category rows, people in other vehicles had the largest death count. These are categories of people killed, not counts of vehicles or crashes.^{[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 therefore not be read as a pedestrian-only category. Each person-category count remains restricted to the selected fatal crashes involving a large truck; the grouping does not expand the selection to other crashes.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Manner of collision

The manner-of-collision breakdown assigns deaths according to the first harmful event in the selected crashes. Angle events accounted for 8 deaths, the largest death count among the supplied collision rows. Rear-end events accounted for 6 deaths, followed by 5 deaths in events classified as not a collision with a motor vehicle in transport. These figures count people killed, not the number of events.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Head-on, other and sideswipe events each accounted for 1 death. A motor vehicle in transport can be stopped in traffic, so that term does not mean only a moving vehicle. The first-harmful-event classification describes the recorded collision category; it does not establish why a crash happened or assign fault.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Recorded counties

All 22 selected deaths are assigned to Gwinnett County by crash location. The county identifier used for this selection is FIPS 13135. These records do not identify a population of county residents: a person's residence does not determine inclusion. The county table contains only Gwinnett County, so it supplies no comparison of death counts between counties.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

For context, Gwinnett County recorded 41 deaths in all large-truck crashes during 2020-2024. Across metro Atlanta, 268 deaths occurred in large-truck crashes matching this topic's operational non-interstate dimension. Those broader counts have different selection boundaries. The 448 metro-wide deaths used for the supplied 4.9% share include all metro Atlanta large-truck crashes, rather than only the matching roadway dimension.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Trucks in the selected crashes

The distinct fatal crashes containing the selected deaths involved 21 large-truck vehicles during 2020-2024. Of those large trucks, 5 were truck-tractor vehicles. Both figures describe vehicles present in the selected crashes. Neither is a count of people killed, and the truck-tractor figure is a subset of the large-truck vehicle count.^{[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 from that definition. Large-truck involvement does not establish fault. The selected crashes contained 21 large-truck vehicles across 21 distinct fatal crashes, establishing one large-truck vehicle in each crash because every selected crash involved at least one large truck.^{[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, Gwinnett County, and the complement of 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 Final Files; 2024 uses the provisional Annual Report File. Metro Atlanta means the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA MSA, CBSA 12060, containing 29 counties under OMB Bulletin 23-01, July 2023. No mileage, traffic-exposure denominator or population rate is supplied. The counts therefore describe recorded fatal outcomes without measuring 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)