Metro Atlanta truck crash statistics: Intersection crashes (2020-2024)

Deaths and fatal crashes by year

For 2020, crashes involving a large truck coded as intersection crashes in metro Atlanta took 30 lives in 25 fatal crashes. The 2021 count for truck crashes coded as intersection crashes in metro Atlanta was 28 deaths from 28 fatal crashes. For 2022, crashes involving a large truck coded as intersection crashes in metro Atlanta took 22 lives in 22 fatal crashes.^[1][2][3]

The 2023 count for truck crashes coded as intersection crashes in metro Atlanta was 19 deaths from 16 fatal crashes. For 2024, crashes involving a large truck coded as intersection crashes in metro Atlanta took 20 lives in 20 fatal crashes.^[4][5]

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA MSA (CBSA 12060, 29 counties). Crashes involving a large truck (ACC_AUX A_LT = 1). 2024 is the FARS Annual Report File.

Who died

Of the deaths in truck crashes coded as intersection crashes in metro Atlanta, 8 were in the "People in the large truck" category, or 6.7% of those deaths. Of the deaths in truck crashes coded as intersection crashes in metro Atlanta, 100 were in the "People in other vehicles" category, or 84.0% of those deaths. In crashes involving a large truck coded as intersection crashes in metro Atlanta, 11 deaths were in the "Nonoccupants (FARS person-type grouping)" category, 9.2% of the total for 2020 through 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

For truck crashes coded as intersection crashes, the FARS nonoccupant grouping is a technical person classification rather than a literal outside-vehicle test, because its other category can include occupants of motor vehicles not in transport, such as parked vehicles.^[8][9]

How the crashes happened

The manner of collision recorded as "Angle" covers 87 deaths in truck crashes coded as intersection crashes, a share of 73.1%. The manner of collision recorded as "Rear-end" covers 13 deaths in truck crashes coded as intersection crashes, a share of 10.9%. The manner of collision recorded as "Head-on" covers 2 deaths in truck crashes coded as intersection crashes, a share of 1.7%.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The manner of collision recorded as "Sideswipe" covers 1 death in truck crashes coded as intersection crashes, a share of 0.8%. The manner of collision recorded as "Not a collision with a motor vehicle in transport" covers 15 deaths in truck crashes coded as intersection crashes, a share of 12.6%. The manner of collision recorded as "Other" covers 1 death in truck crashes coded as intersection crashes, a share of 0.8%.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

For truck crashes coded as intersection crashes, a motor vehicle in transport can be stopped in traffic, so the collision category is not a test of whether another vehicle was physically moving. By time of day, 82 deaths in crashes involving a large truck coded as intersection crashes were recorded under "Daytime (6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m.)", 68.9% of the metro Atlanta total for this group. By time of day, 37 deaths in crashes involving a large truck coded as intersection crashes were recorded under "Nighttime (6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m.)", 31.1% of the metro Atlanta total for this group.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][9]}

By land use, 89 deaths in crashes involving a large truck coded as intersection crashes were recorded under "Urban", 74.8% of the metro Atlanta total for this group. By land use, 30 deaths in crashes involving a large truck coded as intersection crashes were recorded under "Rural", 25.2% of the metro Atlanta total for this group.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Where in the metro area

In Fulton County, 17 deaths in truck crashes coded as intersection crashes were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 14.3% of the metro Atlanta count for this group. In Gwinnett County, 11 deaths in truck crashes coded as intersection crashes were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 9.2% of the metro Atlanta count for this group. In Barrow County, 10 deaths in truck crashes coded as intersection crashes were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 8.4% of the metro Atlanta count for this group.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

In Cobb County, 8 deaths in truck crashes coded as intersection crashes were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 6.7% of the metro Atlanta count for this group. In Bartow County, 7 deaths in truck crashes coded as intersection crashes were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 5.9% of the metro Atlanta count for this group. In DeKalb County, 7 deaths in truck crashes coded as intersection crashes were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 5.9% of the metro Atlanta count for this group.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

In Butts County, 5 deaths in truck crashes coded as intersection crashes were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 4.2% of the metro Atlanta count for this group. In Douglas County, 5 deaths in truck crashes coded as intersection crashes were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 4.2% of the metro Atlanta count for this group.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Up to 8 counties with 2 or more deaths in this selection, ordered by death count descending and then by county FIPS code ascending. Counts use recorded crash location. Additional qualifying counties, including counties tied at the cutoff, can be omitted.

The trucks involved

The vehicles in crashes involving a large truck coded as intersection crashes included 113 large trucks, and 51 of those were truck-tractors, counts of vehicles rather than deaths. For truck crashes coded as intersection crashes, a truck-tractor is NCSA body type 66 in the FARS vehicle file, a cab with or without trailing units, and one crash can involve more than one large truck.^{[1][2][3][4][5][9]}

About these figures

Truck crashes coded as intersection crashes are the crashes that NHTSA's auxiliary crash file codes 1 on the crash-level variable A_INTSEC, "Intersection". The figures for crashes involving a large truck coded as intersection crashes come from NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System, which covers crashes involving a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public, with a death within 30 days of the crash. The counts for crashes involving a large truck coded as intersection crashes are grouped by the recorded location of the crash, not by where the people killed lived.^[8][9][10]

The 2024 data for crashes involving a large truck coded as intersection crashes are the FARS Annual Report File, which is subject to change, and NHTSA calls the later version the Final File. No traffic volume or mileage is divided into the truck crashes coded as intersection crashes counts, so they record deaths and crashes and make no statement about how likely a crash was.^[9][10]

See also

• Metro Atlanta truck crash statistics: Crashes involving a pedestrian (2020-2024)
• Metro Atlanta truck crash statistics: Crashes involving a motorcycle (2020-2024)
• Metro Atlanta truck crash statistics: Speeding-related crashes (2020-2024)
• Metro Atlanta truck crash statistics: Roadway departure crashes (2020-2024)
• Metro Atlanta: jurisdictions and records