Metro Atlanta truck crash statistics: Crashes involving a motorcycle (2020-2024)

Deaths and fatal crashes by year

For 2020, crashes involving a large truck that also involved a motorcycle in metro Atlanta took 8 lives in 8 fatal crashes. The 2021 count for truck crashes that also involved a motorcycle in metro Atlanta was 7 deaths from 7 fatal crashes. For 2022, crashes involving a large truck that also involved a motorcycle in metro Atlanta took 8 lives in 8 fatal crashes.^[1][2][3]

The 2023 count for truck crashes that also involved a motorcycle in metro Atlanta was 7 deaths from 6 fatal crashes. For 2024, crashes involving a large truck that also involved a motorcycle in metro Atlanta took 5 lives in 5 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 that also involved a motorcycle in metro Atlanta, 35 were in the "People in other vehicles" category, or 100.0% of those deaths. For truck crashes that also involved a motorcycle, 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.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][9]}

How the crashes happened

The manner of collision recorded as "Angle" covers 16 deaths in truck crashes that also involved a motorcycle, a share of 45.7%. The manner of collision recorded as "Rear-end" covers 13 deaths in truck crashes that also involved a motorcycle, a share of 37.1%. The manner of collision recorded as "Not a collision with a motor vehicle in transport" covers 5 deaths in truck crashes that also involved a motorcycle, a share of 14.3%.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The manner of collision recorded as "Other" covers 1 death in truck crashes that also involved a motorcycle, a share of 2.9%. For truck crashes that also involved a motorcycle, 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, 17 deaths in crashes involving a large truck that also involved a motorcycle were recorded under "Daytime (6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m.)", 48.6% of the metro Atlanta total for this group.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][9]}

By time of day, 18 deaths in crashes involving a large truck that also involved a motorcycle were recorded under "Nighttime (6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m.)", 51.4% of the metro Atlanta total for this group. By land use, 27 deaths in crashes involving a large truck that also involved a motorcycle were recorded under "Urban", 77.1% of the metro Atlanta total for this group. By land use, 8 deaths in crashes involving a large truck that also involved a motorcycle were recorded under "Rural", 22.9% of the metro Atlanta total for this group.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Where in the metro area

In Gwinnett County, 7 deaths in truck crashes that also involved a motorcycle were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 20.0% of the metro Atlanta count for this group. In Bartow County, 3 deaths in truck crashes that also involved a motorcycle were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 8.6% of the metro Atlanta count for this group. In DeKalb County, 3 deaths in truck crashes that also involved a motorcycle were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 8.6% of the metro Atlanta count for this group.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

In Douglas County, 3 deaths in truck crashes that also involved a motorcycle were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 8.6% of the metro Atlanta count for this group. In Carroll County, 2 deaths in truck crashes that also involved a motorcycle were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 5.7% of the metro Atlanta count for this group. In Cherokee County, 2 deaths in truck crashes that also involved a motorcycle were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 5.7% of the metro Atlanta count for this group.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

In Clayton County, 2 deaths in truck crashes that also involved a motorcycle were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 5.7% of the metro Atlanta count for this group. In Cobb County, 2 deaths in truck crashes that also involved a motorcycle were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 5.7% 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.

Interstate routes

Interstate route records cover 9 deaths in truck crashes that also involved a motorcycle, or 25.7%, under the route-coded interstate definition. On I-285 inside metro Atlanta, crashes involving a large truck that also involved a motorcycle accounted for 3 deaths over 2020 through 2024. On I-75 inside metro Atlanta, crashes involving a large truck that also involved a motorcycle accounted for 2 deaths over 2020 through 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The interstate figures for truck crashes that also involved a motorcycle use crashes with the route signing coded Interstate and an I-route number in the trafficway identifier, so they describe recorded route signing rather than a highway's full extent.^[9]

Routes with 2 or more deaths in this selection. Route-coded definition: ROUTE coded Interstate and an I-route number in TWAY_ID.

The trucks involved

The vehicles in crashes involving a large truck that also involved a motorcycle included 36 large trucks, and 15 of those were truck-tractors, counts of vehicles rather than deaths. For truck crashes that also involved a motorcycle, 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 that also involved a motorcycle are the crashes that NHTSA's auxiliary crash file codes 1 on the crash-level variable A_MC, "Involving a Motorcycle". The figures for crashes involving a large truck that also involved a motorcycle 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 that also involved a motorcycle 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 that also involved a motorcycle 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 that also involved a motorcycle 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: Speeding-related crashes (2020-2024)
• Metro Atlanta truck crash statistics: Roadway departure crashes (2020-2024)
• Metro Atlanta truck crash statistics: Intersection crashes (2020-2024)
• Metro Atlanta: jurisdictions and records