Metro Atlanta truck crash statistics: Crashes with one motor vehicle on the police report (2020-2024)

Deaths and fatal crashes by year

For 2020, crashes involving a large truck with a single motor vehicle on the police report in metro Atlanta took 10 lives in 10 fatal crashes. The 2021 count for truck crashes with a single motor vehicle on the police report in metro Atlanta was 13 deaths from 13 fatal crashes. For 2022, crashes involving a large truck with a single motor vehicle on the police report in metro Atlanta took 27 lives in 27 fatal crashes.^[1][2][3]

The 2023 count for truck crashes with a single motor vehicle on the police report in metro Atlanta was 13 deaths from 13 fatal crashes. For 2024, crashes involving a large truck with a single motor vehicle on the police report in metro Atlanta took 11 lives in 11 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 with a single motor vehicle on the police report in metro Atlanta, 24 were in the "People in the large truck" category, or 32.4% of those deaths. In crashes involving a large truck with a single motor vehicle on the police report in metro Atlanta, 50 deaths were in the "Nonoccupants (FARS person-type grouping)" category, 67.6% of the total for 2020 through 2024. For truck crashes with a single motor vehicle on the police report, 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

By time of day, 32 deaths in crashes involving a large truck with a single motor vehicle on the police report were recorded under "Daytime (6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m.)", 43.2% of the metro Atlanta total for this group. By time of day, 42 deaths in crashes involving a large truck with a single motor vehicle on the police report were recorded under "Nighttime (6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m.)", 56.8% of the metro Atlanta total for this group. By land use, 60 deaths in crashes involving a large truck with a single motor vehicle on the police report were recorded under "Urban", 81.1% of the metro Atlanta total for this group.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

By land use, 14 deaths in crashes involving a large truck with a single motor vehicle on the police report were recorded under "Rural", 18.9% of the metro Atlanta total for this group.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Where in the metro area

In DeKalb County, 12 deaths in truck crashes with a single motor vehicle on the police report were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 16.2% of the metro Atlanta count for this group. In Fulton County, 10 deaths in truck crashes with a single motor vehicle on the police report were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 13.5% of the metro Atlanta count for this group. In Bartow County, 9 deaths in truck crashes with a single motor vehicle on the police report were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 12.2% of the metro Atlanta count for this group.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

In Cobb County, 5 deaths in truck crashes with a single motor vehicle on the police report were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 6.8% of the metro Atlanta count for this group. In Douglas County, 5 deaths in truck crashes with a single motor vehicle on the police report were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 6.8% of the metro Atlanta count for this group. In Gwinnett County, 5 deaths in truck crashes with a single motor vehicle on the police report were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 6.8% of the metro Atlanta count for this group.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

In Clayton County, 4 deaths in truck crashes with a single motor vehicle on the police report were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 5.4% of the metro Atlanta count for this group. In Henry County, 4 deaths in truck crashes with a single motor vehicle on the police report were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 5.4% 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 30 deaths in truck crashes with a single motor vehicle on the police report, or 40.5%, under the route-coded interstate definition. On I-75 inside metro Atlanta, crashes involving a large truck with a single motor vehicle on the police report accounted for 10 deaths over 2020 through 2024. On I-285 inside metro Atlanta, crashes involving a large truck with a single motor vehicle on the police report accounted for 7 deaths over 2020 through 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

On I-20 inside metro Atlanta, crashes involving a large truck with a single motor vehicle on the police report accounted for 6 deaths over 2020 through 2024. On I-85 inside metro Atlanta, crashes involving a large truck with a single motor vehicle on the police report accounted for 6 deaths over 2020 through 2024. The interstate figures for truck crashes with a single motor vehicle on the police report 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.^{[1][2][3][4][5][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 with a single motor vehicle on the police report included 74 large trucks, and 40 of those were truck-tractors, counts of vehicles rather than deaths. For truck crashes with a single motor vehicle on the police report, 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 with a single motor vehicle on the police report are selected by the number of vehicle forms submitted (VE_TOTAL) in the FARS accident file, a count of every motor vehicle the officer reported as a unit in the crash, including vehicles not in transport, such as parked vehicles. The figures for crashes involving a large truck with a single motor vehicle on the police report 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 with a single motor vehicle on the police report are grouped by the recorded location of the crash, not by where the people killed lived.^[9][10]

The 2024 data for crashes involving a large truck with a single motor vehicle on the police report 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 with a single motor vehicle on the police report 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 with two motor vehicles on the police report (in transport or not) (2020-2024)
• Metro Atlanta truck crash statistics: Crashes with three or more motor vehicles on the police report (in transport or not) (2020-2024)
• Metro Atlanta: jurisdictions and records