Metro Atlanta truck crash statistics: Crashes with two motor vehicles on the police report (in transport or not) (2020-2024)

Deaths and fatal crashes by year

For 2020, crashes involving a large truck with two motor vehicles on the police report in metro Atlanta took 62 lives in 56 fatal crashes. The 2021 count for truck crashes with two motor vehicles on the police report in metro Atlanta was 59 deaths from 57 fatal crashes. For 2022, crashes involving a large truck with two motor vehicles on the police report in metro Atlanta took 63 lives in 54 fatal crashes.^[1][2][3]

The 2023 count for truck crashes with two motor vehicles on the police report in metro Atlanta was 43 deaths from 38 fatal crashes. For 2024, crashes involving a large truck with two motor vehicles on the police report in metro Atlanta took 50 lives in 50 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 two motor vehicles on the police report in metro Atlanta, 27 were in the "People in the large truck" category, or 9.7% of those deaths. Of the deaths in truck crashes with two motor vehicles on the police report in metro Atlanta, 230 were in the "People in other vehicles" category, or 83.0% of those deaths. In crashes involving a large truck with two motor vehicles on the police report in metro Atlanta, 20 deaths were in the "Nonoccupants (FARS person-type grouping)" category, 7.2% of the total for 2020 through 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

For truck crashes with two motor vehicles 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.^[8][9]

How the crashes happened

The manner of collision recorded as "Angle" covers 99 deaths in truck crashes with two motor vehicles on the police report, a share of 35.7%. The manner of collision recorded as "Rear-end" covers 81 deaths in truck crashes with two motor vehicles on the police report, a share of 29.2%. The manner of collision recorded as "Head-on" covers 48 deaths in truck crashes with two motor vehicles on the police report, a share of 17.3%.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The manner of collision recorded as "Sideswipe" covers 16 deaths in truck crashes with two motor vehicles on the police report, a share of 5.8%. The manner of collision recorded as "Not a collision with a motor vehicle in transport" covers 33 deaths in truck crashes with two motor vehicles on the police report, a share of 11.9%. For truck crashes with two motor vehicles on the police report, 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.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][9]}

By time of day, 146 deaths in crashes involving a large truck with two motor vehicles on the police report were recorded under "Daytime (6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m.)", 52.7% of the metro Atlanta total for this group. By time of day, 129 deaths in crashes involving a large truck with two motor vehicles on the police report were recorded under "Nighttime (6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m.)", 46.6% of the metro Atlanta total for this group. By time of day, 2 deaths in crashes involving a large truck with two motor vehicles on the police report were recorded under "Time of day unknown", 0.7% of the metro Atlanta total for this group.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

By land use, 212 deaths in crashes involving a large truck with two motor vehicles on the police report were recorded under "Urban", 76.5% of the metro Atlanta total for this group. By land use, 64 deaths in crashes involving a large truck with two motor vehicles on the police report were recorded under "Rural", 23.1% of the metro Atlanta total for this group. By land use, 1 death in crashes involving a large truck with two motor vehicles on the police report was recorded under "Land use unknown", 0.4% of the metro Atlanta total for this group.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Where in the metro area

In Fulton County, 48 deaths in truck crashes with two motor vehicles on the police report were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 17.3% of the metro Atlanta count for this group. In DeKalb County, 29 deaths in truck crashes with two motor vehicles on the police report were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 10.5% of the metro Atlanta count for this group. In Cobb County, 25 deaths in truck crashes with two motor vehicles on the police report were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 9.0% of the metro Atlanta count for this group.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

In Gwinnett County, 24 deaths in truck crashes with two motor vehicles on the police report were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 8.7% of the metro Atlanta count for this group. In Bartow County, 13 deaths in truck crashes with two motor vehicles on the police report were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 4.7% of the metro Atlanta count for this group. In Clayton County, 13 deaths in truck crashes with two motor vehicles on the police report were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 4.7% of the metro Atlanta count for this group.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

In Douglas County, 13 deaths in truck crashes with two motor vehicles on the police report were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 4.7% of the metro Atlanta count for this group. In Carroll County, 11 deaths in truck crashes with two motor vehicles on the police report were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 4.0% 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 96 deaths in truck crashes with two motor vehicles on the police report, or 34.7%, under the route-coded interstate definition. On I-20 inside metro Atlanta, crashes involving a large truck with two motor vehicles on the police report accounted for 33 deaths over 2020 through 2024. On I-75 inside metro Atlanta, crashes involving a large truck with two motor vehicles on the police report accounted for 24 deaths over 2020 through 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

On I-285 inside metro Atlanta, crashes involving a large truck with two motor vehicles on the police report accounted for 19 deaths over 2020 through 2024. On I-85 inside metro Atlanta, crashes involving a large truck with two motor vehicles on the police report accounted for 16 deaths over 2020 through 2024. The interstate figures for truck crashes with two motor vehicles 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 two motor vehicles on the police report included 264 large trucks, and 142 of those were truck-tractors, counts of vehicles rather than deaths. For truck crashes with two motor vehicles 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 two motor vehicles 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 two motor vehicles 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 two motor vehicles 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 two motor vehicles 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 two motor vehicles 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 one motor vehicle on the police report (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