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Metro Atlanta truck crash statistics: Thursday (2020-2024)

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Metro Atlanta truck crash statistics: Thursday (2020-2024)
Data years2020-2024[1][2][3][4][5]
Deaths, 2020-202479[1][2][3][4][5]
Fatal crashes, 2020-202474[1][2][3][4][5]
Share of metro Atlanta truck crash deaths17.6%[1][2][3][4][5]
AreaAtlanta MSA, 29 counties (CBSA 12060)[6]
2024 data fileFARS Annual Report File[5]

Across metro Atlanta, 79 people died in truck crashes on Thursdays during 2020 through 2024, a count of everyone killed in those crashes, including people in other vehicles. Those deaths came from 74 fatal crashes involving a large truck on Thursdays, an event count kept separate from the 79 deaths. Crashes involving a large truck on Thursdays accounted for 17.6% of the 448 deaths in metro Atlanta truck crashes over 2020 through 2024.[1][2][3][4][5]

In 2024, the latest year shown, crashes involving a large truck on Thursdays in metro Atlanta killed 8 people in 8 fatal crashes. For truck crashes on Thursdays, a large truck follows NHTSA's Large Trucks: 2024 Data definition: a medium or heavy truck with a gross vehicle weight rating greater than 10,000 lb, excluding buses and motor homes. In the figures for truck crashes on Thursdays, metro Atlanta is the 29-county Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metropolitan statistical area, CBSA 12060, as delineated by the Office of Management and Budget in July 2023.[6][5][7]

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Deaths and fatal crashes by year

For 2020, crashes involving a large truck on Thursdays in metro Atlanta took 17 lives in 16 fatal crashes. The 2021 count for truck crashes on Thursdays in metro Atlanta was 20 deaths from 20 fatal crashes. For 2022, crashes involving a large truck on Thursdays in metro Atlanta took 19 lives in 18 fatal crashes.[1][2][3]

The 2023 count for truck crashes on Thursdays in metro Atlanta was 15 deaths from 12 fatal crashes. For 2024, crashes involving a large truck on Thursdays in metro Atlanta took 8 lives in 8 fatal crashes.[4][5]

Deaths and fatal crashes by year[1][2][3][4][5]
YearDeathsFatal crashes
20201716
20212020
20221918
20231512
202488

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 on Thursdays in metro Atlanta, 16 were in the "People in the large truck" category, or 20.3% of those deaths. Of the deaths in truck crashes on Thursdays in metro Atlanta, 54 were in the "People in other vehicles" category, or 68.4% of those deaths. In crashes involving a large truck on Thursdays in metro Atlanta, 9 deaths were in the "Nonoccupants (FARS person-type grouping)" category, 11.4% of the total for 2020 through 2024.[1][2][3][4][5]

For truck crashes on Thursdays, 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]

Who died[1][2][3][4][5]
PersonDeaths, 2020-2024Share
People in the large truck1620.3%
People in other vehicles5468.4%
Nonoccupants (FARS person-type grouping)911.4%

How the crashes happened

The manner of collision recorded as "Angle" covers 32 deaths in truck crashes on Thursdays, a share of 40.5%. The manner of collision recorded as "Rear-end" covers 15 deaths in truck crashes on Thursdays, a share of 19.0%. The manner of collision recorded as "Head-on" covers 6 deaths in truck crashes on Thursdays, a share of 7.6%.[1][2][3][4][5]

The manner of collision recorded as "Sideswipe" covers 2 deaths in truck crashes on Thursdays, a share of 2.5%. The manner of collision recorded as "Not a collision with a motor vehicle in transport" covers 24 deaths in truck crashes on Thursdays, a share of 30.4%. For truck crashes on Thursdays, 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, 43 deaths in crashes involving a large truck on Thursdays were recorded under "Daytime (6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m.)", 54.4% of the metro Atlanta total for this group. By time of day, 36 deaths in crashes involving a large truck on Thursdays were recorded under "Nighttime (6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m.)", 45.6% of the metro Atlanta total for this group. By land use, 57 deaths in crashes involving a large truck on Thursdays were recorded under "Urban", 72.2% of the metro Atlanta total for this group.[1][2][3][4][5]

By land use, 22 deaths in crashes involving a large truck on Thursdays were recorded under "Rural", 27.8% of the metro Atlanta total for this group.[1][2][3][4][5]

How the crashes happened[1][2][3][4][5]
Manner of collisionDeaths, 2020-2024Share
Angle3240.5%
Rear-end1519.0%
Head-on67.6%
Sideswipe22.5%
Not a collision with a motor vehicle in transport2430.4%

Where in the metro area

In Bartow County, 9 deaths in truck crashes on Thursdays were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 11.4% of the metro Atlanta count for this group. In Gwinnett County, 8 deaths in truck crashes on Thursdays were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 10.1% of the metro Atlanta count for this group. In DeKalb County, 7 deaths in truck crashes on Thursdays were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 8.9% of the metro Atlanta count for this group.[1][2][3][4][5]

In Cobb County, 6 deaths in truck crashes on Thursdays were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 7.6% of the metro Atlanta count for this group. In Fulton County, 6 deaths in truck crashes on Thursdays were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 7.6% of the metro Atlanta count for this group. In Henry County, 5 deaths in truck crashes on Thursdays were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 6.3% of the metro Atlanta count for this group.[1][2][3][4][5]

In Barrow County, 4 deaths in truck crashes on Thursdays were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 5.1% of the metro Atlanta count for this group. In Cherokee County, 4 deaths in truck crashes on Thursdays were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 5.1% of the metro Atlanta count for this group.[1][2][3][4][5]

Where in the metro area[1][2][3][4][5]
CountyDeaths, 2020-2024Share
Bartow County911.4%
Gwinnett County810.1%
DeKalb County78.9%
Cobb County67.6%
Fulton County67.6%
Henry County56.3%
Barrow County45.1%
Cherokee County45.1%

Up to 8 counties with 2 or more deaths in this selection, ordered by death count and recorded crash location. Additional qualifying counties can be omitted.

Interstate routes

Interstate route records cover 32 deaths in truck crashes on Thursdays, or 40.5%, under the route-coded interstate definition. On I-85 inside metro Atlanta, crashes involving a large truck on Thursdays accounted for 12 deaths over 2020 through 2024. On I-75 inside metro Atlanta, crashes involving a large truck on Thursdays accounted for 10 deaths over 2020 through 2024.[1][2][3][4][5]

On I-20 inside metro Atlanta, crashes involving a large truck on Thursdays accounted for 4 deaths over 2020 through 2024. On I-285 inside metro Atlanta, crashes involving a large truck on Thursdays accounted for 4 deaths over 2020 through 2024. The interstate figures for truck crashes on Thursdays 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]

Interstate routes[1][2][3][4][5]
Interstate routeDeaths, 2020-2024
I-8512
I-7510
I-204
I-2854

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 on Thursdays included 85 large trucks, and 50 of those were truck-tractors, counts of vehicles rather than deaths. For truck crashes on Thursdays, 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

The figures for crashes involving a large truck on Thursdays 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. Truck crashes on Thursdays are selected by the day of the week in the FARS accident file, which NHTSA calculates from the year, month and day of the crash. The counts for crashes involving a large truck on Thursdays 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 on Thursdays 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 on Thursdays counts, so they record deaths and crashes and make no statement about how likely a crash was.[9][10]

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