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Metro Atlanta truck crash statistics: Sideswipe collisions (2020-2024)

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Metro Atlanta truck crash statistics: Sideswipe collisions (2020-2024)
Data years2020-2024[1][2][3][4][5]
Deaths, 2020-202421[1][2][3][4][5]
Fatal crashes, 2020-202420[1][2][3][4][5]
Share of metro Atlanta truck crash deaths4.7%[1][2][3][4][5]
AreaAtlanta MSA, 29 counties (CBSA 12060)[6]
2024 data fileFARS Annual Report File[5]

Across metro Atlanta, 21 people died in truck crashes recorded as sideswipe collisions during 2020 through 2024, a count of everyone killed in those crashes, including people in other vehicles. Those deaths came from 20 fatal crashes involving a large truck recorded as sideswipe collisions, an event count kept separate from the 21 deaths. Crashes involving a large truck recorded as sideswipe collisions accounted for 4.7% 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 recorded as sideswipe collisions in metro Atlanta killed 4 people in 4 fatal crashes. For truck crashes recorded as sideswipe collisions, 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 recorded as sideswipe collisions, 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 recorded as sideswipe collisions in metro Atlanta took 2 lives in 2 fatal crashes. The 2021 count for truck crashes recorded as sideswipe collisions in metro Atlanta was 6 deaths from 6 fatal crashes. For 2022, crashes involving a large truck recorded as sideswipe collisions in metro Atlanta took 6 lives in 5 fatal crashes.[1][2][3]

The 2023 count for truck crashes recorded as sideswipe collisions in metro Atlanta was 3 deaths from 3 fatal crashes. For 2024, crashes involving a large truck recorded as sideswipe collisions in metro Atlanta took 4 lives in 4 fatal crashes.[4][5]

Deaths and fatal crashes by year[1][2][3][4][5]
YearDeathsFatal crashes
202022
202166
202265
202333
202444

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 recorded as sideswipe collisions in metro Atlanta, 5 were in the "People in the large truck" category, or 23.8% of those deaths. Of the deaths in truck crashes recorded as sideswipe collisions in metro Atlanta, 16 were in the "People in other vehicles" category, or 76.2% of those deaths. For truck crashes recorded as sideswipe collisions, 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]

Who died[1][2][3][4][5]
PersonDeaths, 2020-2024Share
People in the large truck523.8%
People in other vehicles1676.2%
Nonoccupants (FARS person-type grouping)00.0%

How the crashes happened

By time of day, 12 deaths in crashes involving a large truck recorded as sideswipe collisions were recorded under "Daytime (6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m.)", 57.1% of the metro Atlanta total for this group. By time of day, 9 deaths in crashes involving a large truck recorded as sideswipe collisions were recorded under "Nighttime (6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m.)", 42.9% of the metro Atlanta total for this group. By land use, 16 deaths in crashes involving a large truck recorded as sideswipe collisions were recorded under "Urban", 76.2% of the metro Atlanta total for this group.[1][2][3][4][5]

By land use, 5 deaths in crashes involving a large truck recorded as sideswipe collisions were recorded under "Rural", 23.8% of the metro Atlanta total for this group.[1][2][3][4][5]

Where in the metro area

In Fulton County, 6 deaths in truck crashes recorded as sideswipe collisions were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 28.6% of the metro Atlanta count for this group. In Carroll County, 2 deaths in truck crashes recorded as sideswipe collisions were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 9.5% of the metro Atlanta count for this group. In Coweta County, 2 deaths in truck crashes recorded as sideswipe collisions were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 9.5% of the metro Atlanta count for this group.[1][2][3][4][5]

In DeKalb County, 2 deaths in truck crashes recorded as sideswipe collisions were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 9.5% of the metro Atlanta count for this group. In Forsyth County, 2 deaths in truck crashes recorded as sideswipe collisions were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 9.5% of the metro Atlanta count for this group. In Gwinnett County, 2 deaths in truck crashes recorded as sideswipe collisions were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 9.5% 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
Fulton County628.6%
Carroll County29.5%
Coweta County29.5%
DeKalb County29.5%
Forsyth County29.5%
Gwinnett County29.5%

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 10 deaths in truck crashes recorded as sideswipe collisions, or 47.6%, under the route-coded interstate definition. On I-20 inside metro Atlanta, crashes involving a large truck recorded as sideswipe collisions accounted for 5 deaths over 2020 through 2024. On I-285 inside metro Atlanta, crashes involving a large truck recorded as sideswipe collisions accounted for 2 deaths over 2020 through 2024.[1][2][3][4][5]

On I-75 inside metro Atlanta, crashes involving a large truck recorded as sideswipe collisions accounted for 2 deaths over 2020 through 2024. The interstate figures for truck crashes recorded as sideswipe collisions 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-205
I-2852
I-752

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 recorded as sideswipe collisions included 22 large trucks, and 11 of those were truck-tractors, counts of vehicles rather than deaths. For truck crashes recorded as sideswipe collisions, 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 recorded as sideswipe collisions are selected by the manner of collision of the first harmful event in the FARS accident file, attribute codes 7 and 8 (sideswipe in the same direction or in opposite directions). The figures for crashes involving a large truck recorded as sideswipe collisions 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 recorded as sideswipe collisions 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 recorded as sideswipe collisions 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 recorded as sideswipe collisions counts, so they record deaths and crashes and make no statement about how likely a crash was.[9][10]

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