Metro Atlanta truck crash statistics: I-20 inside the 29-county Atlanta MSA (2020-2024)

Deaths and fatal crashes by year

The annual figures distinguish people killed from the fatal crashes containing those deaths. In 2020, the selection recorded 12 deaths in 11 fatal crashes; 2021 recorded 4 deaths in 4 fatal crashes. The figures for 2022 were 7 deaths in 5 fatal crashes, followed by 11 deaths in 8 fatal crashes in 2023. For 2024, the provisional Annual Report File recorded 9 deaths in 9 fatal crashes. Among these supplied annual rows, 2020 had the highest death count and highest fatal-crash count. These counts describe the selected I-20 crashes within metro Atlanta, without a traffic-exposure denominator.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Person categories

People in other vehicles accounted for 30 deaths, the largest death count among the supplied person categories. Nonoccupants accounted for 7 deaths, while people in the large truck accounted for 6 deaths. Each category belongs to the same selected fatal-crash population on I-20 within the Atlanta MSA during 2020-2024.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

The nonoccupant category follows the FARS A_PTYPE 3,4,5 grouping, which includes occupants of vehicles not in transport. It should therefore be read as the supplied FARS grouping. These person counts describe who died in crashes involving large trucks; they do not identify fault or measure all people involved.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Manner of collision

The manner-of-collision breakdown assigns deaths according to the first harmful event in the selected crashes. Rear-end collisions accounted for 22 deaths, the largest death count among the supplied categories. Events classified as not a collision with a motor vehicle in transport accounted for 11 deaths. Sideswipe collisions accounted for 5 deaths, angle collisions for 4 deaths, and other events for 1 death.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

These are death counts for 2020-2024, rather than counts of collision events or vehicles. A motor vehicle in transport can be stopped in traffic. The categories describe the first harmful event, without establishing why a crash happened.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Recorded counties

The county breakdown locates deaths by where the selected I-20 crashes occurred, rather than where the people killed lived. DeKalb County recorded 14 deaths, the largest count among the supplied county rows. Douglas County recorded 9 deaths and Carroll County recorded 7 deaths. Haralson County recorded 4 deaths, followed by Fulton County with 3 deaths. Cobb County and Morgan County each recorded 2 deaths; Newton County and Rockdale County each recorded 1 death.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

These figures cover the selected fatal crashes during 2020-2024. They are county death counts within this route selection, not countywide totals for all large-truck crashes.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Recorded interstate routes

The recorded-interstate table contains I-20 with 43 deaths during 2020-2024. That entry reflects the route restriction used to build this topic: ROUTE = 1 together with a parseable I-20 designation in TWAY_ID, limited to the 29-county Atlanta MSA. The table therefore describes deaths within the selected metro portion of the route.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

It does not cover I-20 outside metro Atlanta or provide a comparison with other interstate routes. The route fields are an operational selection method. Being outside that selection is not itself a legal road classification, and the supplied route row does not represent every road in the metro area.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Trucks in the selected crashes

The distinct crashes containing the selected deaths involved 38 large-truck vehicles, including 33 truck-tractor vehicles. These figures count vehicles in the selected crashes. They are separate measures from the 43 people killed and the 37 distinct fatal crashes, and should retain those different units when read alongside the other tables.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

For this topic, a large truck is a medium or heavy truck with a gross vehicle weight rating greater than 10,000 pounds; buses and motor homes are excluded. Truck involvement does not establish fault. The truck-tractor figure describes vehicles among the large trucks, rather than a separate death count.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Sources and limits

NHTSA FARS records fatal traffic crashes involving a motor vehicle on a trafficway customarily open to the public when an occupant or nonoccupant dies within 30 days. Nonfatal-only crashes are excluded. The 2020 through 2023 figures use Final Files; 2024 uses the provisional Annual Report File and remains subject to revision.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

The Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA MSA boundary contains 29 counties under OMB Bulletin 23-01, July 2023. All geographic counts follow crash location. The 9.6% share uses all metro large-truck-crash deaths as its denominator. No population rate, mileage denominator or traffic-exposure denominator is supplied, so these figures do not establish comparative risk.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

See also

• Georgia's two-year limit for truck accident injury claims

On related publications

• Georgia truck accident statistics (2020-2024) (truckaccidentlawyers.wiki)
• Large truck (crash data definition) (truckaccidentlawyer.wiki)