Metro Atlanta truck crash statistics: Occupants of pickups, SUVs and vans (2020-2024)

Deaths and fatal crashes by year

The annual series records 27 selected deaths in 23 fatal crashes in 2020, followed by 22 selected deaths in 22 fatal crashes in 2021. In 2022, 26 selected deaths occurred in 23 fatal crashes. The figures for 2023 are 19 selected deaths and 16 fatal crashes; for 2024, they are 33 selected deaths and 29 fatal crashes.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Among the supplied years, 2024 has the highest selected-death count and 2023 the lowest. The 2024 Annual Report File remains provisional. Each crash figure counts distinct fatal crashes containing selected deaths, so it measures crashes rather than people.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Person categories

The person-category table places all 127 selected deaths under people in other vehicles. This is a restricted population of deceased pickup, SUV and van occupants within large-truck crashes. It does not include other people who died in the same crashes unless they also meet the topic's person and vehicle selection.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

The operational selector is A_PTYPE in 1,2 and A_BODY in 2,3,4,5, within A_LT=1 crashes. A_PTYPE distinguishes person categories, while A_BODY identifies the decedent's vehicle type. The category total therefore describes the selected occupants, not all large-truck occupants or all road users killed in the metropolitan area.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Manner of collision

Rear-end collisions account for 46 selected deaths, the largest selected-death count among the supplied collision categories. Angle collisions account for 42 selected deaths, followed by head-on collisions with 21 and sideswipes with 10. The category not a collision with a motor vehicle in transport records 7 selected deaths, while other records 1.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

These categories describe the manner of the first harmful event. They do not count every impact during a crash or establish which participant caused it. Each value remains a count of selected deceased occupants associated with that category, rather than a count of collisions.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Recorded counties

Fulton County records 19 selected deaths, the highest selected-death count among the supplied county rows. DeKalb County records 18 and Bartow County 10. Cobb County and Gwinnett County each record 8, followed by Cherokee County with 7. Carroll County and Douglas County each record 6 selected deaths.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Fayette County, Forsyth County and Henry County each record 5 selected deaths. These county assignments identify where the crashes occurred, not where the deceased people lived. The county figures describe the selected population during 2020-2024; without population or traffic exposure denominators, they do not establish comparative county death rates or risk.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Recorded interstate routes

Among the supplied recorded interstate routes, I-20 has the largest selected-death count at 15. I-75 records 14 selected deaths, I-85 records 10 and I-285 records 6. The supplied records also list I-86 and I-985 with 1 selected death each. These values apply only to selected deaths in crashes located within metro Atlanta.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Interstate selection requires ROUTE = 1 together with a parseable I-route in TWAY_ID. This operational filter does not describe every road or any route's full length outside the metropolitan area. The route counts provide neither traffic exposure comparisons nor a measure of fault.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Trucks in the selected crashes

The distinct fatal crashes containing the selected deaths involved 118 large-truck vehicles. Among those large trucks, 66 were truck-tractor vehicles. Both figures count vehicles, so neither can be substituted for the 113 fatal crashes or the 127 selected deaths. The vehicle totals describe trucks involved in the selected crashes, not the number of deceased occupants.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

For this dataset, 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. A truck's involvement does not establish fault, and these counts do not identify crash causes.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Sources and limits

NHTSA FARS covers fatal traffic crashes involving a motor vehicle on a trafficway customarily open to the public, where an occupant or nonoccupant dies within 30 days. Nonfatal-only crashes are outside that scope. This topic further restricts the deceased population through its person and vehicle selector within large-truck crashes.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

The 2020 through 2023 records use FARS Final Files; 2024 uses the provisional Annual Report File, subject to revision. The 28.3% share uses all metro Atlanta large-truck-crash deaths as its denominator. No population rate, mileage denominator or traffic exposure denominator is supplied, so these results do not measure 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)