Metro Atlanta truck crash statistics: Occupants of other vehicles (2020-2024)

Deaths and fatal crashes by year

The annual figures pair selected deaths with distinct fatal crashes containing those deaths. In 2020, there were 74 selected deaths in 64 crashes; in 2021, 67 selected deaths in 66 crashes; and in 2022, 60 selected deaths in 55 crashes. The figures for 2023 were 47 selected deaths in 41 crashes, followed by 62 selected deaths in 57 crashes in 2024.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Among the supplied annual rows, 2020 had the largest selected-death count and 2023 the smallest. These are counts of deceased people and crash events, respectively. They do not measure deaths relative to travel exposure.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Person categories

The person category shown here is people in other vehicles, with 310 selected deaths. Within large-truck crashes identified by A_LT=1, the operational person selector is A_PTYPE in 1,2 and A_BODY != 6. A_PTYPE distinguishes person categories, while A_BODY identifies the deceased person's vehicle type. This selection therefore concerns particular deceased occupants rather than everyone killed in the crashes that contain them.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Other people killed in those same crashes are excluded from this topic's death counts. The person-category table describes the selected population; it does not provide a breakdown of all deaths in metro Atlanta large-truck crashes.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Manner of collision

Manner of collision classifies the first harmful event, and the figures here count selected deaths within each category. Angle events accounted for 117 selected deaths, the largest count among the supplied categories. Rear-end events accounted for 105, followed by head-on events with 45. The remaining categories were not a collision with a motor vehicle in transport, with 24 selected deaths; sideswipe, with 16; and other, with 3.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

These figures are not counts of collisions or large trucks. The first-harmful-event classification does not describe every event in a crash, and the categories do not establish fault.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Recorded counties

Fulton County recorded 54 selected deaths, the largest selected-death count among the supplied county rows. DeKalb County followed with 36, Gwinnett County with 31, Cobb County with 21, and Bartow County with 18. Douglas County and Henry County each recorded 14 selected deaths. Each county entry identifies where the crash occurred, rather than where the deceased person lived.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

The metro geography is the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA MSA, CBSA 12060, which contains 29 counties under OMB Bulletin 23-01, July 2023. The county counts have no supplied population or travel denominator and do not support county risk comparisons.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Recorded interstate routes

Among the supplied recorded interstate routes, I-75 had the largest selected-death count at 34, followed by I-20 at 30. I-285 and I-85 each had 22 selected deaths. I-575 and I-985 each had 2, while the recorded I-86 entry had 1.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

The route selection requires ROUTE = 1 and a parseable I-route in TWAY_ID. These entries retain the recorded route labels and count selected deceased occupants in metro Atlanta crashes. They do not cover every road, establish a legal road classification, or describe an entire interstate beyond the metro area. No route exposure denominator is supplied.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Trucks in the selected crashes

The distinct crashes containing the selected deaths involved 298 large-truck vehicles. Among those large trucks, 170 were truck-tractor vehicles. Both figures count vehicles, rather than deceased occupants or distinct crashes. They describe the trucks involved in the selected crashes, while the death figures elsewhere describe the selected people in other vehicles.^{[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 inclusion establishes involvement in a selected fatal crash. Involvement alone does not establish fault.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Sources and limits

NHTSA FARS enumerates fatal traffic crashes involving a motor vehicle on a trafficway customarily open to the public when an occupant or nonoccupant dies within 30 days. Crashes producing no deaths are outside that scope. This topic further restricts the deceased population to A_PTYPE in 1,2 and A_BODY != 6 within A_LT=1 crashes.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

The 2020 through 2023 counts use FARS Final Files; 2024 uses the provisional Annual Report File, which may be revised. Geographic attribution follows crash location, not residence. No mileage, traffic exposure, or population rate is supplied, so these counts cannot 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)