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

Deaths and fatal crashes by year

The annual figures pair deaths with the distinct fatal crashes containing those deaths. In 2020, the selection recorded 35 deaths in 29 crashes; in 2021, it recorded 12 deaths in 12 crashes. The 2022 figures were 44 deaths in 37 crashes, followed by 31 deaths in 26 crashes in 2023 and 39 deaths in 34 crashes in 2024.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Among the supplied annual rows, 2022 had the largest death count and fatal-crash count. These are separate measures within the same interstate functional-system selection. The 2024 figures come from the provisional Annual Report File and remain subject to revision.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Person categories

People in other vehicles accounted for 100 deaths in the selected Metro Atlanta interstate large-truck crashes during 2020-2024. The supplied categories also record 33 nonoccupant deaths and 28 deaths among people in the large truck. People in other vehicles therefore had the largest death count among these person categories.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Nonoccupants follows the FARS A_PTYPE 3,4,5 grouping, which includes occupants of vehicles not in transport. It should not be read as a pedestrian-only category. This breakdown describes the people killed across the selected fatal crashes; the presence of a large truck does not restrict the death count to its occupants.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Manner of collision

Rear-end first harmful events accounted for 72 deaths, the largest death count among the supplied collision categories for 2020-2024. Events classified as not a collision with a motor vehicle in transport accounted for 61 deaths. The remaining supplied categories recorded 11 deaths for angle collisions, 9 for sideswipes, 6 for head-on collisions and 2 for other events.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

These figures count deaths, not separate collisions. Manner of collision describes the first harmful event, rather than every event in the crash. A vehicle stopped in traffic can still be a motor vehicle in transport under the supplied data definition.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Recorded counties

DeKalb County recorded 30 deaths, the largest selected death count among the supplied county rows for 2020-2024. Fulton County followed with 23, Cobb County with 19, Gwinnett County with 17 and Bartow County with 15. Clayton County recorded 12 deaths, while Douglas County and Henry County each recorded 9.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Each county figure identifies where the crash occurred, not where the people killed lived. The geographic framework is the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA MSA, CBSA 12060, containing 29 counties under OMB Bulletin 23-01, July 2023. The supplied county counts do not establish population-based death rates or comparisons of travel risk.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Recorded interstate routes

Among the supplied recorded-route rows, I-75 had the largest selected death count at 55 during 2020-2024. I-20 recorded 41 deaths, I-285 recorded 30 and I-85 recorded 27. The table also lists I-575 with 3 deaths, I-985 with 2, and I-675 and I-86 with 1 each.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

The route table requires ROUTE = 1 and an I-route that can be parsed from TWAY_ID. That recording rule differs from the page's FUNC_SYS = 1 selection. These route entries describe the supplied records within metro Atlanta; they do not represent every road or deaths along the entire routes outside the metro area.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Trucks in the selected crashes

The distinct fatal crashes containing the selected deaths involved 159 large-truck vehicles during 2020-2024. Among those large trucks, 126 were truck-tractor vehicles. Both figures count vehicles, so neither should be substituted for the number of people killed or the number of distinct fatal crashes.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

For this data, a large truck is a medium or heavy truck with a gross vehicle weight rating greater than 10,000 pounds, excluding buses and motor homes. The crash selection uses A_LT = 1 to identify involvement of at least one large truck. Involvement alone does not establish fault or explain the collision.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Sources and limits

NHTSA FARS is a census of fatal traffic crashes involving a motor vehicle on a trafficway customarily open to the public, with an occupant or nonoccupant dying within 30 days. Nonfatal-only crashes are excluded. This page selects metro Atlanta crashes with A_LT = 1 and FUNC_SYS = 1, counting all people killed in those 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. Counts follow crash location rather than residence. No population rate, mileage denominator or traffic exposure denominator is supplied, so these totals cannot establish comparative travel 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)