Metro Atlanta truck crash statistics: Not interstate (ROUTE 1 plus I-route TWAY_ID) (2020-2024)

Deaths and fatal crashes by year

For 2020, crashes involving a large truck without an interstate route record in metro Atlanta took 58 lives in 52 fatal crashes. The 2021 count for truck crashes without an interstate route record in metro Atlanta was 63 deaths from 61 fatal crashes. For 2022, crashes involving a large truck without an interstate route record in metro Atlanta took 65 lives in 62 fatal crashes.^[1][2][3]

The 2023 count for truck crashes without an interstate route record in metro Atlanta was 39 deaths from 36 fatal crashes. For 2024, crashes involving a large truck without an interstate route record in metro Atlanta took 43 lives in 43 fatal crashes.^[4][5]

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 without an interstate route record in metro Atlanta, 32 were in the "People in the large truck" category, or 11.9% of those deaths. Of the deaths in truck crashes without an interstate route record in metro Atlanta, 197 were in the "People in other vehicles" category, or 73.5% of those deaths. In crashes involving a large truck without an interstate route record in metro Atlanta, 39 deaths were in the "Nonoccupants (FARS person-type grouping)" category, 14.6% of the total for 2020 through 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

For truck crashes without an interstate route record, 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.^[8][9]

How the crashes happened

The manner of collision recorded as "Angle" covers 113 deaths in truck crashes without an interstate route record, a share of 42.2%. The manner of collision recorded as "Rear-end" covers 35 deaths in truck crashes without an interstate route record, a share of 13.1%. The manner of collision recorded as "Head-on" covers 49 deaths in truck crashes without an interstate route record, a share of 18.3%.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The manner of collision recorded as "Sideswipe" covers 11 deaths in truck crashes without an interstate route record, a share of 4.1%. The manner of collision recorded as "Not a collision with a motor vehicle in transport" covers 58 deaths in truck crashes without an interstate route record, a share of 21.6%. The manner of collision recorded as "Other" covers 2 deaths in truck crashes without an interstate route record, a share of 0.7%.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

For truck crashes without an interstate route record, a motor vehicle in transport can be stopped in traffic, so the collision category is not a test of whether another vehicle was physically moving. By time of day, 173 deaths in crashes involving a large truck without an interstate route record were recorded under "Daytime (6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m.)", 64.6% of the metro Atlanta total for this group. By time of day, 95 deaths in crashes involving a large truck without an interstate route record were recorded under "Nighttime (6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m.)", 35.4% of the metro Atlanta total for this group.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][9]}

By land use, 192 deaths in crashes involving a large truck without an interstate route record were recorded under "Urban", 71.6% of the metro Atlanta total for this group. By land use, 76 deaths in crashes involving a large truck without an interstate route record were recorded under "Rural", 28.4% of the metro Atlanta total for this group.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Where in the metro area

In Fulton County, 41 deaths in truck crashes without an interstate route record were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 15.3% of the metro Atlanta count for this group. In Gwinnett County, 22 deaths in truck crashes without an interstate route record were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 8.2% of the metro Atlanta count for this group. In DeKalb County, 20 deaths in truck crashes without an interstate route record were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 7.5% of the metro Atlanta count for this group.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

In Bartow County, 15 deaths in truck crashes without an interstate route record were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 5.6% of the metro Atlanta count for this group. In Cobb County, 15 deaths in truck crashes without an interstate route record were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 5.6% of the metro Atlanta count for this group. In Barrow County, 13 deaths in truck crashes without an interstate route record were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 4.9% of the metro Atlanta count for this group.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

In Cherokee County, 12 deaths in truck crashes without an interstate route record were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 4.5% of the metro Atlanta count for this group. In Clayton County, 11 deaths in truck crashes without an interstate route record were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 4.1% of the metro Atlanta count for this group.^{[1][2][3][4][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.

The trucks involved

The vehicles in crashes involving a large truck without an interstate route record included 265 large trucks, and 107 of those were truck-tractors, counts of vehicles rather than deaths. For truck crashes without an interstate route record, 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 without an interstate route record are the crashes involving a large truck in the metro area that lack route signing coded Interstate together with an I-route number in the trafficway identifier. The figures for crashes involving a large truck without an interstate route record 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 without an interstate route record 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 without an interstate route record 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 without an interstate route record counts, so they record deaths and crashes and make no statement about how likely a crash was.^[9][10]

See also

• Metro Atlanta truck crash statistics: Interstate (ROUTE 1 plus I-route TWAY_ID) (2020-2024)
• Metro Atlanta: jurisdictions and records