Metro Atlanta truck crash statistics: Midnight to 6 a.m. (2020-2024)

Deaths and fatal crashes by year

For 2020, crashes involving a large truck from midnight to 6 a.m. in metro Atlanta took 20 lives in 16 fatal crashes. The 2021 count for truck crashes from midnight to 6 a.m. in metro Atlanta was 22 deaths from 21 fatal crashes. For 2022, crashes involving a large truck from midnight to 6 a.m. in metro Atlanta took 25 lives in 22 fatal crashes.^[1][2][3]

The 2023 count for truck crashes from midnight to 6 a.m. in metro Atlanta was 23 deaths from 20 fatal crashes. For 2024, crashes involving a large truck from midnight to 6 a.m. in metro Atlanta took 25 lives in 24 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 from midnight to 6 a.m. in metro Atlanta, 12 were in the "People in the large truck" category, or 10.4% of those deaths. Of the deaths in truck crashes from midnight to 6 a.m. in metro Atlanta, 70 were in the "People in other vehicles" category, or 60.9% of those deaths. In crashes involving a large truck from midnight to 6 a.m. in metro Atlanta, 33 deaths were in the "Nonoccupants (FARS person-type grouping)" category, 28.7% of the total for 2020 through 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

For truck crashes from midnight to 6 a.m., 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 19 deaths in truck crashes from midnight to 6 a.m., a share of 16.5%. The manner of collision recorded as "Rear-end" covers 40 deaths in truck crashes from midnight to 6 a.m., a share of 34.8%. The manner of collision recorded as "Head-on" covers 10 deaths in truck crashes from midnight to 6 a.m., a share of 8.7%.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The manner of collision recorded as "Sideswipe" covers 6 deaths in truck crashes from midnight to 6 a.m., a share of 5.2%. The manner of collision recorded as "Not a collision with a motor vehicle in transport" covers 40 deaths in truck crashes from midnight to 6 a.m., a share of 34.8%. For truck crashes from midnight to 6 a.m., 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.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][9]}

By land use, 106 deaths in crashes involving a large truck from midnight to 6 a.m. were recorded under "Urban", 92.2% of the metro Atlanta total for this group. By land use, 9 deaths in crashes involving a large truck from midnight to 6 a.m. were recorded under "Rural", 7.8% of the metro Atlanta total for this group.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Where in the metro area

In Fulton County, 23 deaths in truck crashes from midnight to 6 a.m. were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 20.0% of the metro Atlanta count for this group. In DeKalb County, 19 deaths in truck crashes from midnight to 6 a.m. were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 16.5% of the metro Atlanta count for this group. In Cobb County, 14 deaths in truck crashes from midnight to 6 a.m. were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 12.2% of the metro Atlanta count for this group.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

In Gwinnett County, 11 deaths in truck crashes from midnight to 6 a.m. were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 9.6% of the metro Atlanta count for this group. In Clayton County, 9 deaths in truck crashes from midnight to 6 a.m. were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 7.8% of the metro Atlanta count for this group. In Henry County, 6 deaths in truck crashes from midnight to 6 a.m. were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 5.2% of the metro Atlanta count for this group.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

In Barrow County, 5 deaths in truck crashes from midnight to 6 a.m. were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 4.3% of the metro Atlanta count for this group. In Butts County, 4 deaths in truck crashes from midnight to 6 a.m. were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 3.5% 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.

Interstate routes

Interstate route records cover 75 deaths in truck crashes from midnight to 6 a.m., or 65.2%, under the route-coded interstate definition. On I-75 inside metro Atlanta, crashes involving a large truck from midnight to 6 a.m. accounted for 26 deaths over 2020 through 2024. On I-20 inside metro Atlanta, crashes involving a large truck from midnight to 6 a.m. accounted for 19 deaths over 2020 through 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

On I-285 inside metro Atlanta, crashes involving a large truck from midnight to 6 a.m. accounted for 16 deaths over 2020 through 2024. On I-85 inside metro Atlanta, crashes involving a large truck from midnight to 6 a.m. accounted for 14 deaths over 2020 through 2024. The interstate figures for truck crashes from midnight to 6 a.m. use crashes with the route signing coded Interstate and an I-route number in the trafficway identifier, so they describe recorded route signing rather than a highway's full extent.^{[1][2][3][4][5][9]}

Routes with 2 or more deaths in this selection. Route-coded definition: ROUTE coded Interstate and an I-route number in TWAY_ID.

The trucks involved

The vehicles in crashes involving a large truck from midnight to 6 a.m. included 116 large trucks, and 83 of those were truck-tractors, counts of vehicles rather than deaths. For truck crashes from midnight to 6 a.m., 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 from midnight to 6 a.m. are selected by the hour of the crash in the FARS accident file, hours 0 through 5 in 24-hour time, and crashes with an unknown hour are left out. The figures for crashes involving a large truck from midnight to 6 a.m. 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 from midnight to 6 a.m. 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 from midnight to 6 a.m. 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 from midnight to 6 a.m. 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: 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. (2020-2024)
• Metro Atlanta truck crash statistics: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. (2020-2024)
• Metro Atlanta truck crash statistics: 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. (2020-2024)
• Metro Atlanta truck crash statistics: 7 p.m. to midnight (2020-2024)
• Metro Atlanta: jurisdictions and records