Metro Atlanta truck crash statistics: Crashes involving a single-unit or other large truck (2020-2024)

Deaths and fatal crashes by year

For 2020, crashes involving a single-unit or other large truck in metro Atlanta took 50 lives in 43 fatal crashes. The 2021 count for truck crashes involving a single-unit or other large truck in metro Atlanta was 42 deaths from 41 fatal crashes. For 2022, crashes involving a single-unit or other large truck in metro Atlanta took 52 lives in 47 fatal crashes.^[1][2][3]

The 2023 count for truck crashes involving a single-unit or other large truck in metro Atlanta was 30 deaths from 29 fatal crashes. For 2024, crashes involving a single-unit or other large truck in metro Atlanta took 32 lives in 32 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 involving a single-unit or other large truck in metro Atlanta, 36 were in the "People in the large truck" category, or 17.5% of those deaths. Of the deaths in truck crashes involving a single-unit or other large truck in metro Atlanta, 134 were in the "People in other vehicles" category, or 65.0% of those deaths. In crashes involving a single-unit or other large truck in metro Atlanta, 36 deaths were in the "Nonoccupants (FARS person-type grouping)" category, 17.5% of the total for 2020 through 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

For truck crashes involving a single-unit or other large truck, 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]

The "People in the large truck" category includes occupants of any large truck in the selected crashes, including truck-tractors, not just the body type used to select the crash.

How the crashes happened

The manner of collision recorded as "Angle" covers 63 deaths in truck crashes involving a single-unit or other large truck, a share of 30.6%. The manner of collision recorded as "Rear-end" covers 48 deaths in truck crashes involving a single-unit or other large truck, a share of 23.3%. The manner of collision recorded as "Head-on" covers 32 deaths in truck crashes involving a single-unit or other large truck, a share of 15.5%.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The manner of collision recorded as "Sideswipe" covers 9 deaths in truck crashes involving a single-unit or other large truck, a share of 4.4%. The manner of collision recorded as "Not a collision with a motor vehicle in transport" covers 51 deaths in truck crashes involving a single-unit or other large truck, a share of 24.8%. The manner of collision recorded as "Other" covers 3 deaths in truck crashes involving a single-unit or other large truck, a share of 1.5%.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

For truck crashes involving a single-unit or other large truck, 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, 133 deaths in crashes involving a single-unit or other large truck 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, 73 deaths in crashes involving a single-unit or other large truck 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, 161 deaths in crashes involving a single-unit or other large truck were recorded under "Urban", 78.2% of the metro Atlanta total for this group. By land use, 44 deaths in crashes involving a single-unit or other large truck were recorded under "Rural", 21.4% of the metro Atlanta total for this group. By land use, 1 death in crashes involving a single-unit or other large truck was recorded under "Land use not reported", 0.5% of the metro Atlanta total for this group.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Where in the metro area

In Fulton County, 32 deaths in truck crashes involving a single-unit or other large truck were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 15.5% of the metro Atlanta count for this group. In DeKalb County, 23 deaths in truck crashes involving a single-unit or other large truck were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 11.2% of the metro Atlanta count for this group. In Gwinnett County, 22 deaths in truck crashes involving a single-unit or other large truck were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 10.7% of the metro Atlanta count for this group.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

In Cobb County, 17 deaths in truck crashes involving a single-unit or other large truck were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 8.3% of the metro Atlanta count for this group. In Clayton County, 11 deaths in truck crashes involving a single-unit or other large truck were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 5.3% of the metro Atlanta count for this group. In Henry County, 11 deaths in truck crashes involving a single-unit or other large truck were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 5.3% of the metro Atlanta count for this group.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

In Cherokee County, 9 deaths in truck crashes involving a single-unit or other large truck were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 4.4% of the metro Atlanta count for this group. In Bartow County, 8 deaths in truck crashes involving a single-unit or other large truck were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 3.9% 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 44 deaths in truck crashes involving a single-unit or other large truck, or 21.4%, under the route-coded interstate definition. On I-75 inside metro Atlanta, crashes involving a single-unit or other large truck accounted for 17 deaths over 2020 through 2024. On I-85 inside metro Atlanta, crashes involving a single-unit or other large truck accounted for 10 deaths over 2020 through 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

On I-285 inside metro Atlanta, crashes involving a single-unit or other large truck accounted for 8 deaths over 2020 through 2024. On I-20 inside metro Atlanta, crashes involving a single-unit or other large truck accounted for 5 deaths over 2020 through 2024. On I-575 inside metro Atlanta, crashes involving a single-unit or other large truck accounted for 2 deaths over 2020 through 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The interstate figures for truck crashes involving a single-unit or other large truck 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.^[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 single-unit or other large truck included 220 large trucks, and 20 of those were truck-tractors, counts of vehicles rather than deaths. For truck crashes involving a single-unit or other large truck, 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 involving a single-unit or other large truck are crashes with at least one large truck whose body type is not 66, truck-tractor, so a crash that also involved a truck-tractor can appear here too. The figures for crashes involving a single-unit or other large truck 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 single-unit or other large truck 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 single-unit or other large truck 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 involving a single-unit or other large truck 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: Crashes involving a truck-tractor (BODY_TYP 66) (2020-2024)
• Metro Atlanta: jurisdictions and records