Metro Atlanta truck crash statistics: Crashes involving a truck-tractor (BODY_TYP 66) (2020-2024)

Deaths and fatal crashes by year

For 2020, crashes involving a truck-tractor in metro Atlanta took 54 lives in 47 fatal crashes. The 2021 count for truck crashes involving a truck-tractor in metro Atlanta was 49 deaths from 47 fatal crashes. For 2022, crashes involving a truck-tractor in metro Atlanta took 63 lives in 57 fatal crashes.^[1][2][3]

The 2023 count for truck crashes involving a truck-tractor in metro Atlanta was 41 deaths from 34 fatal crashes. For 2024, crashes involving a truck-tractor in metro Atlanta took 51 lives in 46 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 truck-tractor in metro Atlanta, 36 were in the "People in the large truck" category, or 14.0% of those deaths. Of the deaths in truck crashes involving a truck-tractor in metro Atlanta, 182 were in the "People in other vehicles" category, or 70.5% of those deaths. In crashes involving a truck-tractor in metro Atlanta, 40 deaths were in the "Nonoccupants (FARS person-type grouping)" category, 15.5% of the total for 2020 through 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

For truck crashes involving a truck-tractor, 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 62 deaths in truck crashes involving a truck-tractor, a share of 24.0%. The manner of collision recorded as "Rear-end" covers 84 deaths in truck crashes involving a truck-tractor, a share of 32.6%. The manner of collision recorded as "Head-on" covers 24 deaths in truck crashes involving a truck-tractor, a share of 9.3%.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The manner of collision recorded as "Sideswipe" covers 12 deaths in truck crashes involving a truck-tractor, a share of 4.7%. The manner of collision recorded as "Not a collision with a motor vehicle in transport" covers 74 deaths in truck crashes involving a truck-tractor, a share of 28.7%. The manner of collision recorded as "Other" covers 2 deaths in truck crashes involving a truck-tractor, a share of 0.8%.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

For truck crashes involving a truck-tractor, 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, 110 deaths in crashes involving a truck-tractor were recorded under "Daytime (6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m.)", 42.6% of the metro Atlanta total for this group. By time of day, 146 deaths in crashes involving a truck-tractor were recorded under "Nighttime (6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m.)", 56.6% of the metro Atlanta total for this group.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][9]}

By time of day, 2 deaths in crashes involving a truck-tractor were recorded under "Time not reported", 0.8% of the metro Atlanta total for this group. By land use, 204 deaths in crashes involving a truck-tractor were recorded under "Urban", 79.1% of the metro Atlanta total for this group. By land use, 54 deaths in crashes involving a truck-tractor were recorded under "Rural", 20.9% of the metro Atlanta total for this group.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Where in the metro area

In Fulton County, 37 deaths in truck crashes involving a truck-tractor were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 14.3% of the metro Atlanta count for this group. In DeKalb County, 34 deaths in truck crashes involving a truck-tractor were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 13.2% of the metro Atlanta count for this group. In Bartow County, 25 deaths in truck crashes involving a truck-tractor were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 9.7% of the metro Atlanta count for this group.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

In Cobb County, 20 deaths in truck crashes involving a truck-tractor were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 7.8% of the metro Atlanta count for this group. In Gwinnett County, 19 deaths in truck crashes involving a truck-tractor were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 7.4% of the metro Atlanta count for this group. In Carroll County, 13 deaths in truck crashes involving a truck-tractor were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 5.0% of the metro Atlanta count for this group.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

In Clayton County, 13 deaths in truck crashes involving a truck-tractor were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 5.0% of the metro Atlanta count for this group. In Douglas County, 13 deaths in truck crashes involving a truck-tractor were recorded over 2020 through 2024, 5.0% 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 147 deaths in truck crashes involving a truck-tractor, or 57.0%, under the route-coded interstate definition. On I-75 inside metro Atlanta, crashes involving a truck-tractor accounted for 49 deaths over 2020 through 2024. On I-20 inside metro Atlanta, crashes involving a truck-tractor accounted for 39 deaths over 2020 through 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

On I-285 inside metro Atlanta, crashes involving a truck-tractor accounted for 30 deaths over 2020 through 2024. On I-85 inside metro Atlanta, crashes involving a truck-tractor accounted for 26 deaths over 2020 through 2024. The interstate figures for truck crashes involving a truck-tractor 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 truck-tractor included 263 large trucks, and 248 of those were truck-tractors, counts of vehicles rather than deaths. For truck crashes involving a truck-tractor, 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 truck-tractor are crashes with at least one large truck coded as body type 66, truck-tractor, in the FARS vehicle file. The figures for crashes involving a truck-tractor 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 truck-tractor 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 truck-tractor 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 truck-tractor 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 single-unit or other large truck (2020-2024)
• Metro Atlanta: jurisdictions and records