Truck accident statistics for Douglas County, Georgia (2020-2024)

Truck accident deaths in Douglas County by year

Deaths in Douglas County crashes involving large trucks declined from 6 in 2020 to 5 in 2021, then to 4 in 2022 and 2 in 2023. The count rose to 3 in 2024. Among the supplied years, 2020 had the highest selected death count and 2023 had the lowest.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

The annual share uses all traffic deaths in Douglas County as its denominator. That share was 46.2% in 2020 and 16.7% in 2024. The 2024 count comes from the provisional FARS Annual Report File, so the final year of this comparison remains subject to revision.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Deaths within 30 days in crashes on public roads. 2024 figures come from the FARS Annual Report File and can be revised.

Who died in Douglas County truck accidents

People in other vehicles accounted for the majority of deaths in the selected Douglas County crashes: 14 deaths, or 70.0%, during 2020-2024. People occupying the large trucks accounted for 3 deaths, or 15.0%. Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles also accounted for 3 deaths, or 15.0%. The latter categories therefore had equal death counts.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Each percentage uses the 20 deaths in the selected crashes as its denominator. This breakdown describes the people killed, rather than the number of vehicles or crashes involved. It includes deaths outside the trucks and groups them by crash location rather than residence.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

The trucks involved

The selected fatal crashes in Douglas County involved 18 large trucks during 2020-2024. Of those vehicles, 11 were truck-tractors, representing 61.1% of the large trucks counted. The remaining 7 were single-unit and other large trucks. The truck-tractor selection uses BODY_TYP 66, while the other category covers the remaining large-truck body types.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

The count recorded as jackknifed was 0, using J_KNIFE 2 or 3. These are vehicle counts, distinct from the 18 fatal crashes and 20 deaths. A crash can involve more than one large truck, so matching vehicle and crash totals should not be treated as interchangeable measures.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Counts are trucks, not crashes. One crash can involve more than one large truck.

How the fatal truck crashes happened

Angle collisions accounted for 7 deaths, or 35.0%, the largest death count among the supplied manner-of-collision categories. Head-on and rear-end collisions each accounted for 3 deaths, or 15.0%. Crashes classified as not a collision with another moving vehicle accounted for 5 deaths, or 25.0%. These percentages describe the 20 deaths, not shares of fatal crashes.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

A separate vehicle-count classification places 13 deaths, or 65.0%, in two-vehicle crashes. Single-vehicle crashes accounted for 5 deaths, or 25.0%, and crashes involving three or more vehicles accounted for 2 deaths, or 10.0%. These classifications describe crash circumstances without establishing their causes.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

The interstate selection accounted for 9 deaths, or 45.0% of the selected Douglas County deaths during 2020-2024. The supplied I-20 total was 9 deaths. This selection requires ROUTE coded 1 and a parseable I-route number in TWAY_ID; it identifies recorded route signing and trafficway information, not a highway's geographic extent.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Daytime accounted for 10 deaths, or 50.0%, nighttime for 8 deaths, or 40.0%, and unreported time for 2 deaths, or 10.0%. Urban locations accounted for 19 deaths, or 95.0%, while rural locations accounted for 1 death, or 5.0%. These are location and time classifications of deaths in the selected fatal crashes.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Georgia and the United States

Douglas County's average annual death rate for the selected crashes was 2.7 per 100,000 residents during 2020-2024. The corresponding rates were 2.1 for Georgia and 1.6 for the United States. Among the supplied area rows, Douglas County had the highest rate. Fulton County's rate was 1.3, and Cobb County's was 0.9.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

The county calculation divides 20 deaths by 739,582, the sum of annual Census population estimates for 2020-2024, and multiplies by 100,000. The denominator therefore spans the full period rather than using only the 2024 population of 152,060 residents. These rates do not adjust for miles driven or visitors.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Rates divide deaths by the sum of annual Census population estimates, so they show deaths per 100,000 residents per year. They do not adjust for miles driven or for visitors.

About these figures

NHTSA's FARS covers crashes involving a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public when a death occurs within 30 days. Within that fatal-only source, this Douglas County selection identifies crashes involving a qualifying large truck and counts deaths in those crashes. County assignment follows the recorded crash location in the accident file.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

The 2024 records are from the provisional Annual Report File and may change when finalized. NHTSA calls the later version the Final File. Accordingly, these figures should be read as the supplied fatal-crash record, with a revisable final year, rather than a complete inventory of truck collisions.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

See also

• I-20 truck accidents in Georgia (2020-2024)
• Georgia direct action against a trucking company's insurer

On related publications

• Georgia truck accident statistics (2020-2024) (truckaccidentlawyers.wiki)
• Large truck (crash data definition) (truckaccidentlawyer.wiki)