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

Truck accident deaths in Fulton County by year

Deaths in Fulton County crashes involving large trucks rose from 15 in 2020 to 17 in 2021 and 23 in 2022. They then fell to 9 in 2023 and 5 in 2024. Among the supplied annual observations, 2022 had the highest death count and 2024 the lowest.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

The corresponding share of all county traffic deaths was 10.3%, 11.1%, 14.4%, 8.0% and 5.3%, respectively. Each percentage uses that year's total traffic deaths as its denominator. The provisional 2024 count was 10 deaths lower than the 2020 count; the series does not establish why counts changed.^{[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 Fulton County truck accidents

People in other vehicles accounted for 54 deaths, or 78.3% of the 69 deaths in Fulton County's selected fatal truck crashes during 2020-2024. This was the largest group in the supplied person categories and represented the majority of deaths. People in the large truck accounted for 2 deaths, or 2.9%, the smallest group.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles accounted for 13 deaths, or 18.8%. These shares describe the people killed, using all 69 selected deaths as the denominator. They are neither shares of vehicles involved nor counts of crashes involving each person category.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

The trucks involved

For this selection, a large truck follows the definition in NHTSA's Large Trucks: 2024 Data: a medium or heavy truck with a gross vehicle weight rating greater than 10,000 lb. Buses and motor homes are excluded. The Fulton County fatal-crash records contain 62 qualifying trucks during 2020-2024.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Truck-tractors identified by BODY_TYP 66 accounted for 36 trucks, or 58.1% of the 62 trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks accounted for 26. The records identified 0 large trucks as jackknifed using J_KNIFE 2 or 3. These are vehicle counts; a fatal crash can involve more than one large truck.^{[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 and rear-end collisions each accounted for 20 deaths, or 29.0% of Fulton County's 69 selected deaths during 2020-2024. They tied for the largest death count among the listed collision categories. Head-on collisions accounted for 9 deaths, sideswipes for 6, and events classified as not a collision with another moving vehicle for 14.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

A separate classification groups crashes by vehicle count. Two-vehicle crashes accounted for 48 deaths, or 69.6%; single-vehicle crashes accounted for 10 deaths, or 14.5%; and crashes involving three or more vehicles accounted for 11 deaths, or 15.9%. Both classifications count deaths, not crashes.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

The interstate selection requires ROUTE coded 1 and a parseable I-route number in TWAY_ID. It identifies 28 deaths, or 40.6% of the selected Fulton County deaths during 2020-2024. Within those county records, I-285 accounted for 13 deaths, I-75 for 6, I-85 for 6 and I-20 for 3. These fields describe route signing and the recorded trafficway, not a highway's geographic extent.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Daytime accounted for 36 deaths, or 52.2%, compared with 33 deaths, or 47.8%, at nighttime. Urban settings accounted for 65 deaths, or 94.2%; rural settings accounted for 4 deaths, or 5.8%. Each share uses the 69 selected deaths.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Georgia and the United States

Fulton County's average annual death rate for crashes involving large trucks during 2020-2024 was 1.3 deaths per 100,000 residents. That was below Georgia's 2.1 and the United States figure of 1.6. The national comparison covers the 50 states and DC.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

These rates divide each area's selected deaths by the sum of its annual Census population estimates for 2020-2024, then multiply by 100,000. Fulton County's population denominator is 5,382,525 summed across those annual estimates, rather than its 2024 population of 1,090,468 alone. The rates do not adjust for miles driven or visitors and do not measure individual driving risk.^{[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 Fatality Analysis Reporting System includes crashes involving a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public when a death occurs within 30 days. This page selects Fulton County crashes involving a large truck under the stated definition and counts deaths in those crashes. County comes from the accident file's location field.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

The resulting totals describe fatal events occurring in Fulton County, regardless of where the people killed lived. The 2024 source is the provisional FARS Annual Report File, which can change before finalization. NHTSA names the later version the Final File.^{[6][1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9]}

See also

• I-20 truck accidents in Georgia (2020-2024)
• I-285 truck accidents in Georgia (2020-2024)
• I-75 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)
• Car accident statistics for Fulton County, Georgia (2020-2024) (caraccidentlawyers.wiki)
• Large truck (crash data definition) (truckaccidentlawyer.wiki)