I-85 truck accidents in Georgia (2020-2024)

I-85 truck accident deaths in Georgia by year

Deaths in large-truck crashes on the selected Georgia segment declined from 17 in 2020 to 14 in 2021, then to 11 in 2022 and 6 in 2023. The count rose to 7 in 2024. Among the supplied annual rows, 2020 had the highest count of deaths in large-truck crashes, while 2023 had the lowest.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]}

The annual series for all deaths on the selected route followed a different pattern: 41 in 2020, 56 in 2021, 40 in 2022, 34 in 2023 and 29 in 2024. These columns count people killed, not crashes or trucks. The large-truck column is part of the all-deaths total. Comparisons involving 2024 remain provisional because that year's records are from the Annual Report File.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]}

Crashes are placed on the route by the trafficway identifier recorded for each fatal crash. 2024 is the Annual Report File.

Counties along I-85 in Georgia

The selected I-85 large-truck crashes produced deaths in 9 Georgia counties during 2020-2024. Among the supplied county rows, Gwinnett County recorded the largest death count, 16, representing 29.1% of the Georgia segment's 55 deaths. Franklin County followed with 8 deaths and 14.5%. Troup County and Fulton County each recorded 6 deaths and 10.9%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]}

Jackson County, DeKalb County and Coweta County each recorded 5 deaths, or 9.1%. Meriwether County and Hart County each recorded 2 deaths, or 3.6%, sharing the lowest count among the listed counties. Each percentage uses deaths in selected large-truck crashes on I-85 in Georgia as its denominator. County identifies where the crash was recorded in the FARS accident file, not where a person lived.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]}

How the truck crashes on I-85 happened

Rear-end crashes accounted for 30 deaths, or 54.5% of the 55 deaths in selected Georgia I-85 large-truck crashes during 2020-2024. This was the largest share among the supplied collision categories. Crashes classified as not a collision with another moving vehicle accounted for 18 deaths and 32.7%. Head-on crashes accounted for 3 deaths and 5.5%; angle and sideswipe crashes each accounted for 2 deaths and 3.6%. These are death counts within collision categories, not counts of collisions.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]}

Separate classifications recorded 35 deaths at nighttime and 20 during daytime, alongside 34 in urban settings and 21 in rural settings. Work-zone records accounted for 5 deaths. These classifications describe recorded circumstances; they do not establish why a crash occurred or identify fault.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]}

I-85 in other states

Across I-85 in all states, the supplied large-truck crash total was 160 deaths during 2020-2024, with deaths recorded in 5 states. Georgia's 55 deaths represented 34.4% of that route-wide death total. The denominator here is deaths in large-truck crashes across I-85, unlike the Georgia-only comparison with all deaths on the selected segment.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]}

The supplied comparison rows show 54 deaths in large-truck crashes on I-85 in North Carolina and 28 in South Carolina. Among Georgia and those listed state segments, Georgia had the highest death count and South Carolina the lowest. These counts describe crash locations and do not measure residents killed. No population or travel-exposure rate is supplied, so the counts do not establish relative risk between state segments.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]}

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. NHTSA's Large Trucks: 2024 Data defines large trucks as medium or heavy trucks with a gross vehicle weight rating greater than 10,000 lb, excluding buses and motor homes. Deaths in the selected crashes are not limited to truck occupants.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]}

For this analysis, ROUTE coded 1 and the I-85 route number in TWAY_ID determine corridor inclusion. These fields describe route signing and the recorded trafficway, rather than establishing the highway's geographic extent. The 2024 Annual Report File is provisional; NHTSA calls the later version the Final File. No population-based death rate is supplied for this corridor.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]}

See also

• Truck accident statistics for Fulton County, Georgia (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Gwinnett County, Georgia (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for DeKalb County, Georgia (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Clayton County, Georgia (2020-2024)

On related publications

• Georgia truck accident statistics (2020-2024) (truckaccidentlawyers.wiki)
• I-85 truck accidents in North Carolina (2020-2024) (truckaccidentlawyers.wiki)
• I-85 truck accidents in South Carolina (2020-2024) (truckaccidentlawyers.wiki)