Truck accident statistics for Jefferson County, Alabama (2020-2024)

Truck accident deaths in Jefferson County by year

Truck accident deaths fell from 20 in 2020 to 8 in 2021, rose to 10 in 2022 and 12 in 2023, then fell to 10 in 2024. The highest count was 20 in 2020; the lowest was 8 in 2021. The 2024 count was 10 deaths lower than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The corresponding shares of all traffic deaths were 18.2% in 2020, 7.4% in 2021, 10.2% in 2022, 10.7% in 2023 and 9.9% in 2024. All traffic deaths numbered 110, 108, 98, 112 and 101 in those respective years. While truck accident deaths were highest in 2020, all traffic deaths were highest in 2023.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

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 Jefferson County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 8 deaths, or 13.3%, while People in other vehicles accounted for 44 deaths, or 73.3%. People in other vehicles were the largest category of truck accident deaths during 2020 through 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" records 8 deaths, or 13.3%. This is the FARS nonoccupant grouping, including pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. It is not a literal test of being outside a vehicle: the other category can include occupants of parked motor vehicles.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

The truck accident vehicle count for 2020 through 2024 was 56 large trucks in fatal crashes. Truck-tractors, described in the table as semi or tractor-trailer units, numbered 34 and represented 60.7% of those trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 22. Large trucks recorded as jackknifed numbered 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These figures count vehicles, separate from the 53 fatal crashes and 60 deaths recorded for the period. A crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the truck count is not a count of separate crash events or people killed.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

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

How the fatal truck crashes happened

Manner of collision describes the first harmful event. Angle (side impact) recorded 14 deaths (23.3%); head-on, 4 (6.7%); rear-end, 17 (28.3%); sideswipe, 3 (5.0%); and Other, 3 (5.0%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 19 deaths (31.7%). That row means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, including events such as striking a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle or fixed object, or a rollover. Vehicles in transport can be stopped in traffic.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, truck accident deaths by crash configuration were single-vehicle, 9 (15.0%); two-vehicle, 38 (63.3%); and three or more vehicles, 13 (21.7%). These shares describe deaths grouped by the number of vehicles involved in the crash, separate from manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate truck accident deaths numbered 34, or 56.7%. The listed route-coded counts were I-59, 14 deaths; I-20, 9; I-459, 6; and I-65, 3. Interstate identification uses ROUTE=1 and a parseable I-route number in TWAY_ID. These listed routes are a route-coded subset, not a full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime accounted for 37 deaths (61.7%), nighttime for 22 (36.7%), and time not reported for 1 (1.7%). The daytime category runs from 6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m.; nighttime runs from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m. Urban locations recorded 48 deaths (80.0%) and rural locations 12 (20.0%). Work-zone records counted 3 deaths, not trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Alabama and the United States

Jefferson County's truck accident death rate was 1.8 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. Alabama's rate was 2.8, and the United States rate was 1.6. The county rate was lower than the state rate and higher than the national rate. Listed neighboring Tuscaloosa County recorded a rate of 1.7, compared with Jefferson County's 1.8.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

These rates use deaths at the crash location and annual population estimates; they do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. The death counts accompanying the rates are 60 for Jefferson County, 719 for Alabama, 27,553 for the United States and 20 for Tuscaloosa County. The rates express average annual deaths relative to population, rather than a count of residents killed.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

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

FARS is a census of fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes on trafficways customarily open to the public, with an occupant or nonoccupant death within 30 days. It excludes nonfatal crashes and injuries. Counts use crash location, not the deceased person's residence. Readers searching for a truck accident lawyer should keep that location grouping in mind.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 figures use FARS Final Files; 2024 uses the revisable Annual Report File. Rates divide 2020 through 2024 deaths by summed annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025, then multiply by 100,000. The separately shown July 1, 2024 population estimate is not the denominator. Rates do not adjust for miles driven or visitors.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

• Truck accident statistics for Tuscaloosa County, Alabama (2020-2024)

On related publications

• Car accident statistics for Jefferson County, Alabama (2020-2024) (caraccidentlawyers.wiki)