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

Truck accident deaths in Madison County by year

Truck accident deaths numbered 3 in 2020 and remained at 3 in 2021. The count rose to 6 in 2022 and 7 in 2023, then fell to 3 in 2024. The highest count was 7 in 2023. The lowest count was 3, recorded in 2020, 2021 and 2024. The 2020 and 2024 counts were the same.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The annual share of traffic deaths attributed to truck accidents followed a different pattern. It was 7.0% in 2020, 5.8% in 2021, 16.2% in 2022, 13.7% in 2023 and 6.8% in 2024. The highest share occurred in 2022, while the highest truck accident death count occurred 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 Madison County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 2 deaths, or 9.1%. People in other vehicles accounted for 19 deaths, or 86.4%, the largest share of truck accident deaths. The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 1 death, or 4.5%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

That quoted label represents the FARS nonoccupant grouping, including pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. The other category can include occupants of vehicles not in transport, such as parked vehicles. It therefore should not be read as a literal test of whether someone was outside a vehicle.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

The fatal crashes involved 22 large trucks during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors (semi or tractor-trailer units) numbered 10 and represented 45.5% of those trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 12. The recorded count of large trucks that jackknifed was 1.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These are vehicle counts, distinct from the 21 fatal crashes and 22 truck accident deaths recorded for the period. A crash can involve multiple large trucks. The truck-tractor percentage describes the share of large trucks involved in fatal crashes, rather than the share of crashes or people who died.^{[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 8 deaths (36.4%), head-on 1 (4.5%), rear-end 7 (31.8%) and sideswipe 3 (13.6%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 3 deaths (13.6%). This means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, such as a rollover or striking a parked vehicle, fixed object, pedestrian or cyclist. A vehicle stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, truck accident deaths by crash configuration were single-vehicle, 1 (4.5%); two-vehicle, 15 (68.2%); and three or more vehicles, 6 (27.3%). These shares describe deaths grouped by vehicle count, rather than manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate truck accident deaths numbered 3, or 13.6% of the county total. The listed route-coded count for I-565 was 3 deaths. Interstate identification requires ROUTE=1 and a parseable I-route number in TWAY_ID; the listed route is a coded subset, not a full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime (6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m.) accounted for 14 deaths (63.6%), while nighttime (6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m.) accounted for 8 (36.4%). Urban locations recorded 14 deaths (63.6%); rural locations recorded 8 (36.4%). Work-zone truck accident deaths numbered 2. The work-zone figure counts people who died, rather than vehicles or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Alabama and the United States

Madison County's truck accident death rate was 1.1 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 both the state and national rates. The corresponding death counts were 22 for Madison County, 719 for Alabama and 27,553 for the United States.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

These rates divide deaths by the sum of annual Census Bureau population estimates and multiply by 100,000. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. No neighboring county rates are supplied for comparison. For readers searching for a truck accident lawyer, these counts are grouped by crash location, not by where the people who died lived.^{[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 NHTSA's census of fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes. Inclusion requires a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public and an occupant or nonoccupant death within 30 days. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. County assignment follows crash location, not the deceased person's residence.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 figures use FARS Final Files. The 2024 Annual Report File can change when replaced by the Final File. Rates use deaths divided by summed annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025, multiplied by 100,000. The separate July 1, 2024 population estimate of 423,071 is not the denominator. Rates do not adjust for miles driven or visitors.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

On related publications

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