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

Truck accident deaths in Mobile County by year

Truck accident deaths rose from 7 in 2020 to 11 in 2021, then fell to 6 in 2022. The count remained at 6 in 2023 before rising to 10 in 2024. The highest count was 11 in 2021; 2022 and 2023 shared the lowest count of 6. The 2024 count was 3 deaths higher than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The corresponding shares of all traffic deaths were 11.5% in 2020, 13.9% in 2021, 8.2% in 2022, 6.7% in 2023 and 13.5% in 2024. All traffic deaths numbered 61, 79, 73, 89 and 74 in those respective years. The highest truck accident death share occurred in 2021, while the lowest share 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 Mobile County truck accidents

People in other vehicles accounted for 31 deaths, or 77.5% of truck accident deaths, the largest person category. People in the large truck accounted for 4 deaths, or 10.0%. The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" accounted for 5 deaths, or 12.5%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

That quoted label represents the FARS nonoccupant grouping, including pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. It is not a literal test of whether someone was outside a vehicle: the other category can include occupants of parked motor vehicles. These categories describe people killed in the crashes, rather than only truck occupants.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

The fatal truck accidents involved 42 large trucks during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors (semi or tractor-trailer units) numbered 22, representing 52.4% of those trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 20. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 1.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

Each figure in this section counts vehicles. The 42 large trucks are distinct from the 38 fatal crashes and the 40 deaths recorded for the period. A crash can involve multiple large trucks, so a truck count does not describe the number of separate truck accidents or the number of 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) accounted for 11 deaths (27.5%); head-on, 8 (20.0%); rear-end, 10 (25.0%); sideswipe, 3 (7.5%); and Other, 1 (2.5%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" accounted for 7 deaths (17.5%). It means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, including events such as striking a pedestrian or parked vehicle, or a rollover. Vehicles stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, truck accident deaths by crash configuration were single-vehicle, 5 (12.5%); two-vehicle, 22 (55.0%); and three or more vehicles, 13 (32.5%). These shares classify vehicle involvement rather than manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate truck accident deaths numbered 15, representing 37.5% of the county total. The listed route-coded counts were 11 deaths on I-10 and 4 on I-65. These figures require interstate route coding and a readable interstate route number; the listed routes are a coded subset, not a full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime, from 6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m., accounted for 21 deaths (52.5%). Nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 19 (47.5%). Urban and rural classifications each recorded 20 deaths (50.0%). Work-zone truck accident deaths numbered 2; that figure counts deaths rather than trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Alabama and the United States

Mobile County's truck accident death rate was 1.9 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. The corresponding death counts were 40 for Mobile County, 719 for Alabama and 27,553 for the United States.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

These rates use deaths divided by the sum of annual Census population estimates, multiplied by 100,000. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. For readers searching for a truck accident lawyer, the grouping remains geographic: these counts concern crashes occurring in the county, regardless of where the people killed 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 a 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. Counts follow crash location, not the deceased person's residence. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded.^[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 divide deaths by summed annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025 and multiply by 100,000. The separate July 1, 2024 estimate of 412,193 is not the rate denominator. Rates do not adjust for miles driven or visitors.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

On related publications

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