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

Truck accident deaths in Montgomery County by year

Annual truck accident deaths rose from 6 in 2020 to 7 in 2021 and 15 in 2022. The count then fell to 3 in 2023 before rising to 6 in 2024. The highest count was 15 in 2022, and the lowest was 3 in 2023. The 2020 and 2024 counts were the same, with a change of 0 deaths.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The truck accident share of all traffic deaths was 16.2% in 2020, 16.3% in 2021, 22.7% in 2022, 7.9% in 2023 and 14.3% in 2024. All traffic deaths for those years were 37, 43, 66, 38 and 42, respectively. Both the truck accident death count and its share of traffic deaths were highest in 2022.^{[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 Montgomery County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 8 deaths, or 21.6%. People in other vehicles accounted for 25 deaths, or 67.6%, the largest share of truck accident deaths. The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 4 deaths, or 10.8%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

That quoted label represents the FARS nonoccupant grouping, which includes pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. The other category can include occupants of motor vehicles not in transport, such as parked vehicles. The label therefore does not mean that every person counted in that row was physically outside a vehicle.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

Fatal truck accidents in Montgomery County involved 35 large trucks during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors (semi or tractor-trailer units) accounted for 22 of those trucks, a share of 62.9%. Single-unit and other large trucks accounted for 13. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These figures describe vehicles involved in fatal crashes. They are not counts of crashes or deaths, and a crash can involve multiple large trucks. The 35 large trucks should therefore be read as a vehicle count, distinct from the county's 29 fatal crashes and 37 deaths.^{[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), Head-on and Rear-end each recorded 8 deaths and 21.6%. Sideswipe recorded 3 deaths and 8.1%; Other recorded 1 death and 2.7%. "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 9 deaths and 24.3%. It means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, such as a pedestrian strike or rollover; a vehicle in transport can be stopped in traffic.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separate truck accident configuration figures show single-vehicle crashes accounted for 5 deaths, or 13.5%; two-vehicle crashes for 29 deaths, or 78.4%; and crashes involving three or more vehicles for 3 deaths, or 8.1%. These describe vehicle involvement, separately from manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate truck accident deaths numbered 9, representing 24.3%. The listed route-coded counts were 6 deaths on I-65 and 3 on I-85. These figures require an interstate route classification 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 recorded 14 deaths, or 37.8%, and nighttime recorded 23 deaths, or 62.2%. Urban locations accounted for 23 deaths, or 62.2%, while rural locations accounted for 14 deaths, or 37.8%. The work-zone figure was 1 death. These location and time figures count deaths in truck accidents, not numbers of trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Alabama and the United States

Montgomery County's truck accident death rate was 3.3 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. That was higher than Alabama's rate of 2.8 and the United States rate of 1.6. The corresponding death counts were 37 for Montgomery County, 719 for Alabama and 27,553 nationally. No neighboring county rates are supplied in the fact sheet.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

The rate divides truck accident deaths by the sum of annual Census Bureau population estimates and multiplies by 100,000. It does not adjust for miles driven or visitors. These are deaths grouped by crash location, rather than deaths grouped by residence. The county's separately displayed 2024 population estimate of 225,889 is not the denominator used for this rate.^{[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 follow the county where the crash happened. 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 Annual Report File and may change with the Final File. Rates use summed annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025, multiplied into a per 100,000 measure, rather than the separate July 1, 2024 estimate. They express average annual deaths per 100,000 residents without adjustment for miles driven or visitors.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

On related publications

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