Truck accident statistics for Cochise County, Arizona (2020-2024)

Truck accident deaths in Cochise County by year

Truck accident deaths fell from 6 in 2020 to 2 in 2021, then rose to 8 in 2022. The count remained at 8 in 2023 before rising to 12 in 2024. The highest count was in 2024, and the lowest was in 2021. The 2024 count was 6 deaths higher than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The annual share of traffic deaths associated with truck accidents was 26.1% in 2020, 7.1% in 2021, 25.8% in 2022, 26.7% in 2023 and 35.3% in 2024. All traffic deaths numbered 23, 28, 31, 30 and 34 in those respective years. These annual figures count deaths at crash locations in Cochise County.^{[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 Cochise County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 10 deaths, or 27.8%. People in other vehicles accounted for 22 deaths, or 61.1%, the largest share of truck accident deaths. The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 4 deaths, or 11.1%.^{[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 parked motor vehicles that were not in transport. The label therefore does not establish that every person counted in that row was physically outside a vehicle.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

The fatal truck accident records include 29 large trucks during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors (semi or tractor-trailer units) numbered 22 and represented 75.9% of those trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 7. The records also identify 2 large trucks as jackknifed.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

Each figure in the trucks table counts vehicles. These vehicle counts are distinct from the 24 fatal crashes and the 36 deaths recorded for the period. A crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the truck count should not be read as a count of separate crashes 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 1 death (2.8%); head-on, 12 (33.3%); rear-end, 9 (25.0%); and sideswipe, 0 (0.0%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 14 deaths (38.9%). This means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, which can include a vehicle stopped in traffic. Examples include striking a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle or fixed object, or a rollover.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, truck accident deaths by crash configuration were 9 (25.0%) in single-vehicle crashes, 19 (52.8%) in two-vehicle crashes and 8 (22.2%) in crashes involving three or more vehicles. These shares describe vehicle involvement, separate from manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate-coded truck accident deaths numbered 27, or 75.0%. The listed I-10 count was 27 deaths. These figures require an interstate route code and a readable interstate route number; the listed route is a route-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 23 deaths (63.9%). Nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 13 (36.1%). Urban locations recorded 3 deaths (8.3%), while rural locations recorded 33 (91.7%). Work-zone deaths numbered 0. These location and time figures count deaths, rather than trucks or fatal crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Arizona and the United States

Cochise County's truck accident death rate was 5.7 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. That rate was higher than Arizona's 2.0 and the national rate of 1.6. Pima County, the listed neighboring county, had a rate of 1.2. The corresponding death counts were 36 in Cochise County, 737 in Arizona, 27,553 nationally and 63 in Pima County.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

The rates use deaths at crash locations and annual population estimates, not the residence of each person killed. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. When reading with the phrase "truck accident lawyer" in mind, keep the distinction between location-based death counts and population-based rates.^{[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. County counts follow crash location, not where those killed lived. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 records are Final Files. The 2024 Annual Report File can change when replaced by the Final File. Rates divide 2020 through 2024 deaths by summed annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025 and multiply by 100,000. This yields average annual deaths per 100,000 residents without adjusting for miles driven or visitors. The separate July 1, 2024 population estimate is not the rate denominator.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

• Truck accident statistics for Pima County, Arizona (2020-2024)