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

Truck accident deaths in La Paz County by year

Truck accident deaths were unchanged at 6 in 2020 and 6 in 2021, fell to 1 in 2022, rose to 11 in 2023, and fell to 8 in 2024. The highest count was 11 in 2023; the lowest was 1 in 2022. The 2024 count was 2 deaths higher than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The yearly truck accident shares of all traffic deaths were 35.3% in 2020, 33.3% in 2021, 12.5% in 2022, 50.0% in 2023, and 27.6% in 2024. All traffic deaths for those years were 17, 18, 8, 22, and 29, respectively. While truck accident deaths reached their highest count in 2023, all traffic deaths reached their highest count in 2024.^{[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 La Paz County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 9 deaths, or 28.1%. People in other vehicles accounted for 22 deaths, or 68.8%, the largest person category for truck accident deaths in La Paz County from 2020 through 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 1 death, or 3.1%. This label represents the FARS nonoccupant grouping, including pedestrians, pedalcyclists, and other or unknown nonoccupants. The grouping can include occupants of motor vehicles not in transport, such as parked vehicles, so the label is not a literal test of whether someone was outside a vehicle.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

Fatal truck accidents in La Paz County involved 37 large trucks during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors, meaning semi or tractor-trailer units, accounted for 31 trucks and 83.8% of the large trucks recorded. Single-unit and other large trucks accounted for 6 trucks. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 1.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These are vehicle counts, distinct from the 26 fatal crashes and 32 deaths in the county's truck accident records. A crash can involve multiple large trucks. The truck-tractor share describes the vehicles involved, rather than the share of 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. Rear-end recorded 13 deaths, or 40.6%; head-on recorded 7, or 21.9%; angle (side impact) and sideswipe each recorded 3, or 9.4%. "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 6 deaths, or 18.8%. That row means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, such as a rollover or a collision with a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle or fixed object. Vehicles stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, truck accident deaths by crash configuration were single-vehicle: 4, or 12.5%; two-vehicle: 19, or 59.4%; and three or more vehicles: 9, or 28.1%. Configuration describes vehicle counts separately from manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate-coded truck accident deaths numbered 18, or 56.2%, with 18 recorded for I-10. These figures require ROUTE=1 and a parseable interstate route number in TWAY_ID. The listed route counts are a coded subset, not a full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime recorded 20 deaths, or 62.5%, and nighttime recorded 12, or 37.5%. The land-use categories recorded rural deaths at 31, or 96.9%; urban deaths at 0, or 0.0%; and land use not reported at 1, or 3.1%. Work-zone records accounted for 6 truck accident deaths. The work-zone figure counts deaths, rather than trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Arizona and the United States

La Paz County's truck accident death rate was 38.7, compared with 2.0 for Arizona and 1.6 nationally. Each rate measures average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. The county rate was higher than both the state and national rates.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Rates for the listed neighboring counties were 1.1 in Maricopa County, Arizona; 2.1 in San Bernardino County, California; 1.3 in Riverside County, California; and 5.7 in Yavapai County, Arizona. Among the listed neighboring counties, Yavapai had the highest rate and Maricopa the lowest. These rates do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. For readers searching for a truck accident lawyer, keep the grouping in view: deaths are assigned to the crash location.^{[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. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. County counts follow crash location, not where those killed lived. The 2020 through 2023 records are Final Files; the 2024 Annual Report File can change when replaced by the Final File.^[9][6][7][8]

Rates divide deaths from 2020 through 2024 by the sum of annual Census Bureau population estimates for those years, using Vintage 2025, then multiply by 100,000. This gives average annual deaths per 100,000 residents without adjustment for miles driven or visitors. The separately shown July 1, 2024 population estimate is not the rate denominator.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

• Truck accident statistics for Maricopa County, Arizona (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Mohave County, Arizona (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Yavapai County, Arizona (2020-2024)