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

Truck accident deaths in Mohave County by year

Annual truck accident deaths were 9 in 2020, 18 in 2021, 14 in 2022, 16 in 2023 and 5 in 2024. The highest count was 18 in 2021; the lowest was 5 in 2024. The 2024 count was 4 deaths lower than the 2020 count. Between those endpoints, deaths rose, fell, rose and then fell again.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The annual share of traffic deaths attributed to truck accidents followed the same sequence: 16.4%, 25.7%, 20.3%, 21.3% and 10.4%. All traffic deaths numbered 55 in 2020, 70 in 2021, 69 in 2022, 75 in 2023 and 48 in 2024. Truck accident deaths reached their highest count in 2021, while all traffic deaths reached their highest count 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 Mohave County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 9 deaths, or 14.5%, during 2020 through 2024. People in other vehicles accounted for 50 deaths, or 80.6%, the majority of truck accident deaths. These categories distinguish the people who died by their position in the crash.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" records 3 deaths, or 4.8%. That label represents the FARS nonoccupant grouping, including pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. It is not a literal test of being outside a vehicle: the other category can include occupants of vehicles not in transport, such as parked vehicles.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

The vehicle records identify 55 large trucks in fatal crashes in Mohave County during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors (semi or tractor-trailer units) numbered 39, representing 70.9% of those large trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 16. A further measure records 2 large trucks as jackknifed.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

Each figure in the trucks table counts vehicles. It does not count truck accident deaths or fatal crashes. A crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the 55 trucks remain a separate measure from the county's 48 fatal crashes and 62 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) and rear-end each recorded 18 deaths, or 29.0%; head-on recorded 10, or 16.1%; sideswipe recorded 2, or 3.2%. "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 14 deaths, or 22.6%. This means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, including events such as a rollover or striking a parked vehicle. Vehicles stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, truck accident deaths by crash configuration were 9 in single-vehicle crashes (14.5%), 38 in two-vehicle crashes (61.3%) and 15 in crashes involving three or more vehicles (24.2%). 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 20, or 32.3%. The listed route-coded counts were 13 for I-40, 6 for I-15 and 1 for I-10. These figures require an interstate route classification and a readable I-route number in the FARS roadway identifier. The listed routes are the packet's coded subset, not a full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime, from 6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m., recorded 30 deaths (48.4%); nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., recorded 32 (51.6%). Urban records accounted for 12 deaths (19.4%), and rural records accounted for 50 (80.6%). Work-zone records counted 3 truck accident deaths, a measure of deaths rather than trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Arizona and the United States

The average annual truck accident death rate was 5.6 per 100,000 residents in Mohave County, compared with 2.0 for Arizona and 1.6 nationally. The county rate was higher than both. These rates describe average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024; they do not adjust for miles driven or visitors.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Among the listed neighboring counties, rates were 2.1 in San Bernardino County, California; 1.0 in Clark County, Nevada; 5.7 in Yavapai County, Arizona; and 6.9 in Coconino County, Arizona. Mohave County's rate was higher than San Bernardino County's and Clark County's, and lower than Yavapai County's and Coconino County's. Coconino County had the highest rate among the listed neighboring counties.^{[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. For readers searching "truck accident lawyer," these counts group deaths by crash county, not residence. The 2020 through 2023 figures use Final Files; 2024 uses the Annual Report File and may change when replaced by the Final File.^[9][6][7][8]

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

See also

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

On related publications

• Car accident statistics for Mohave County, Arizona (2020-2024) (caraccidentlawyers.wiki)