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

Truck accident deaths in Yavapai County by year

Truck accident deaths fell from 16 in 2020 to 14 in 2021, then rose to 18 in 2022. The count fell to 13 in 2023 and 9 in 2024. The highest count was in 2022, and the lowest was in 2024. The 2024 count was 7 deaths lower than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The share of all traffic deaths occurring in truck accidents was 25.4% in 2020, 24.6% in 2021, 30.5% in 2022, 27.7% in 2023 and 14.5% in 2024. All traffic deaths numbered 63, 57, 59, 47 and 62 in those respective years. Both the truck accident death count and its share 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 Yavapai County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 14 deaths, or 20.0%. People in other vehicles accounted for 51 deaths, or 72.9%, the largest person category for truck accident deaths in Yavapai County during 2020 through 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" accounted for 5 deaths, or 7.1%. This is the FARS nonoccupant grouping, covering pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. Despite the table label, the other category can include occupants of motor vehicles not in transport, such as parked vehicles.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

Fatal crashes in Yavapai County involved 65 large trucks during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors, described in the table as semi or tractor-trailer units, numbered 47 and represented 72.3% of those trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 18. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 5.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

Each figure in the trucks table counts vehicles, not fatal crashes or truck accident deaths. A crash can involve multiple large trucks. The 65 large trucks therefore represent a different measure from the county's 55 fatal crashes involving large trucks and 70 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. Head-on collisions accounted for 23 deaths (32.9%); angle (side impact), 14 (20.0%); rear-end, 11 (15.7%); and sideswipe, 14 (20.0%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" accounted for 8 deaths (11.4%). 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 single-vehicle, 7 (10.0%); two-vehicle, 44 (62.9%); and three or more vehicles, 19 (27.1%). Configuration describes vehicle counts separately from manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate-coded crashes accounted for 23 truck accident deaths, or 32.9%. The listed route-coded counts were 13 deaths on I-17 and 10 on I-40. These figures require an interstate route classification and a readable interstate route number; the listed routes are a subset, not a full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime accounted for 47 deaths (67.1%), and nighttime for 23 (32.9%). Urban locations recorded 13 deaths (18.6%), rural locations 56 (80.0%), and locations with land use not reported 1 (1.4%). The work-zone figure was 1 death, a count of deaths rather than trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Arizona and the United States

Yavapai County's truck accident death rate was 5.7 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. Arizona's rate was 2.0, and the national rate was 1.6. The county rate was higher than both.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Among the listed neighboring counties, rates were 1.1 in Maricopa County, 5.6 in Mohave County, 6.9 in Coconino County and 38.7 in La Paz County. Yavapai County's rate was higher than Maricopa's and Mohave's and lower than Coconino's and La Paz's. These rates use annual population estimates and do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. For readers searching for a truck accident lawyer, the counts remain grouped by 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 NHTSA's census of fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes on trafficways customarily open to the public, with a death within 30 days. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. County counts follow crash location, not where those killed lived. Data for 2020 through 2023 are Final Files; the 2024 Annual Report File can 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 for those years, using Vintage 2025, then multiply by 100,000. The result is average annual deaths per 100,000 residents. The separately displayed July 1, 2024 population estimate of 251,196 is not the rate 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 Maricopa County, Arizona (2020-2024)

On related publications

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