Truck accident statistics for Crittenden County, Arkansas (2020-2024)

Truck accident deaths in Crittenden County by year

Annual truck accident deaths fell from 3 in 2020 to 2 in 2021, rose to 3 in 2022 and reached 7 in 2023. The count then fell to 5 in 2024. The highest count was in 2023, and the lowest was in 2021. The 2024 count was 2 deaths higher than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The truck accident share of all traffic deaths was 23.1% in 2020, 22.2% in 2021, 17.6% in 2022, 30.4% in 2023 and 31.2% in 2024. Thus, 2024 had the highest share, while 2022 had the lowest. All traffic deaths numbered 13, 9, 17, 23 and 16 in those respective years.^{[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 Crittenden County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 4 deaths, or 20.0%. People in other vehicles accounted for 14 deaths, or 70.0%, the largest share of truck accident deaths. The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 2 deaths, or 10.0%.^{[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 vehicles not in transport, such as parked vehicles. The label therefore should not be read as a literal test of whether someone was outside a vehicle.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

The truck accident vehicle records list 20 large trucks in fatal crashes during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors, described in the table as semi or tractor-trailer units, numbered 17 and represented 85.0% of those large trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 3. Large trucks recorded as jackknifed numbered 2.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These figures count vehicles, rather than crashes or deaths. A fatal crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the 20 large trucks and the 18 fatal crashes are distinct measures. The jackknifed figure likewise identifies trucks recorded that way, not a count of 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 9 deaths, or 45.0%; head-on, 5, or 25.0%; sideswipe, 2, or 10.0%; and angle (side impact), 0, or 0.0%. "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 4 deaths, or 20.0%. It means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, including events such as a rollover or striking a parked vehicle. A vehicle in transport can be stopped in traffic.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, truck accident deaths by crash configuration were single-vehicle: 1, or 5.0%; two-vehicle: 14, or 70.0%; and three or more vehicles: 5, or 25.0%. Configuration and manner of collision are separate classifications.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate truck accident deaths numbered 15, or 75.0%. The listed route-coded counts were 8 deaths on I-55, 6 on I-40 and 1 on I-555. These figures use the interstate route code and a parseable interstate number; the listed routes are a 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 13 deaths, or 65.0%. Nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 7, or 35.0%. Urban deaths numbered 8, or 40.0%, while rural deaths numbered 12, or 60.0%. Work-zone deaths numbered 4; that figure counts deaths rather than trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Arkansas and the United States

Crittenden County's truck accident death rate was 8.5 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. The Arkansas rate was 3.3, and the United States rate was 1.6. The listed neighboring county, Shelby County, Tennessee, had a rate of 2.2. Crittenden County's rate was higher than each of those comparison rates.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

These rates divide deaths by the sum of annual Census population estimates and express the result per year. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. The county's 46,789 population estimate for 2024 is shown separately, rather than serving as the rate denominator. For readers searching for a truck accident lawyer, keep these population-based rates distinct from the death counts.^{[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. Inclusion requires a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public and an occupant or nonoccupant death within 30 days. Counts follow the county where the crash happened, not where the person 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. The separate July 1, 2024 estimate is not the denominator. Rates do not adjust for miles driven or visitors.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

• Truck accident statistics for Shelby County, Tennessee (2020-2024)