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

Truck accident deaths in Lonoke County by year

Annual truck accident deaths were 5 in 2020, 6 in 2021, 2 in 2022, 3 in 2023 and 6 in 2024. The highest count was shared by 2021 and 2024, while 2022 had the lowest count. The 2024 count was 1 death higher than the 2020 count. Across the reporting period, the average was 4.4 deaths per year.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The share of all traffic deaths attributed to truck accidents followed a different sequence: 41.7% in 2020, 37.5% in 2021, 11.8% in 2022, 33.3% in 2023 and 35.3% in 2024. The highest share occurred in 2020, while the lowest occurred in 2022. All traffic deaths numbered 12, 16, 17, 9 and 17 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 Lonoke County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 3 deaths, or 13.6% of truck accident deaths. People in other vehicles accounted for 13 deaths, or 59.1%, the largest person category. The row labeled "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 6 deaths, or 27.3%.^{[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 motor vehicles not in transport, such as parked vehicles. It 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 Lonoke County involved 22 large trucks during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors, described in the table as semi or tractor-trailer units, numbered 16 and represented 72.7% of those large trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 6. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 1.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

Each entry in this table counts vehicles, rather than crashes or deaths. A crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the 22 large trucks and 18 fatal crashes describe different measures. The jackknifed entry likewise counts trucks recorded in that category, rather than 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 3 deaths (13.6%); head-on and rear-end each recorded 4 (18.2%); sideswipe recorded 1 (4.5%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 10 deaths (45.5%). This means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, with examples including a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle, fixed object or rollover. A vehicle stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, truck accident deaths by crash configuration were single-vehicle, 7 (31.8%); two-vehicle, 9 (40.9%); and three or more vehicles, 6 (27.3%). Configuration counts vehicles involved and is separate from manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate-coded truck accident deaths numbered 8, representing 36.4% of the county total. The listed I-40 count was 8 deaths. These figures require an interstate route classification and a readable interstate route number in the roadway identifier. The listed route is a route-coded subset, rather than a complete road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime accounted for 16 deaths (72.7%), and nighttime accounted for 6 (27.3%). The daytime interval is 6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m.; nighttime is 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m. Urban locations recorded 8 deaths (36.4%), while rural locations recorded 14 (63.6%). Work-zone records identified 2 deaths, a count of people killed rather than trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Arkansas and the United States

Lonoke County's truck accident death rate was 5.8 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. Arkansas recorded 3.3, and the United States recorded 1.6 on the same measure. The county rate was higher than both. Pulaski County, the listed neighboring county, recorded 1.5, also lower than Lonoke County's rate.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

These rates use deaths at the crash location and the sum of annual Census population estimates. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors, and they do not measure deaths among county residents specifically. The county's 22 deaths, Arkansas's 510 deaths, the national 27,553 deaths and Pulaski County's 30 deaths are counts distinct from their 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 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 are grouped by crash county, not residence.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 records are Final Files; 2024 uses the revisable Annual Report File. Rates divide deaths by summed annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025 and multiply by 100,000. They express average annual deaths per 100,000 residents without adjusting for miles driven or visitors. The separately shown July 1, 2024 population estimate of 76,390 is not the rate denominator.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

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