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

Truck accident deaths in Pulaski County by year

Truck accident deaths rose from 4 in 2020 to 6 in 2021 and 8 in 2022. The count then fell to 5 in 2023 before rising to 7 in 2024. The highest annual count was 8 in 2022, and the lowest was 4 in 2020. The 2024 count was 3 deaths higher than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The yearly shares of all traffic deaths were 4.7% in 2020, 8.6% in 2021, 8.7% in 2022, 5.7% in 2023 and 7.7% in 2024. All traffic deaths numbered 85, 70, 92, 88 and 91 in those respective years. These annual figures count deaths in truck accidents, rather than the number of trucks involved.^{[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 Pulaski County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 5 deaths, or 16.7%. People in other vehicles accounted for 16 deaths, or 53.3%, the largest person category. The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" accounted for 9 deaths, or 30.0%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

That quoted label represents the FARS nonoccupant grouping: pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. The other category can include occupants of parked motor vehicles, so the label is not a literal test of being outside a vehicle. These truck accident deaths are classified by person category, not solely as truck occupants or pedestrians.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

The vehicle records identify 28 large trucks in fatal crashes in Pulaski County during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors (semi or tractor-trailer units) numbered 16, representing 57.1% of those large trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 12. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

Each figure in this section counts vehicles, not truck accident deaths or fatal crashes. A crash can involve multiple large trucks. For readers searching for a truck accident lawyer, the distinction to retain when reading this table is that its entries count trucks involved in fatal crashes.^{[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) accounted for 4 deaths (13.3%), head-on for 2 (6.7%), rear-end for 7 (23.3%) and sideswipe for 2 (6.7%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" accounted for 15 deaths (50.0%). This means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, which can be 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, 11 (36.7%); two-vehicle, 12 (40.0%); and three or more vehicles, 7 (23.3%). Configuration describes the vehicle count 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 18, or 60.0%. Listed route-coded counts were 4 deaths on I-40, 4 on I-430, 4 on I-440 and 3 on I-30. These figures require ROUTE=1 and a parseable interstate route number in TWAY_ID. The listed routes are a coded subset, not a full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime accounted for 12 deaths (40.0%), and nighttime accounted for 18 (60.0%). Urban locations recorded 22 deaths (73.3%), while rural locations recorded 8 (26.7%). The work-zone figure was 1 death. These road, time and land-use figures count deaths in fatal crashes involving large trucks, rather than trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Arkansas and the United States

Pulaski County's truck accident death rate was 1.5 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 county rate was lower than both. Lonoke County, the listed neighboring county, had a rate of 5.8, also higher than Pulaski County's rate.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

The corresponding death counts were 30 in Pulaski County, 510 in Arkansas, 27,553 nationally and 22 in Lonoke County. Rates use deaths divided by the sum of annual Census population estimates, multiplied by 100,000. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. The deaths are assigned by crash location, so the rate does not describe deaths limited to county residents.^{[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. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. County assignments use crash location, not the deceased person's residence.^[9][6][7][8]

Records for 2020 through 2023 are FARS 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, then multiply by 100,000. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. The separate July 1, 2024 population estimate of 403,394 is not the rate denominator.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

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

On related publications

• Car accident statistics for Pulaski County, Arkansas (2020-2024) (caraccidentlawyers.wiki)