Truck accident statistics for Alameda County, California (2020-2024)

Truck accident deaths in Alameda County by year

Truck accident deaths fell from 9 in 2020 to 3 in 2021, then rose to 7 in 2022 and 9 in 2023. The count remained at 9 in 2024. The highest annual count was 9, shared by 2020, 2023 and 2024; the lowest was 3 in 2021. The 2020 and 2024 counts were the same, with a change of 0 deaths.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The annual share of traffic deaths attributed to truck accidents was 8.3% in 2020, 3.0% in 2021, 6.4% in 2022, 9.1% in 2023 and 9.0% in 2024. Although 2023 and 2024 had the same truck accident death count, their all-traffic-death counts were 99 and 100, respectively.^{[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 Alameda County truck accidents

People in other vehicles accounted for 27 deaths, or 73.0%, the largest person category. People in the large truck accounted for 2 deaths, or 5.4%. The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 8 deaths, or 21.6%.^{[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 motor vehicles not in transport, such as parked vehicles. It is not a literal test of whether someone was outside a vehicle when the truck accident happened.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

The vehicle records identify 34 large trucks in fatal crashes in Alameda County during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors (semi or tractor-trailer units) accounted for 20 trucks, or 58.8% of those large trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks accounted for 14. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

Each figure in this table counts trucks, rather than crashes or deaths. A truck accident can involve multiple large trucks. The 34 vehicles therefore describe a different measure from the county's 33 fatal crashes involving large trucks and its 37 deaths in those 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. Rear-end recorded 19 deaths (51.4%); angle (side impact), 5 (13.5%); sideswipe, 4 (10.8%); and head-on, 0 (0.0%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 9 deaths (24.3%). This means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, such as a pedestrian, cyclist, parked-vehicle or fixed-object impact, or a 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, 6 (16.2%); two-vehicle, 24 (64.9%); and three or more vehicles, 7 (18.9%). These shares describe the number of vehicles involved, a separate classification from manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate truck accident deaths numbered 25, or 67.6%. The listed route-coded counts were 8 on I-580, 6 on I-80, 6 on I-880 and 5 on I-680. These records require interstate route coding and a readable I-route 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 15 deaths (40.5%); nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 22 (59.5%). Urban records accounted for 34 deaths (91.9%), and rural records for 3 (8.1%). The work-zone count was 1 death, a measure of deaths rather than trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with California and the United States

Alameda County's truck accident death rate was 0.4 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. California's rate was 1.1, and the national rate was 1.6. The county rate was lower than both. These rates use deaths recorded in each area and population estimates for the reporting years.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Among the listed neighboring counties, San Joaquin County and Stanislaus County each had a rate of 2.6. Santa Clara County's rate was 0.4, the same as Alameda County's, while Contra Costa County's was 0.5. The rates divide deaths by the sum of annual population estimates and multiply by 100,000. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors.^{[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 where the people lived.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 records are Final Files; 2024 uses the Annual Report File and may change with its replacement. Rates use deaths divided by summed annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025, multiplied by 100,000. The separate July 1, 2024 population estimate is not the denominator. These are average annual rates without adjustments for miles driven or visitors.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

• Truck accident statistics for San Joaquin County, California (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Santa Clara County, California (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Contra Costa County, California (2020-2024)

On related publications

• Car accident statistics for Alameda County, California (2020-2024) (caraccidentlawyers.wiki)