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

Truck accident deaths in Butte County by year

Annual truck accident deaths fell from 10 in 2020 to 3 in 2021 and 1 in 2022, then rose to 3 in 2023 and 4 in 2024. The highest count was in 2020, and the lowest was in 2022. The 2024 count was 6 deaths lower than the 2020 count. Across the period, the annual average was 4.2 deaths.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The share of all traffic deaths attributed to truck accidents followed the same sequence: 21.3%, 5.5%, 3.1%, 8.6% and 11.8%. All traffic deaths numbered 47 in 2020, 55 in 2021, 32 in 2022, 35 in 2023 and 34 in 2024. These annual counts describe deaths in crashes within Butte County.^{[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 Butte County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 1 death, or 4.8%, while People in other vehicles accounted for 18 deaths, or 85.7%. People in other vehicles were the largest category of truck accident deaths. The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 2 deaths, or 9.5%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

That quoted label represents the FARS nonoccupant grouping, including pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. It is not a literal test of whether someone was outside a vehicle: the grouping can include occupants of motor vehicles not in transport, such as parked vehicles.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

The fatal crashes involved 18 large trucks during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors (semi or tractor-trailer units) numbered 12, representing 66.7% of those trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 6. The records also identified 2 large trucks as jackknifed.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These are vehicle counts, distinct from the 15 fatal crashes and 21 truck accident deaths recorded for the period. A crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the truck count does not stand for a count of separate crashes. The jackknifed figure likewise counts trucks, not deaths or 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 10 deaths, or 47.6%; Angle (side impact) and Head-on each recorded 4, or 19.0%; Sideswipe recorded 1, or 4.8%. "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 2, or 9.5%. It means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, including events such as rollovers or impacts with parked vehicles. A vehicle stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, crash configuration classifies truck accident deaths by vehicle count: Single-vehicle recorded 2 deaths, or 9.5%; Two-vehicle recorded 11, or 52.4%; and Three or more vehicles recorded 8, or 38.1%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate-coded truck accident deaths numbered 0, a 0.0% share. This classification requires an interstate route code and a parseable I-route number; the packet supplies no individual interstate route counts. Route-coded figures describe a subset rather than a full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime, from 6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m., accounted for 12 deaths, or 57.1%. Nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 9 deaths, or 42.9%. Urban locations recorded 9 deaths, or 42.9%, and rural locations recorded 12, or 57.1%. Work-zone deaths numbered 0; that figure counts deaths rather than trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with California and the United States

Butte County's truck accident death rate was 2.0 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. California's rate was 1.1, and the United States rate was 1.6. The county rate was higher than both. The corresponding death counts were 21 in Butte County, 2,101 in California and 27,553 nationally. No neighboring county rates are supplied in the packet.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

These rates use the sum of annual Census population estimates and do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. They describe deaths by crash location relative to population, not deaths among county residents. Readers searching for a truck accident lawyer should keep that location-based grouping in mind when reading the figures.^{[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. It excludes nonfatal crashes and injuries. County assignment follows where the crash happened, not where anyone lived. The 2020 through 2023 records are Final Files; 2024 uses the Annual Report File, which may be revised.^[9][6][7][8]

Rates divide deaths for 2020 through 2024 by the sum of annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025, then multiply by 100,000. The separately displayed July 1, 2024 population estimate of 208,586 is not the denominator. Rates do not adjust for miles driven or visitors.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

On related publications

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