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

Truck accident deaths in Fresno County by year

Truck accident deaths fell from 28 in 2020 to 26 in 2021, then rose to 36 in 2022. The count fell to 16 in 2023 before rising to 22 in 2024. The highest count was in 2022, and the lowest was in 2023. The 2024 count was 6 deaths lower than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The corresponding shares of all traffic deaths were 15.4% in 2020, 13.0% in 2021, 17.6% in 2022, 10.5% in 2023 and 13.0% in 2024. All traffic deaths numbered 182, 200, 204, 152 and 169 in those respective years. Both the truck accident death count and its share of all traffic deaths were highest in 2022.^{[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 Fresno County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 8 deaths, or 6.2%, while People in other vehicles accounted for 106 deaths, or 82.8%. People in other vehicles were the largest category of truck accident deaths in Fresno County from 2020 through 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 14 deaths, or 10.9%. This is 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; the label is not a literal test of being outside a vehicle.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

Fatal crashes in Fresno County involved 107 large trucks during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors (semi or tractor-trailer units) numbered 72, accounting for 67.3% of those large trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 35. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These are vehicle counts. They are distinct from the 104 fatal crashes and 128 truck accident deaths recorded for the period. A crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the trucks table measures vehicles involved rather than the number of crashes or 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) accounted for 75 deaths (58.6%); Head-on, 14 (10.9%); Rear-end, 10 (7.8%); Sideswipe, 7 (5.5%); and Other, 1 (0.8%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" accounted for 21 deaths (16.4%). That row means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, such as a rollover or striking a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle or fixed object. 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, 17 (13.3%); Two-vehicle, 93 (72.7%); and Three or more vehicles, 18 (14.1%). These shares describe truck accident deaths grouped by the number of vehicles involved in each crash, a separate classification from manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate-coded truck accident deaths numbered 13, or 10.2%, in Fresno County during 2020 through 2024. The listed I-5 count was 13 deaths. Interstate figures require ROUTE=1 and a parseable I-route number in TWAY_ID; the listed route counts cover the packet's route-coded subset, not the full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime accounted for 75 deaths (58.6%), and nighttime accounted for 53 (41.4%). Urban locations recorded 37 deaths (28.9%), while rural locations recorded 91 (71.1%). Work-zone deaths numbered 3. These road, time-of-day, land-use and work-zone figures count deaths in qualifying crashes, rather than trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with California and the United States

Fresno County's truck accident death rate was 2.5 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. These rates use deaths at the crash location and do not measure deaths only among people who lived in each area.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Among the listed neighboring counties, rates were 3.6 in Merced County, 2.2 in Tulare County, 4.4 in Kings County and 1.3 in Monterey County. Fresno County's rate was lower than Merced County's and Kings County's and higher than Tulare County's and Monterey County's. The rates 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 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. When reading with the phrase "truck accident lawyer" in mind, keep the grouping clear: counts follow crash location, not where those killed lived.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 figures use FARS 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 separate July 1, 2024 population estimate is not the denominator.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

• Truck accident statistics for Kings County, California (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Madera County, California (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Merced County, California (2020-2024)

On related publications

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