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

Truck accident deaths in Madera County by year

Truck accident deaths rose from 3 in 2020 to 6 in 2021, fell to 1 in 2022, then rose to 3 in 2023 and 12 in 2024. The highest count was 12 in 2024, and the lowest was 1 in 2022. The 2024 count was 9 deaths higher than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The annual shares of all traffic deaths were 10.0% in 2020, 15.0% in 2021, 2.1% in 2022, 10.7% in 2023 and 36.4% in 2024. All traffic deaths numbered 30, 40, 48, 28 and 33 in those respective years. While 2024 had the highest truck accident death count, 2022 had the highest all-traffic death count.^{[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 Madera County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 3 deaths, or 12.0%. People in other vehicles accounted for 21 deaths, or 84.0%, the largest person category. The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" accounted for 1 death, or 4.0%, in truck accidents from 2020 through 2024.^{[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 therefore not a literal test of whether someone was outside a vehicle.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

Fatal truck accidents in Madera County involved 21 large trucks from 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors (semi or tractor-trailer units) numbered 13, representing 61.9% of those large trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 8. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 1.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

Each figure in the trucks table counts vehicles, not fatal crashes or deaths. A crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the 21 large trucks are a different measure from the 17 fatal crashes and 25 deaths. The jackknifed figure likewise identifies a truck count rather than a death count.^{[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) and Head-on each recorded 8 deaths (32.0%); Rear-end recorded 2 (8.0%), Sideswipe 1 (4.0%), and Not reported 1 (4.0%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 5 (20.0%). This means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, such as a collision with a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle or fixed object, or a rollover. A vehicle stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separate crash-configuration figures place 3 truck accident deaths (12.0%) in single-vehicle crashes, 18 (72.0%) in two-vehicle crashes and 4 (16.0%) in crashes involving three or more vehicles.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

The route-coded interstate measure recorded 0 truck accident deaths, a 0.0% share. It requires ROUTE=1 and a parseable I-route number in TWAY_ID; no individual interstate route counts are listed in the packet. This measure is a route-coded subset, not a full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime (6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m.) accounted for 18 deaths (72.0%), and nighttime (6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m.) accounted for 7 (28.0%). Urban locations recorded 3 deaths (12.0%), while rural locations recorded 22 (88.0%). Work-zone deaths numbered 1; 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

Madera County's truck accident death rate was 3.1 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. Among the listed neighboring counties, Fresno County had a rate of 2.5 and Merced County had a rate of 3.6. Madera County's rate was higher than Fresno County's and lower than Merced County's.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

These rates divide deaths by the sum of annual Census population estimates and do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. For a reader searching for a truck accident lawyer, the distinction to keep in view here is between death counts and average annual deaths per 100,000 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. Counts follow the crash county, not the deceased person's residence. The 2020 through 2023 records are Final Files; the 2024 Annual Report File can change when replaced by the Final File.^[9][6][7][8]

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

See also

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

On related publications

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