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

Truck accident deaths in Placer County by year

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

The annual share of traffic deaths attributed to truck accidents was 8.6% in 2020, 17.6% in 2021, 13.2% in 2022, 7.0% in 2023 and 10.0% in 2024. All traffic deaths numbered 35, 34, 38, 43 and 40 in those respective years. These columns distinguish truck accident deaths from all traffic deaths.^{[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 Placer County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 4 deaths, or 19.0%. People in other vehicles accounted for 15 deaths, or 71.4%, the largest share 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 denotes 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

Fatal truck accidents in Placer County involved 20 large trucks from 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors (semi or tractor-trailer units) numbered 12, representing 60.0% of the large trucks recorded. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 8. The records identified 1 large truck as jackknifed.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

Each figure in this section counts vehicles, rather than crashes or deaths. A crash can involve multiple large trucks, so vehicle counts describe a different measure from the fatal crash count. The truck-tractor share likewise uses large trucks as its denominator, rather than 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

By manner of collision, truck accident deaths were rear-end, 5 (23.8%); head-on, 4 (19.0%); angle (side impact), 3 (14.3%); sideswipe, 3 (14.3%); and other, 2 (9.5%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" accounted for 4 (19.0%). This row means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, such as a rollover or striking a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle or fixed object. Vehicles stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Manner of collision describes the first harmful event. Separately, crash configuration recorded single-vehicle deaths at 4 (19.0%), two-vehicle deaths at 16 (76.2%), and deaths in crashes involving three or more vehicles at 1 (4.8%). These shares describe deaths, not crash counts.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate-coded truck accident deaths numbered 7, or 33.3%, with 7 listed for I-80. These figures require the interstate route code and a readable interstate route number; the listed route counts are a coded subset, not a full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime (6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m.) accounted for 13 deaths, or 61.9%; nighttime (6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m.) accounted for 8, or 38.1%. Urban locations recorded 8 deaths (38.1%), while rural locations recorded 13 (61.9%). Work-zone records identified 1 death. These location and time figures count people killed in truck accidents, rather than trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with California and the United States

Placer County's truck accident death rate was 1.0 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. Among the listed neighboring counties, Sacramento County, California, recorded 0.8 and Washoe County, Nevada, recorded 0.9. Placer County's rate was higher than each listed neighbor's rate.^{[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. When reading these figures with the phrase "truck accident lawyer" in mind, keep the grouping clear: deaths are assigned to the county where the crash happened, not where the people lived.^{[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

NHTSA's FARS is a 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. Counts follow crash location, not the deceased person's residence. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 figures use FARS Final Files. The 2024 Annual Report File may 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. The resulting measure is average annual deaths per 100,000 residents. The separately displayed 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 Washoe County, Nevada (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Sacramento County, California (2020-2024)

On related publications

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