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

Truck accident deaths in Shasta County by year

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

The corresponding shares of all traffic deaths were 15.0% in 2020, 10.3% in 2021, 32.3% in 2022, 4.5% in 2023 and 12.1% in 2024. All traffic deaths numbered 40, 39, 31, 22 and 33 in those respective years. Both the truck accident death count and its share of 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 Shasta County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 5 deaths, or 20.0%. People in other vehicles accounted for 15 deaths, or 60.0%, the largest person category. These categories describe the people who died in truck accidents, rather than the number of vehicles involved.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" records 5 deaths, or 20.0%. This is the FARS nonoccupant grouping, including pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. Despite the label, 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 vehicle counts identify 25 large trucks involved in fatal crashes in Shasta County during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors, described as semi or tractor-trailer units, numbered 17 and represented 68.0% of those large trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 8. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These figures count vehicles, not fatal crashes or deaths. A truck accident can involve multiple large trucks. The separate totals for the period were 24 fatal crashes and 25 deaths; the vehicle categories describe the trucks involved 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: angle (side impact) accounted for 5 deaths (20.0%), head-on for 7 (28.0%), rear-end for 1 (4.0%) and sideswipe for 0 (0.0%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" accounted for 12 deaths (48.0%). That label means no collision with another motor vehicle in transport, which can include a vehicle stopped in traffic. Examples include striking a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle or fixed object, or a rollover.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, truck accident deaths by vehicle configuration were single-vehicle, 10 (40.0%); two-vehicle, 9 (36.0%); and three or more vehicles, 6 (24.0%). Configuration and manner of collision are distinct classifications.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate-coded truck accident deaths numbered 7, or 28.0%. The listed I-5 count was 7 deaths. These figures require an interstate route classification and a readable interstate route number in the FARS road identifier. The listed route counts cover the packet's route-coded subset, not a full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime accounted for 14 deaths (56.0%), and nighttime accounted for 11 (44.0%). Urban locations recorded 11 deaths (44.0%); rural locations recorded 13 (52.0%); land use was not reported for 1 (4.0%). Work-zone deaths numbered 1. Each of these location and time figures counts deaths, rather than trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with California and the United States

Shasta County's truck accident death rate was 2.8 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 higher than both. The corresponding death counts were 25 for Shasta County, 2,101 for California and 27,553 for the United States. No neighboring county rates are listed in the supplied figures.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

These rates use deaths divided by the sum of annual Census population estimates and multiplied by 100,000. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. For readers searching for a truck accident lawyer, the grouping to keep in mind is crash location: these are deaths in crashes within the county, not a count based on residence.^{[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 on a trafficway customarily open to the public and an occupant or nonoccupant death within 30 days. Counts follow the county of the crash, not the person's residence. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 records are Final Files; 2024 uses the Annual Report File and may change with the Final File. Rates divide deaths by summed annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025, then multiply by 100,000. They express average annual deaths per 100,000 residents without adjustment for miles driven or visitors. The separate July 1, 2024 population estimate is not the rate denominator.^[9][6][7][8]