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

Truck accident deaths in Stanislaus County by year

Truck accident deaths rose from 12 in 2020 to 20 in 2021, then fell to 15 in 2022 and 8 in 2023. The count rose to 16 in 2024. The highest count was 20 in 2021, while the lowest was 8 in 2023. The 2024 count was 4 deaths higher than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The annual share of traffic deaths attributed to truck accidents was 14.3% in 2020, 16.8% in 2021, 17.0% in 2022, 9.0% in 2023 and 18.2% in 2024. All traffic deaths numbered 84, 119, 88, 89 and 88 in those respective years. Although 2021 had the highest truck accident death count, 2024 had the highest share.^{[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 Stanislaus County truck accidents

People in other vehicles accounted for 52 deaths, or 73.2%, the largest person category in the county's truck accident figures. People in the large truck accounted for 7 deaths, or 9.9%. The row labeled "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 12 deaths, or 16.9%.^{[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 vehicles not in transport, such as parked vehicles. It therefore does not serve as a literal test of whether someone was outside a vehicle.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

The truck accident vehicle records list 66 large trucks in fatal crashes from 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors (semi or tractor-trailer units) numbered 47, representing 71.2% of those large trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 19. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

Each figure in the trucks table counts vehicles. These measures are distinct from the county's 59 fatal crashes and 71 deaths during the same period. A crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the vehicle count should not be read as a count of separate truck accidents.^{[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) recorded 19 deaths, Head-on 18, Rear-end 11, Sideswipe 4 and Other 1. "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 18 deaths. That label means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport; examples include striking 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]}

Separately, truck accident deaths by crash configuration were Single-vehicle: 15 (21.1%); Two-vehicle: 34 (47.9%); and Three or more vehicles: 22 (31.0%). These shares classify deaths by the number of vehicles involved, separately from manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate truck accident deaths numbered 7, or 9.9%, with I-5 listed at 7 deaths. Interstate identification requires ROUTE=1 and a parseable I-route number in TWAY_ID. The listed route counts describe the packet's route-coded subset, rather than the full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime (6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m.) accounted for 43 deaths, or 60.6%; Nighttime (6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m.) accounted for 28, or 39.4%. Urban recorded 39 deaths (54.9%), Rural 31 (43.7%) and Not reported 1 (1.4%). The work-zone figure was 1 death, a count of deaths rather than vehicles or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with California and the United States

For 2020 through 2024, Stanislaus County's truck accident death rate was 2.6 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents. California's rate was 1.1 and the national rate was 1.6. The county rate was higher than both. These population-based rates do not adjust for miles driven or visitors.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Among the listed neighboring counties, San Joaquin County had the same rate as Stanislaus County at 2.6. Merced County's rate was higher at 3.6, while Santa Clara County and Alameda County each had a lower rate of 0.4. The rates use deaths at the crash location and annual population estimates; they do not measure deaths specifically among people who lived in each county.^{[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. For readers searching "truck accident lawyer," these counts are grouped by crash county, not where those killed lived.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 to 2023 figures use FARS Final Files; 2024 uses the revisable Annual Report File. Rates divide deaths for 2020 through 2024 by summed 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 Alameda County, California (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for San Joaquin County, California (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Merced County, California (2020-2024)

On related publications

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