Truck accident statistics for Arapahoe County, Colorado (2020-2024)

Truck accident deaths in Arapahoe County by year

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

The share of all traffic deaths occurring in truck accidents was 1.9% in 2020, 11.8% in 2021, 9.7% in 2022, 7.1% in 2023 and 3.6% in 2024. All traffic deaths were 52, 51, 62, 70 and 55 in those respective years. The highest truck accident death share occurred in 2021.^{[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 Arapahoe County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 2 deaths, or 10.0%. People in other vehicles accounted for 11 deaths, or 55.0%, the largest person category. The row labeled "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" accounted for 7 deaths, or 35.0%, in truck accidents during 2020 through 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

That quoted label identifies the FARS nonoccupant grouping, which includes pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. Its other category can include occupants of motor vehicles not in transport, such as parked vehicles. The label therefore does not describe a literal outside-the-vehicle test.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

Fatal truck accidents in Arapahoe County involved 19 large trucks during 2020 through 2024. Of these vehicles, 8 were truck-tractors, described in the table as semi or tractor-trailer units. Truck-tractors represented 42.1% of the large trucks. The category Single-unit and other large trucks accounted for 11 vehicles. Large trucks recorded as jackknifed numbered 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These are vehicle counts, distinct from the 19 fatal crashes and 20 deaths recorded for the period. A truck accident can involve multiple large trucks, so the trucks table should be read as a count of vehicles.^{[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, or 25.0%; head-on for 2, or 10.0%; rear-end for 3, or 15.0%; and sideswipe for 0, or 0.0%. "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" accounted for 10 deaths, or 50.0%. It means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, which can be stopped in traffic. Examples include striking pedestrians, cyclists, parked vehicles or fixed objects, or a rollover.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, truck accident deaths by crash configuration were 6 in single-vehicle crashes, or 30.0%; 10 in two-vehicle crashes, or 50.0%; and 4 in crashes involving three or more vehicles, or 20.0%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate truck accident deaths numbered 9, or 45.0%, during 2020 through 2024. The listed route-coded counts were 6 deaths on I-70, 2 on I-225 and 1 on I-25. These figures require an interstate route code and a parseable interstate number; the listed routes are a coded subset, not a full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime, from 6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m., accounted for 11 deaths, or 55.0%. Nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 9 deaths, or 45.0%. Urban locations recorded 15 deaths, or 75.0%, and rural locations recorded 5, or 25.0%. Work-zone truck accident deaths numbered 1.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Colorado and the United States

Arapahoe County's truck accident death rate was 0.6 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. Colorado's rate was 1.6, and the national rate was 1.6. The county rate was lower than both. The death counts associated with these rates were 20 for Arapahoe County, 483 for Colorado and 27,553 for the United States.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Among the listed neighboring counties, Adams County had a rate of 1.2 and 33 deaths; Denver County had a rate of 0.7 and 27 deaths. Arapahoe County's rate was lower than each listed neighbor's rate. These rates measure deaths relative to population and 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 a census of fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes on trafficways customarily open to the public, with an occupant or nonoccupant death within 30 days. It excludes nonfatal crashes and injuries. Counts follow crash location, not where those killed lived. For readers searching "truck accident lawyer," the grouping to remember is the county where the crash happened.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 records are Final Files; 2024 uses the revisable Annual Report File. Rates divide deaths by summed annual Census Bureau population estimates for 2020 through 2024, using Vintage 2025, and 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 Denver County, Colorado (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Adams County, Colorado (2020-2024)

On related publications

• Car accident statistics for Arapahoe County, Colorado (2020-2024) (caraccidentlawyers.wiki)