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

Truck accident deaths in El Paso County by year

Truck accident deaths numbered 7 in 2020, 8 in 2021, 5 in 2022, 9 in 2023 and 4 in 2024. The highest count was 9 in 2023; the lowest was 4 in 2024. The 2024 count was 3 deaths lower than the 2020 count. Annual counts rose, fell, rose and then fell across the period.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The truck accident share of all traffic deaths was 8.2% in 2020, 10.4% in 2021, 6.0% in 2022, 11.5% in 2023 and 5.1% in 2024. All traffic deaths numbered 85, 77, 83, 78 and 78 in those respective years. That total was unchanged from 2023 to 2024, while truck accident deaths fell.^{[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 El Paso County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 3 deaths, or 9.1%. People in other vehicles accounted for 27 deaths, or 81.8%, the largest share of truck accident deaths. The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 3 deaths, or 9.1%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The FARS nonoccupant grouping is represented by that quoted label and includes pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. Whether someone was outside a vehicle is not literally tested by this grouping. Occupants of motor vehicles not in transport, such as parked vehicles, can be included in the other category.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

The vehicle count for fatal truck accidents was 32 large trucks during 2020 through 2024. Of those trucks, 13 were truck-tractors, described in the table as semi or tractor-trailer units. Truck-tractors represented 40.6% of the large trucks counted. Single-unit and other large trucks accounted for 19 vehicles. The number of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 2.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These figures count vehicles involved in fatal crashes, rather than crashes or deaths. A crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the vehicle entries must retain their truck-count labels.^{[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 12 deaths (36.4%), head-on for 2 (6.1%), rear-end for 7 (21.2%) and sideswipe for 2 (6.1%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" accounted for 10 deaths (30.3%). This means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, such as a pedestrian strike or 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: 6 (18.2%); two-vehicle: 19 (57.6%); and three or more vehicles: 8 (24.2%). Configuration describes vehicle involvement separately from the manner of collision; these shares are shares of deaths.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate truck accident deaths numbered 10, or 30.3%. The listed route-coded count for I-25 was 10 deaths. Interstate identification requires ROUTE=1 and a parseable interstate route number in TWAY_ID. The listed route count is 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 23 deaths (69.7%). Nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 10 (30.3%). Urban locations recorded 20 deaths (60.6%), and rural locations recorded 13 (39.4%). Work-zone deaths numbered 2. Each of these figures counts deaths, rather than trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Colorado and the United States

El Paso County's truck accident death rate was 0.9 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. Colorado's rate was 1.6, and the United States rate was 1.6. The county rate was lower than both. The corresponding death counts were 33 for the county, 483 for Colorado and 27,553 nationally. No neighboring county rates are listed in the supplied figures.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

These rates divide deaths by the sum of annual Census Bureau population estimates and multiply by 100,000. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. The separately reported 2024 population estimate of 752,356 is not the denominator used for this period's annual rate.^{[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 for a truck accident lawyer, these counts are grouped by crash location, not where the people who died lived.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 records are Final Files. The 2024 Annual Report File can change when replaced by the Final File. Rates use summed annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025, multiplied into a per 100,000 annual measure. The separate July 1, 2024 estimate is not the denominator; rates do not adjust for mileage or visitors.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

• Large truck (crash data definition)

On related publications

• Colorado truck accident statistics (2020-2024) (truckaccidentlawyers.wiki)
• I-25 truck accidents in Colorado (2020-2024) (truckaccidentlawyers.wiki)
• Car accident statistics for El Paso County, Colorado (2020-2024) (caraccidentlawyers.wiki)