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

Truck accident deaths in Weld County by year

Truck accident deaths rose from 10 in 2020 to 15 in 2021, then reached 18 in 2022. The count remained at 18 in 2023 before rising to 19 in 2024. The highest count was 19 in 2024, and the lowest was 10 in 2020. The 2024 count was 9 deaths higher than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The share of all traffic deaths occurring in truck accidents followed a different sequence: 18.5% in 2020, 32.6% in 2021, 34.0% in 2022, 31.0% in 2023 and 28.4% in 2024. That share was highest in 2022, while the truck accident death count was highest in 2024. All traffic deaths numbered 54, 46, 53, 58 and 67 in those respective years.^{[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 Weld County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 13 deaths, or 16.2%. People in other vehicles accounted for 66 deaths, or 82.5%, the largest person category for truck accident deaths during 2020 through 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 1 death, or 1.2%. This label represents the FARS nonoccupant grouping, including pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. The grouping can include occupants of motor vehicles not in transport, such as parked vehicles. It is not a literal test of whether someone was outside a vehicle.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

Fatal truck accidents in Weld County involved 74 large trucks during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors (semi or tractor-trailer units) numbered 45 and represented 60.8% of those trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 29. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 4.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These are vehicle counts, distinct from the 69 fatal crashes and 80 deaths recorded for the period. A crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the trucks table does not count separate crash events. The jackknifed figure also counts trucks, rather than crashes or 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

Manner of collision describes the first harmful event. Angle (side impact) accounted for 28 deaths (35.0%); head-on for 16 (20.0%); rear-end for 16 (20.0%); sideswipe for 11 (13.8%); and Other for 1 (1.2%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" accounted for 8 deaths (10.0%). This means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, a category that includes vehicles stopped in traffic. Examples include striking a parked vehicle or a rollover.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, truck accident deaths by crash configuration were single-vehicle, 6 (7.5%); two-vehicle, 56 (70.0%); and three or more vehicles, 18 (22.5%). These shares describe the number of vehicles involved, rather than the manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate truck accident deaths numbered 13, or 16.2%. The listed route-coded counts were 11 deaths on I-25 and 2 on I-76. These figures require interstate route coding and a readable interstate route number; the listed routes are a subset, not a full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime recorded 51 deaths (63.8%), using 6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m.; nighttime recorded 29 (36.2%), using 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m. Urban locations accounted for 22 deaths (27.5%), and rural locations for 58 (72.5%). The work-zone figure was 1 death, a count of people killed rather than trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Colorado and the United States

The average annual truck accident death rate in Weld County was 4.6 per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. Colorado's rate was 1.6, and the United States rate was 1.6. The listed neighboring county, Adams County, Colorado, had a rate of 1.2. Weld County's rate was higher than each of these comparison rates.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

These rates express average annual deaths per 100,000 residents, using deaths at the crash location and the sum of annual population estimates. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. The corresponding death counts were 80 for Weld County, 483 for Colorado, 27,553 for the United States and 33 for Adams County. Death counts and population-based rates are separate measures.^{[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 counts fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes on trafficways customarily open to the public when an occupant or nonoccupant dies within 30 days. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. Whether reading for statistics or searching for a truck accident lawyer, interpret these counts by crash location, not the deceased person's residence.^[9][6][7][8]

Data for 2020 through 2023 are Final Files; the 2024 Annual Report File remains subject to revision. Rates divide deaths by summed annual Census Bureau population estimates from 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 Adams County, Colorado (2020-2024)

On related publications

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