Truck accident statistics for Alachua County, Florida (2020-2024)

Truck accident deaths in Alachua County by year

Truck accident deaths rose from 5 in 2020 to 8 in 2021 and remained at 8 in 2022. The count then fell to 7 in 2023 and 6 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 truck accident share of all traffic deaths was 10.4% in 2020, 14.0% in 2021, 15.4% in 2022, 12.1% in 2023 and 12.0% in 2024. That share was highest in 2022. All traffic deaths numbered 48 in 2020, 57 in 2021, 52 in 2022, 58 in 2023 and 50 in 2024.^{[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 Alachua County truck accidents

People in other vehicles accounted for 22 truck accident deaths, or 64.7%, during 2020 through 2024. People in the large truck accounted for 6 deaths, or 17.6%. The row labeled "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" also recorded 6 deaths, or 17.6%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

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

The trucks involved

Fatal crashes in Alachua County involved 34 large trucks during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors, described in the table as semi or tractor-trailer units, numbered 22 and represented 64.7% of those trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 12. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These are vehicle counts, distinct from the 30 fatal crashes and 34 truck accident deaths recorded for the period. A crash can involve multiple large trucks. The truck-tractor share describes the trucks involved, rather than a share of crashes or deaths.^{[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 16 deaths (47.1%), head-on for 1 (2.9%), rear-end for 6 (17.6%) and sideswipe for 3 (8.8%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" accounted for 8 deaths (23.5%). This means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, including events such as striking a pedestrian or parked vehicle, 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, 7 (20.6%); two-vehicle, 22 (64.7%); and three or more vehicles, 5 (14.7%). These groupings describe vehicle counts rather than manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate-coded crashes accounted for 10 truck accident deaths, or 29.4%, from 2020 through 2024. The listed I-75 count was 10 deaths. These figures require an interstate route classification and a readable interstate route number in the FARS road identifier. The listed route is a route-coded subset, not a full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime accounted for 28 deaths (82.4%), and nighttime accounted for 6 (17.6%). Urban locations recorded 11 deaths (32.4%), while rural locations recorded 23 (67.6%). Work-zone records accounted for 1 death; that figure counts deaths rather than trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Florida and the United States

The average annual truck accident death rate was 2.4 per 100,000 residents in Alachua County during 2020 through 2024. Florida's rate was 1.6, and the national rate was 1.6. Alachua County's rate was higher than both. These rates measure average annual deaths per 100,000 residents, not the percentage of traffic deaths involving trucks.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Among the listed neighboring counties, Marion County recorded a rate of 2.7 and Columbia County recorded 5.9. Alachua County's rate was lower than both; Columbia County had the highest rate among the listed neighboring counties. Rates use deaths at the crash location and annual Census population estimates. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors, and they do not identify the deaths as deaths of county residents.^{[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 on trafficways customarily open to the public, with 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 through 2023 figures use FARS Final Files; 2024 uses the revisable Annual Report File. Rates divide 2020 through 2024 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. The result is average annual deaths per 100,000 residents, without adjustment for miles driven or visitors.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

• Truck accident statistics for Columbia County, Florida (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Marion County, Florida (2020-2024)

On related publications

• Car accident statistics for Alachua County, Florida (2020-2024) (caraccidentlawyers.wiki)