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

Truck accident deaths in Brevard County by year

Truck accident deaths rose from 4 in 2020 to 10 in 2021, fell to 9 in 2022, remained at 9 in 2023 and rose to 10 in 2024. The highest count was shared by 2021 and 2024, while 2020 had the lowest count. The 2024 count was 6 deaths higher than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The share of all traffic deaths occurring in truck accidents was 4.9% in 2020, 9.8% in 2021, 8.9% in 2022, 8.6% in 2023 and 11.6% in 2024. All traffic deaths numbered 81, 102, 101, 105 and 86 in those respective years. The highest truck accident death share occurred 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 Brevard County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 2 deaths, or 4.8%. People in other vehicles accounted for 29 deaths, or 69.0%, the largest person category. These labels distinguish the people killed in truck accidents by their person category, rather than treating every death as a truck occupant death.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 11 deaths, or 26.2%. This is the FARS nonoccupant grouping, including pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. Despite the wording of the label, its other category can include occupants of parked motor vehicles.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

The vehicle count for fatal truck accidents in Brevard County was 42 large trucks during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors, described in the table as semi or tractor-trailer units, numbered 11 and represented 26.2% of those trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 31. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These figures count vehicles involved in fatal crashes. They are distinct from the county's 41 fatal crashes and 42 deaths. A truck crash can involve multiple large trucks, so a vehicle count is not a count of 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 12 deaths (28.6%), head-on for 2 (4.8%), rear-end for 13 (31.0%) and sideswipe for 1 (2.4%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" accounted for 14 deaths (33.3%). It means no collision with another motor vehicle in transport, which can include a vehicle stopped in traffic. Examples include striking a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle or fixed object, or a rollover.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, truck accident deaths by crash configuration were single-vehicle: 10 (23.8%); two-vehicle: 22 (52.4%); and three or more vehicles: 10 (23.8%). Configuration counts vehicles involved and is separate from manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate-coded truck accident deaths numbered 10, or 23.8%. The listed I-95 count was 10 deaths. These figures require an interstate route code and a readable interstate route number; the listed route represents the packet's route-coded subset, not a full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime accounted for 35 deaths (83.3%), while nighttime accounted for 7 (16.7%). Urban locations recorded 41 deaths (97.6%), and rural locations recorded 1 (2.4%). The work-zone count was 1 death. Each of these figures describes deaths in the county's fatal truck accidents, rather than a count of trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Florida and the United States

Brevard County's truck accident death rate was 1.3 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. Florida's rate was 1.6, and the national rate was 1.6. The county rate was lower than both. These rates use deaths at the crash location and do not identify the people killed as county residents.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Among the listed neighboring counties, Orange County had a rate of 1.0, Volusia County had 1.6 and Osceola County had 1.9. Brevard's rate was higher than Orange's and lower than Volusia's and Osceola's. The calculation uses the sum of annual Census population estimates. It does 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 records 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. For readers searching "truck accident lawyer," these counts are grouped by crash location, not where the people killed lived.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 figures use FARS 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, then multiply by 100,000. They measure average annual deaths per 100,000 residents without adjusting for miles driven or visitors. The separately shown July 1, 2024 population estimate of 656,254 is not the denominator.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

• Truck accident statistics for Orange County, Florida (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Volusia County, Florida (2020-2024)

On related publications

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