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

Truck accident deaths in Charlotte County by year

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

The corresponding shares of all traffic deaths were 15.4% in 2020, 33.3% in 2021, 10.5% in 2022, 3.0% in 2023 and 20.7% in 2024. All traffic deaths were 26, 30, 38, 33 and 29 in those respective years. While truck accident deaths reached their highest count in 2021, all traffic deaths reached their highest count in 2022.^{[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 Charlotte County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 4 deaths, or 16.0%. People in other vehicles accounted for 19 deaths, or 76.0%, the largest share of truck accident deaths. The row labeled "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 2 deaths, or 8.0%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

That quoted label represents the FARS nonoccupant grouping, which includes pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. The other category 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

The fatal truck accidents involved 24 large trucks during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors, described in the table as semi or tractor-trailer units, accounted for 12 trucks and 50.0% of the large trucks recorded. Single-unit and other large trucks accounted for 12 trucks. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 1.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These are vehicle counts, distinct from the 21 fatal crashes and 25 deaths. A crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the trucks table does not count a separate crash or death for each vehicle.^{[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 8 deaths (32.0%), head-on for 7 (28.0%), rear-end for 7 (28.0%) and sideswipe for 1 (4.0%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" accounted for 2 deaths (8.0%). It means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, including events such as a rollover or striking a parked vehicle. 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, 1 (4.0%); two-vehicle, 21 (84.0%); and three or more vehicles, 3 (12.0%). Configuration describes the number of vehicles involved, distinct from the manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate truck accident deaths numbered 6, or 24.0%. The listed route-coded count for I-75 was 6 deaths. These interstate figures require ROUTE=1 and a parseable interstate route number in TWAY_ID. The listed route counts represent the packet's route-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 15 deaths (60.0%). Nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 10 (40.0%). Urban locations recorded 11 deaths (44.0%), while rural locations recorded 14 (56.0%). Work-zone deaths numbered 0. Each of these counts measures deaths, rather than trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Florida and the United States

Charlotte County's truck accident death rate was 2.5 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 higher than both. These rates use deaths divided by the sum of annual population estimates and do not adjust for miles driven or visitors.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Among the listed neighboring counties, rates were 1.5 in Lee County, 5.3 in Highlands County, 1.1 in Sarasota County and 12.4 in DeSoto County. Charlotte County's rate was higher than Lee's and Sarasota's and lower than Highlands' and DeSoto's. For readers searching for a truck accident lawyer, these counts are grouped by crash location.^{[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. Inclusion requires a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public and an occupant or nonoccupant dying within 30 days. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. County counts use crash location, not where the people killed lived.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 figures use FARS Final Files. The 2024 Annual Report File figures may change when replaced by the Final File. Rates divide deaths for 2020 through 2024 by the sum of annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025, then multiply by 100,000. The separate July 1, 2024 population estimate is not the denominator. Rates express average annual deaths per 100,000 residents without adjustments for miles driven or visitors.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

• Truck accident statistics for Highlands County, Florida (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Lee County, Florida (2020-2024)