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

Truck accident deaths in Collier County by year

Truck accident deaths numbered 9 in 2020 and remained at 9 in 2021. The count fell to 2 in 2022, rose to 5 in 2023, and reached 12 in 2024. The highest count was in 2024, while 2022 had the lowest. The 2024 count was 3 deaths higher than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The annual share of all traffic deaths was 21.4% in 2020, 22.0% in 2021, 4.7% in 2022, 12.5% in 2023 and 20.3% in 2024. Although 2024 had the highest truck accident death count, the highest annual share was 22.0% in 2021. All traffic deaths numbered 42, 41, 43, 40 and 59 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 Collier County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 5 deaths, or 13.5%. People in other vehicles accounted for 28 deaths, or 75.7%, the largest person category for truck accident deaths. The row labeled "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 4 deaths, or 10.8%.^{[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 what the label tests. Occupants of motor vehicles not in transport, such as parked vehicles, can fall within the other category.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

Fatal truck accident records for 2020 through 2024 counted 33 large trucks. Truck-tractors (semi or tractor-trailer units) numbered 15, representing 45.5% of those trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 18. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These are vehicle counts, distinct from the 32 fatal crashes and 37 deaths recorded for the period. A crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the truck count is not a crash count. For readers searching for a truck accident lawyer, keep these vehicle, crash and death measures distinct when reading the table.^{[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) recorded 11 deaths (29.7%); head-on, 6 (16.2%); rear-end, 9 (24.3%); and sideswipe, 2 (5.4%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 9 deaths (24.3%). This means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, such as striking a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle or fixed object, or a rollover. A vehicle stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separate truck accident configuration figures count deaths by the number of vehicles involved: single-vehicle crashes recorded 7 (18.9%), two-vehicle crashes recorded 22 (59.5%), and crashes involving three or more vehicles recorded 8 (21.6%). Configuration is separate from manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate truck accident deaths numbered 9, or 24.3%. The listed route-coded count for I-75 was 9 deaths. These figures use the interstate route classification plus a parseable interstate route number; the listed route 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 19 deaths (51.4%). Nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 18 (48.6%). Urban locations recorded 14 deaths (37.8%), and rural locations recorded 23 (62.2%). Work-zone records counted 1 death, a measure of deaths rather than trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Florida and the United States

Collier County's truck accident death rate was 1.9 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. Florida's rate was 1.6, and the United States rate was 1.6. The county rate was higher than both. These rates use deaths recorded at crash locations and do not identify the people who died as county residents.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Among the listed neighboring counties, Miami-Dade County had a rate of 0.7, Broward County had 0.8, and Lee County had 1.5. Collier County's rate was higher than each of those rates. Lee County had the highest rate among the listed neighboring counties. The rates do 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 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. Truck accident counts are assigned to the crash county, not the person's home county. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 records are Final Files; 2024 uses the Annual Report File and may change. Rates divide deaths by summed annual Census Bureau population estimates for 2020 through 2024, from Vintage 2025, then multiply by 100,000. The separately displayed 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 Broward County, Florida (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Lee County, Florida (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Miami-Dade County, Florida (2020-2024)

On related publications

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