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

Truck accident deaths in Duval County by year

Truck accident deaths rose from 17 in 2020 to 20 in 2021, then fell to 7 in 2022. The count rose to 12 in 2023 and 13 in 2024. The highest count was 20 in 2021, and the lowest was 7 in 2022. The 2024 count was 4 deaths lower than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The annual share of traffic deaths occurring in truck accidents followed the same sequence: 9.1%, 10.5%, 4.7%, 7.3% and 8.6%. All traffic deaths numbered 187 in 2020, 191 in 2021, 150 in 2022, 165 in 2023 and 152 in 2024. Each year's truck accident share uses that year's traffic death count.^{[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 Duval County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 10 deaths, or 14.5%. People in other vehicles accounted for 47 deaths, or 68.1%, the majority of truck accident deaths. The row labeled "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 12 deaths, or 17.4%.^{[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. Occupants of motor vehicles not in transport, such as parked vehicles, can fall within the other category. Thus, whether someone was outside a vehicle is not a literal test applied by the grouping.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

The truck accident vehicle records identify 68 large trucks in fatal crashes during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors, described in the table as semi or tractor-trailer units, numbered 39 and represented 57.4% of those large trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 29. Large trucks recorded as jackknifed numbered 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These are vehicle counts, distinct from the 66 fatal crashes and 69 deaths. A truck crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the truck count is not a count of separate crashes. The truck-tractor percentage describes the vehicles, not the people who died.^{[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 19 deaths (27.5%); head-on, 7 (10.1%); rear-end, 19 (27.5%); sideswipe, 3 (4.3%); and not reported, 1 (1.4%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 20 deaths (29.0%). This means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport: examples include a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle, fixed object or rollover. Vehicles stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, truck accident configuration records show single-vehicle crashes accounted for 14 deaths (20.3%), two-vehicle crashes for 44 (63.8%), and crashes involving three or more vehicles for 11 (15.9%). These shares describe vehicle configuration, distinct from manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate truck accident deaths numbered 29, or 42.0%. The listed route-coded counts were 14 on I-295, 11 on I-95 and 4 on I-10. These records require interstate route coding and a parseable interstate number; the listed routes are 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 38 deaths (55.1%); nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 31 (44.9%). Urban records had 64 deaths (92.8%), rural records had 4 (5.8%), and land use was not reported for 1 (1.4%). Work-zone records counted 4 deaths, rather than trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Florida and the United States

Duval 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 listed neighboring counties had rates of 2.1 in St. Johns County and 4.3 in Nassau County. Duval County's rate was lower than each of these comparison rates.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Among the listed neighboring counties, Nassau County had the higher rate, while St. Johns County had the higher death count: 32 deaths compared with Nassau County's 21. Rates use the sum of annual Census population estimates and do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. They describe deaths at crash locations relative to population, not deaths grouped by the deceased person's residence.^{[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 on trafficways customarily open to the public, with a death within 30 days. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. The 2020 through 2023 records are Final Files; 2024 uses the revisable Annual Report File. For readers searching "truck accident lawyer," these counts group deaths by crash county, not home county.^[9][6][7][8]

Rates divide 2020 through 2024 deaths by the sum of annual Census Bureau population estimates, Vintage 2025, then multiply by 100,000. This yields average annual deaths per 100,000 residents without adjustment for miles driven or visitors. The separate July 1, 2024 population estimate of 1,054,732 is not the rate denominator.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

• Truck accident statistics for Nassau County, Florida (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for St. Johns County, Florida (2020-2024)

On related publications

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