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

Truck accident deaths in Hernando County by year

Truck accident deaths numbered 4 in 2020, 3 in 2021, 5 in 2022, 5 in 2023 and 3 in 2024. The highest count was shared by 2022 and 2023, while 2021 and 2024 shared the lowest count. The 2024 count was 1 death lower than the 2020 count. Deaths fell in 2021, rose in 2022, remained unchanged in 2023 and fell in 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

All traffic deaths numbered 44 in 2020, 33 in 2021, 45 in 2022, 45 in 2023 and 44 in 2024. The truck accident share was 9.1% in both 2020 and 2021, 11.1% in both 2022 and 2023, and 6.8% 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 Hernando County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 3 deaths, or 15.0%, while People in other vehicles accounted for 15 deaths, or 75.0%. People in other vehicles were the largest person category in the county's truck accident death counts for 2020 through 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 2 deaths, or 10.0%. This is the FARS nonoccupant grouping, including pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. The other category can include occupants of parked motor vehicles, so the label does not strictly identify whether someone was outside a vehicle.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

The truck accident vehicle counts include 19 large trucks in fatal crashes during 2020 through 2024. Of those trucks, 7 were truck-tractors, described in the table as semi or tractor-trailer units. Truck-tractors represented 36.8% of the large trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks accounted for 12 vehicles.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

There were 3 large trucks recorded as jackknifed. Each measure in this table counts trucks, not fatal crashes or deaths. A truck accident can involve multiple large trucks, so the vehicle counts must retain their vehicle labels when read alongside the county's crash and death figures.^{[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 9 deaths (45.0%), head-on for 3 (15.0%), rear-end for 3 (15.0%) and sideswipe for 0 (0.0%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" accounted for 5 deaths (25.0%). It means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, such as a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle or fixed-object impact, or a rollover. A vehicle in transport can be stopped in traffic.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separate truck accident configuration figures group deaths by the number of vehicles involved: single-vehicle crashes accounted for 5 deaths (25.0%), two-vehicle crashes for 12 (60.0%), and crashes involving three or more vehicles for 3 (15.0%). These describe configuration rather than manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate-coded truck accident deaths numbered 0, a 0.0% share. This classification requires ROUTE=1 and a parseable I-route number in TWAY_ID. The packet supplies no individual interstate route counts; its route-coded figures do not describe the full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime accounted for 9 deaths (45.0%), and nighttime accounted for 11 (55.0%). The daytime interval is 6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m.; nighttime is 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m. Urban locations recorded 11 deaths (55.0%), while rural locations recorded 9 (45.0%). Work-zone truck accident deaths numbered 0. The work-zone figure counts deaths, not trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Florida and the United States

Hernando 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 national rate was 1.6. The county rate was higher than each of those rates. Among the listed neighboring counties, Pasco County recorded 1.4 and Sumter County recorded 3.5. Hernando County's rate was higher than Pasco County's and lower than Sumter County's.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

These rates divide deaths by the sum of annual Census population estimates and multiply by 100,000. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. For readers searching for a truck accident lawyer, keep the grouping in mind: these figures count deaths by crash location, not by the home county of the people who died.^{[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. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. County counts use crash location, not the deceased person's residence.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 figures use FARS Final Files. The 2024 Annual Report File can change when replaced by the Final File. Rates divide 2020 through 2024 deaths by summed annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025 and 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 is not the rate denominator.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

• Truck accident statistics for Pasco County, Florida (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Sumter County, Florida (2020-2024)

On related publications

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