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

Truck accident deaths in Lake County by year

Truck accident deaths rose from 11 in 2020 to 12 in 2021, then fell to 8 in 2022. The count rose to 17 in 2023 before falling to 9 in 2024. The highest count was in 2023, and the lowest was in 2022. The 2024 count was 2 deaths lower than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The annual share of traffic deaths involving large trucks followed a different sequence: 20.8% in 2020, 18.8% in 2021, 10.8% in 2022, 20.5% in 2023 and 17.3% in 2024. That share was highest in 2020 and lowest in 2022. Across the reporting period, the average was 11.4 truck accident deaths per year.^{[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 Lake County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 7 deaths, or 12.3%. People in other vehicles accounted for 49 deaths, or 86.0%, the largest share of truck accident deaths. The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 1 death, or 1.8%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

That quoted label represents the FARS nonoccupant grouping, including pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. Its other category can include occupants of parked motor vehicles. It therefore should not be read as a literal test of whether someone was outside a vehicle.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

The vehicle records identify 53 large trucks in fatal crashes in Lake County from 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors, described as semi or tractor-trailer units, accounted for 26 trucks and 49.1% of the large trucks recorded. Single-unit and other large trucks accounted for 27 trucks. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 1.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These are vehicle counts, separate from the 47 fatal crashes and 57 truck accident deaths. A fatal crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the trucks table does not represent a count of individual 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 20 deaths, or 35.1%; head-on for 12, or 21.1%; rear-end for 13, or 22.8%; and sideswipe for 6, or 10.5%. "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 6 deaths, or 10.5%. This means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, which can include a vehicle stopped in traffic. Examples include rollovers or striking a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle or fixed object.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, truck accident deaths by crash configuration were single-vehicle: 4, or 7.0%; two-vehicle: 37, or 64.9%; and three or more vehicles: 16, or 28.1%. These shares describe vehicle involvement rather than manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

The route-coded interstate category recorded 0 truck accident deaths, or 0.0%. This category requires an interstate route code and a parseable interstate number; the packet supplies no individual interstate route counts. The route-coded subset does not describe the full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime, from 6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m., accounted for 40 deaths, or 70.2%. Nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 17 deaths, or 29.8%. Urban locations recorded 22 deaths, or 38.6%, while rural locations recorded 35, or 61.4%. Work-zone records identified 5 deaths, a count of people killed rather than trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Florida and the United States

Lake County's truck accident death rate was 2.8 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents. Florida and the United States each recorded a rate of 1.6. Among the listed neighboring counties, Polk County had the highest rate at 2.9, followed by Marion County at 2.7, Volusia County at 1.6 and Orange County at 1.0. Lake County's rate was lower than Polk County's and higher than those of the other listed neighbors.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

The rates divide deaths from 2020 through 2024 by the sum of annual Census population estimates and multiply by 100,000. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. These are population-based rates for deaths at crash locations, not counts of county residents killed.^{[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 an occupant or nonoccupant death within 30 days. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. The 2020 through 2023 records are Final Files; 2024 uses the Annual Report File, subject to revision.^[9][6][7][8]

For readers searching "truck accident lawyer," these counts group deaths by crash county, not home county. Rates use deaths divided by summed annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025, multiplied by 100,000, yielding average annual deaths per 100,000 residents. They do not adjust 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 Marion County, Florida (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Orange County, Florida (2020-2024)

On related publications

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