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

Truck accident deaths in Lee County by year

Truck accident deaths increased each year: 9 in 2020, 10 in 2021, 12 in 2022, 15 in 2023 and 16 in 2024. The highest count was 16 in 2024, and the lowest was 9 in 2020. The 2024 count was 7 deaths higher than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The share of all traffic deaths occurring in truck accidents also increased, from 8.4% in 2020 to 8.6% in 2021, 8.9% in 2022, 12.5% in 2023 and 13.1% in 2024. All traffic deaths followed a different sequence: 107, 116, 135, 120 and 122 for those respective years. The highest all-traffic death count was in 2022, while truck accident deaths were highest 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 Lee County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 5 deaths, or 8.1%. People in other vehicles accounted for 44 deaths, or 71.0%, the largest share of truck accident deaths. The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 13 deaths, or 21.0%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants are included in the FARS nonoccupant grouping represented by that quoted label. Occupants of motor vehicles not in transport, such as parked vehicles, can fall within the other category. Whether someone was outside a vehicle is not what the label literally tests.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

Fatal truck accident records for 2020 through 2024 included 62 large trucks. Truck-tractors, described as semi or tractor-trailer units, numbered 13 and represented 21.0% of those trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 49. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These figures count vehicles involved in fatal crashes, rather than crashes or deaths. A crash can involve multiple large trucks. The 62 large trucks therefore remain a separate measure from the county's 58 fatal truck accident crashes and 62 deaths.^{[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 23 deaths (37.1%); Head-on, 4 (6.5%); Rear-end, 15 (24.2%); Sideswipe, 3 (4.8%); and Other, 1 (1.6%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 16 deaths (25.8%). This means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, including events such as striking a pedestrian or parked vehicle, or a rollover. Vehicles stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, truck accident deaths by crash configuration were Single-vehicle, 14 (22.6%); Two-vehicle, 37 (59.7%); and Three or more vehicles, 11 (17.7%). These shares group deaths by the number of vehicles in the crash, rather than its manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate-coded truck accident deaths numbered 9, or 14.5%. The listed I-75 count was 9 deaths. Interstate figures require ROUTE=1 and a parseable interstate route number in TWAY_ID; listed routes are a 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 37 deaths (59.7%). Nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 25 (40.3%). Urban records listed 54 deaths (87.1%), rural records 7 (11.3%), and land use not reported 1 (1.6%). Work-zone records counted 3 truck accident deaths. That work-zone figure measures deaths, not trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Florida and the United States

Lee County's truck accident death rate was 1.5 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents, compared with 1.6 for Florida and 1.6 nationally. Listed neighboring counties had rates of 1.9 for Collier County and 2.5 for Charlotte County. Lee County's rate was lower than each of those rates. Among the listed neighboring counties, Charlotte County had the higher rate.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

The calculation divides 2020 through 2024 deaths by the sum of annual Census Bureau population estimates, then multiplies by 100,000. It does not adjust for miles driven or visitors. The separate July 1, 2024 population estimate of 861,667 is not the denominator. For readers searching for a truck accident lawyer, these figures group deaths by crash location, not 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

NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System 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. FARS excludes nonfatal crashes and injuries. County counts use the crash location recorded in the FARS accident file, not where the people who died lived.^[9][6][7][8]

Records for 2020 through 2023 come from FARS Final Files. The 2024 Annual Report File can change when NHTSA replaces it with the Final File. Population estimates used for the average annual rate are Census Bureau Vintage 2025 estimates for 2020 through 2024; the calculation uses their sum rather than the separate 2024 population figure.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

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

On related publications

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