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

Truck accident deaths in Manatee County by year

Truck accident deaths fell from 9 in 2020 to 5 in 2021 and 2 in 2022. They rose to 8 in 2023 and remained at 8 in 2024. The highest count was 9 in 2020, while the lowest was 2 in 2022. The 2024 count was 1 death lower than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The corresponding shares of all traffic deaths were 13.8% in 2020, 7.0% in 2021, 2.9% in 2022, 11.3% in 2023 and 13.1% in 2024. All traffic deaths numbered 65, 71, 69, 71 and 61 in those respective years. Although truck accident deaths were unchanged from 2023 to 2024, their share of all traffic deaths rose.^{[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 Manatee County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 4 deaths, or 12.5%. People in other vehicles accounted for 21 deaths, or 65.6%, the largest person category. The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 7 deaths, or 21.9%.^{[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, so the label is not a literal test of being outside a vehicle. These truck accident deaths are grouped by person category and crash location.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

Fatal truck accidents in Manatee County involved 31 large trucks during 2020 through 2024. Of those vehicles, 12 were truck-tractors (semi or tractor-trailer units), representing 38.7% of the large trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks accounted for 19 vehicles. The number of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 1.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These are vehicle counts, distinct from the 29 fatal crashes and 32 deaths recorded for the period. A truck crash can involve multiple large trucks. The truck-tractor share therefore describes the vehicles in the trucks table, rather than a share of crashes or 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) accounted for 7 deaths (21.9%), head-on for 8 (25.0%), rear-end for 3 (9.4%) and sideswipe for 2 (6.2%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" accounted for 12 deaths (37.5%). This means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, including events involving pedestrians, cyclists, parked vehicles, fixed objects or rollovers. A vehicle stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, truck accident deaths by crash configuration were single-vehicle: 9 (28.1%); two-vehicle: 17 (53.1%); and three or more vehicles: 6 (18.8%). Configuration describes vehicle involvement, distinct from manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate truck accident deaths numbered 5, or 15.6%. The listed route-coded counts were 3 deaths on I-75 and 2 on I-275. These figures require an interstate route classification and a readable I-route number; the listed routes are a coded subset, not a full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime (6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m.) accounted for 22 deaths (68.8%), and nighttime (6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m.) accounted for 10 (31.2%). Urban locations recorded 19 deaths (59.4%), while rural locations recorded 13 (40.6%). Work-zone records accounted for 2 truck accident deaths. The work-zone figure counts deaths, rather than trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Florida and the United States

Manatee County's truck accident death rate was 1.5 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 lower than each of those rates.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Among the listed neighboring counties, the rates were 2.9 for Polk County, 1.4 for Hillsborough County, 1.1 for Sarasota County and 12.4 for DeSoto County. DeSoto County had the highest rate among the listed neighboring counties; Sarasota County had the lowest. These rates divide deaths by the sum of annual population estimates and multiply by 100,000. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors, and the deaths are assigned by crash location.^{[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. It excludes nonfatal crashes and injuries. For readers searching "truck accident lawyer," these counts group deaths by crash county, not where people lived.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 figures use FARS Final Files; 2024 uses the revisable Annual Report File. Rates use summed annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025 for 2020 through 2024, with deaths divided by that sum and multiplied by 100,000. The separate July 1, 2024 population estimate of 458,956 is not the rate denominator.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

• Truck accident statistics for Hillsborough County, Florida (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Polk County, Florida (2020-2024)

On related publications

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