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

Truck accident deaths in Miami-Dade County by year

Truck accident deaths rose from 15 in 2020 to 28 in 2021, then fell to 23 in 2022 and 6 in 2023. The count rose to 19 in 2024. The highest year was 2021, while 2023 had the lowest count. The 2024 count was 4 deaths higher than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The annual truck accident shares of all traffic deaths were 4.8% in 2020, 8.0% in 2021, 7.5% in 2022, 1.8% in 2023 and 6.8% in 2024. Corresponding all-traffic death counts were 314, 352, 307, 325 and 279. Across 2020 through 2024, the average was 18.2 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 Miami-Dade County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 7 deaths, or 7.7%. People in other vehicles accounted for 53 deaths, or 58.2%, the largest person category. These figures count people killed in truck accidents, rather than vehicles involved.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 31 deaths, or 34.1%. This is the FARS nonoccupant grouping, which includes pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. Despite the table label, the category can include occupants of motor vehicles not in transport, such as parked vehicles; it is not a literal test of being outside a vehicle.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

The truck accident vehicle counts list 89 large trucks involved in fatal crashes during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors, described in the table as semi or tractor-trailer units, numbered 35 and represented 39.3% of those large trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 54. Large trucks recorded as jackknifed numbered 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

Each figure in this table counts trucks, not fatal crashes or deaths. A crash can involve multiple large trucks. The county's 87 fatal crashes and 91 truck accident deaths are separate measures and should retain those labels when read alongside the vehicle counts.^{[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 32 deaths (35.2%); head-on, 3 (3.3%); rear-end, 17 (18.7%); sideswipe, 3 (3.3%); and Other, 1 (1.1%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 35 (38.5%). That row means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, including events involving pedestrians, cyclists, parked vehicles, fixed objects or rollovers. Vehicles stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, truck accident deaths by crash configuration were single-vehicle, 31 (34.1%); two-vehicle, 45 (49.5%); and three or more vehicles, 15 (16.5%). Configuration counts vehicles involved; it is separate from manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate-coded truck accident deaths numbered 8, or 8.8%. The listed route counts were 5 deaths on I-95 and 3 on I-75. These figures require ROUTE=1 and a parseable interstate route number in TWAY_ID. The 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 42 deaths (46.2%); nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 49 (53.8%). Urban locations recorded 82 deaths (90.1%), rural locations 8 (8.8%), and land use was not reported for 1 (1.1%). Work-zone truck accident deaths numbered 2; that 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

Miami-Dade County's truck accident death rate was 0.7 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. Florida's rate was 1.6, and the national rate was 1.6. Among the listed neighboring counties, Broward County had a rate of 0.8 and Collier County had a rate of 1.9. Miami-Dade's rate was lower than each of these comparison rates.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

The rates use deaths at the crash location and annual Census population estimates. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors, and they do not measure deaths by the deceased person's residence. For readers searching for a truck accident lawyer, keep that location-based grouping in mind when reading these figures.^{[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 follow 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 the sum of annual Census Bureau population estimates, Vintage 2025, and 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 is not the rate denominator.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

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

On related publications

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