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

Truck accident deaths in Nassau County by year

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

The annual share of traffic deaths attributed to truck accidents was 31.2% in 2020, 20.0% in 2021, 21.4% in 2022, 38.1% in 2023 and 20.0% in 2024. All traffic deaths numbered 16, 10, 14, 21 and 15 in those respective years. These annual figures count deaths at crash locations within Nassau County.^{[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 Nassau County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 3 deaths, or 14.3%, while People in other vehicles accounted for 16 deaths, or 76.2%. People in other vehicles were the largest category of truck accident deaths during 2020 through 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The row labeled "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 2 deaths, or 9.5%. This is the FARS nonoccupant grouping, covering pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. The category can include occupants of vehicles not in transport, such as parked vehicles; its label is not a literal test of whether someone was outside a vehicle.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

The truck accident vehicle counts list 20 large trucks in fatal crashes from 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors, described as semi or tractor-trailer units, numbered 12 and represented 60.0% of those large trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 8. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These figures count vehicles, rather than crashes or deaths. A fatal crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the truck categories describe the vehicles involved. Nassau County's separate totals were 20 fatal crashes and 21 deaths during the period.^{[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. Rear-end truck accident deaths numbered 8 (38.1%); angle (side impact), 4 (19.0%); head-on, 3 (14.3%); sideswipe, 0 (0.0%); and Other, 1 (4.8%).^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

"Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 5 deaths (23.8%). It means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, including events such as striking a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle or fixed object, or a rollover. A vehicle stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, crash configuration counts vehicles involved: single-vehicle crashes accounted for 3 deaths (14.3%), two-vehicle crashes for 16 (76.2%), and crashes involving three or more vehicles for 2 (9.5%). These shares describe deaths, not numbers of crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate truck accident deaths numbered 6, representing 28.6% of the period's deaths. The listed route-coded count for I-95 was 6 deaths. Interstate classification requires ROUTE=1 and a parseable interstate route number in TWAY_ID. The listed routes represent the packet's 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 13 deaths (61.9%); nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 8 (38.1%). Urban locations recorded 8 deaths (38.1%), and rural locations recorded 13 (61.9%). Work-zone truck accident deaths numbered 1; that figure counts deaths, not trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Florida and the United States

Nassau County's truck accident death rate was 4.3 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. The listed neighboring county, Duval County, had a rate of 1.3, also lower than Nassau County's rate.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

The corresponding death counts were 21 in Nassau County, 1,780 in Florida, 27,553 nationally and 69 in Duval County. 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, these figures group deaths by crash location, not by where the people lived.^{[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 census of fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes is FARS. To qualify for inclusion, a crash must involve a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public and the death of an occupant or nonoccupant within 30 days. Neither nonfatal crashes nor injuries are included. Counts by county are based on where the crash occurred, not where the deceased person resided.^[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 use deaths from 2020 through 2024 divided by summed annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025, multiplied by 100,000. They measure average annual deaths per 100,000 residents without adjustment for miles driven or visitors. The separate July 1, 2024 population estimate is not the denominator.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

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