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

Truck accident deaths in Osceola County by year

Truck accident deaths fell from 9 in 2020 to 4 in 2021, then rose to 14 in 2022. The count fell to 8 in 2023 and to 6 in 2024. The highest year was 2022, while the lowest was 2021. The 2024 count was 3 deaths lower than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The annual share of all traffic deaths was 15.3% in 2020, 6.7% in 2021, 18.4% in 2022, 9.9% in 2023 and 12.5% in 2024. Although truck accident deaths fell from 2023 to 2024, their share rose. All traffic deaths numbered 81 in 2023 and 48 in 2024. The highest truck accident death count and share both occurred in 2022.^{[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 Osceola County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 5 deaths, or 12.2%. People in other vehicles accounted for 29 deaths, or 70.7%, the largest person category. The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 7 deaths, or 17.1%. These categories describe people who died in truck accidents, rather than counts of vehicles involved.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The FARS nonoccupant grouping is represented by the quoted label and includes pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. Occupants of motor vehicles not in transport, such as parked vehicles, can be included in that grouping; it is not a literal test of whether someone was outside a vehicle.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

Fatal crashes in Osceola County involved 40 large trucks during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors (semi or tractor-trailer units) numbered 21, representing 52.5% of those large trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 19. The table also records 1 large truck as jackknifed.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

Each figure in this table counts vehicles, not fatal crashes or deaths. A truck accident can involve multiple large trucks, so the 40 large trucks and the 35 fatal crashes describe different measures. Likewise, the jackknifed truck count is a vehicle measure and does not state a number of 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. Rear-end collisions accounted for 18 deaths (43.9%), head-on for 9 (22.0%), angle (side impact) for 5 (12.2%) and sideswipe for 1 (2.4%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" accounted for 8 deaths (19.5%). This means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, including events such as striking a pedestrian, 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 classifies truck accident deaths by vehicle count: single-vehicle crashes accounted for 7 deaths (17.1%), two-vehicle crashes for 19 (46.3%) and crashes involving three or more vehicles for 15 (36.6%).^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Route-coded interstate crashes accounted for 5 truck accident deaths, or 12.2%. The listed I-4 count was 5 deaths. These interstate figures require ROUTE=1 and a parseable I-route number in TWAY_ID; the listed routes are a 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 23 deaths (56.1%). Nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 18 deaths (43.9%). Urban locations recorded 25 deaths (61.0%), and rural locations recorded 16 (39.0%). Work-zone records identified 2 deaths. The work-zone figure counts people who died, rather than trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Florida and the United States

The Osceola County truck accident death rate was 1.9 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 of those rates.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Among the listed neighboring counties, Polk County had the highest rate at 2.9, followed by Lake County at 2.8. Brevard County's rate was 1.3, and Orange County had the lowest at 1.0. Osceola County's rate was lower than Polk County's and Lake County's, and higher than Brevard County's and Orange County's. These rates use deaths at the crash location and annual population estimates. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors.^{[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. Counts use crash location, not residence. Readers searching for a truck accident lawyer should read these counts as grouped by crash location.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 figures use FARS Final Files; 2024 uses the revisable Annual Report File. Rates divide 2020 through 2024 deaths by the sum of annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025 and multiply by 100,000. This gives average annual deaths per 100,000 residents without adjusting 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 Brevard County, Florida (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Highlands County, Florida (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Lake County, Florida (2020-2024)
• Large truck (crash data definition)

On related publications

• Florida truck accident statistics (2020-2024) (truckaccidentlawyers.wiki)
• I-4 truck accidents in Florida (2020-2024) (truckaccidentlawyers.wiki)
• Car accident statistics for Osceola County, Florida (2020-2024) (caraccidentlawyers.wiki)