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

Truck accident deaths in Pasco County by year

Annual truck accident deaths fell from 10 in 2020 to 5 in 2021, then rose to 13 in 2022. The count fell to 8 in 2023 and remained at 8 in 2024. The highest count was 13 in 2022, while the lowest was 5 in 2021. The 2024 count was 2 deaths lower than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The share of all traffic deaths occurring in truck accidents was 9.3% in 2020, 4.8% in 2021, 12.4% in 2022, 8.7% in 2023 and 7.2% in 2024. All traffic deaths numbered 107, 105, 105, 92 and 111 in those respective years. These yearly figures count deaths, rather than the number of fatal crashes.^{[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 Pasco County truck accidents

People in other vehicles accounted for 35 truck accident deaths, or 79.5%, the largest person category. People in the large truck accounted for 1 death, or 2.3%. The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 8 deaths, or 18.2%, during 2020 through 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The FARS nonoccupant grouping is what that quoted label refers to, encompassing pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. Whether someone was outside a vehicle is not literally what the grouping tests: occupants of motor vehicles not in transport, such as parked vehicles, can also be included.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

The vehicle table records 43 large trucks involved in fatal crashes in Pasco County from 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors (semi or tractor-trailer units) numbered 20, representing 46.5% of those large trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 23. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These are vehicle counts, separate from the 41 fatal crashes and 44 truck accident deaths. A crash can involve multiple large trucks. The truck-tractor share therefore describes the vehicles recorded, rather than a share of crashes or people killed.^{[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 18 deaths, head-on 4, rear-end 7, sideswipe 4 and Other 1. "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 10 deaths. That label means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport; examples include 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, truck accident deaths by crash configuration were single-vehicle, 7 (15.9%); two-vehicle, 27 (61.4%); and three or more vehicles, 10 (22.7%). These shares describe deaths by the number of vehicles involved, a different classification from manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate-coded truck accident deaths numbered 7, or 15.9%, with 7 recorded for I-75. These figures require an interstate route code and a parseable interstate route number. The listed route counts describe 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 28 deaths (63.6%); nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 16 (36.4%). Urban locations recorded 37 deaths (84.1%), and rural locations recorded 7 (15.9%). The work-zone count was 1 death. Each of these figures counts deaths in truck accidents, rather than trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Florida and the United States

Pasco County's truck accident death rate was 1.4 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. Florida's rate was 1.6, and the national rate was 1.6. Pasco's rate was lower than both. These rates do not adjust for miles driven or visitors.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Among the listed neighboring counties, Polk recorded 2.9, Hillsborough 1.4, Pinellas 0.6 and Sumter 3.5. Pasco's rate matched Hillsborough's, was higher than Pinellas's and was lower than Polk's and Sumter's. Sumter had the highest rate among the listed neighboring counties, while Pinellas had the lowest. The comparison uses average annual deaths per 100,000 residents throughout, rather than comparing death counts alone.^{[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 on a trafficway customarily open to the public and a death within 30 days. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. For readers searching "truck accident lawyer," these counts are grouped by crash county, not where those killed lived.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 records are Final Files; 2024 uses the Annual Report File, subject to revision. Rates divide deaths by summed annual Census Bureau population estimates for 2020 through 2024, using Vintage 2025, then 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 denominator.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

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

On related publications

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