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

Truck accident deaths in Pinellas County by year

Annual truck accident deaths were 0 in 2020, 8 in 2021, 9 in 2022, 4 in 2023 and 7 in 2024. The highest count was 9 in 2022, and the lowest was 0 in 2020. The 2024 count was 7 deaths higher than the 2020 count. Counts rose through 2022, fell in 2023 and rose again in 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The corresponding shares of all traffic deaths were 0.0%, 5.1%, 7.3%, 3.6% and 6.5%, respectively. All traffic deaths numbered 108 in 2020, 158 in 2021, 123 in 2022, 112 in 2023 and 108 in 2024. The highest truck accident death count occurred in 2022, while the highest all-traffic death count occurred in 2021.^{[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 Pinellas County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 1 death, or 3.6%. People in other vehicles accounted for 17 deaths, or 60.7%, the largest share of truck accident deaths. The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 10 deaths, or 35.7%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

That quoted label represents the FARS nonoccupant grouping, which includes pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. The label does not literally test whether someone was outside a vehicle: the other category can include occupants of motor vehicles not in transport, such as parked vehicles.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

The truck accident records counted 27 large trucks in fatal crashes during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors (semi or tractor-trailer units) numbered 7 and represented 25.9% of those trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 20. Large trucks recorded as jackknifed numbered 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These figures count vehicles, distinct from the 26 fatal crashes and 28 deaths recorded for the period. A crash can involve multiple large trucks. The truck-tractor share therefore describes the large trucks involved, rather than the share of fatal crashes or the share of people who died.^{[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 (25.0%), head-on for 1 (3.6%), rear-end for 6 (21.4%) and sideswipe for 3 (10.7%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" accounted for 11 (39.3%). This means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport; examples include striking a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle or fixed object, or a rollover. Vehicles stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, truck accident deaths by crash configuration were 10 (35.7%) in single-vehicle crashes, 11 (39.3%) in two-vehicle crashes and 7 (25.0%) in crashes involving three or more vehicles. Configuration describes vehicle involvement, separate from manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate truck accident deaths numbered 3, or 10.7% of the county total. The listed I-275 count was 3 deaths. Interstate identification requires ROUTE=1 and a parseable I-route number in TWAY_ID; the listed routes represent 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 15 deaths (53.6%). Nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 13 deaths (46.4%). Urban locations recorded 28 deaths (100.0%), and rural locations recorded 0 (0.0%). Work-zone records counted 1 death, a count of people killed rather than trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Florida and the United States

The average annual truck accident death rate was 0.6 per 100,000 residents in Pinellas County, compared with 1.6 for Florida and 1.6 for the United States. Pinellas County's rate was lower than both. Among the listed neighboring counties, Hillsborough County and Pasco County each had a rate of 1.4, also higher than Pinellas County's rate.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

These are average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. The calculation uses deaths at crash locations and the sum of annual Census population estimates. It does not adjust for miles driven or visitors. The accompanying death counts were 28 for Pinellas County, 1,780 for Florida, 27,553 nationally, 110 for Hillsborough County and 44 for Pasco County.^{[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. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. When reading these counts during a truck accident lawyer search, keep their grouping by crash county in mind; they do not identify where those killed lived.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 figures use FARS Final Files; 2024 uses the revisable Annual Report File. Rates divide period deaths by summed annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025, then multiply by 100,000. They express 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 Hillsborough County, Florida (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Pasco County, Florida (2020-2024)
• Large truck (crash data definition)

On related publications

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