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

Truck accident deaths in Sarasota County by year

Annual truck accident deaths fell from 6 in 2020 to 5 in 2021, rose to 8 in 2022, and fell to 3 in 2023. The count remained 3 in 2024. The highest count occurred in 2022; 2023 and 2024 shared the lowest count. The 2024 count was 3 deaths lower than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The corresponding shares of all traffic deaths were 9.8% in 2020, 8.2% in 2021, 13.8% in 2022, 5.2% in 2023 and 5.4% in 2024. All traffic deaths numbered 61, 61, 58, 58 and 56 in those respective years. Although truck accident deaths were unchanged from 2023 to 2024, their share of all traffic deaths increased.^{[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 Sarasota County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 7 deaths, or 28.0%. People in other vehicles accounted for 13 deaths, or 52.0%, the largest share of truck accident deaths. The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" accounted for 5 deaths, or 20.0%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The FARS nonoccupant grouping is what that quoted label denotes. This grouping includes pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. Occupants of vehicles not in transport, such as parked vehicles, can fall within the other category. Consequently, the label does not literally test whether someone was outside a vehicle.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

The fatal truck accident records include 30 large trucks from 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors, described in the table as semi or tractor-trailer units, numbered 9 and represented 30.0% of those trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 21. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These are vehicle counts, distinct from the county's 22 fatal crashes and 25 deaths. A crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the trucks table describes the vehicles involved rather than a separate count 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) accounted for 4 deaths (16.0%), head-on for 2 (8.0%), rear-end for 6 (24.0%), and sideswipe for 3 (12.0%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" accounted for 10 (40.0%). It means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, encompassing events such as striking a pedestrian or parked vehicle, 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 8 (32.0%) in single-vehicle crashes, 9 (36.0%) in two-vehicle crashes, and 8 (32.0%) in crashes involving three or more vehicles. 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 9, representing 36.0% of the county total. The listed I-75 count was 9 deaths. These figures use the interstate route classification with a parseable interstate route number; the listed route is 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 19 deaths (76.0%). Nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 6 (24.0%). Urban locations recorded 18 deaths (72.0%), and rural locations recorded 7 (28.0%). Work-zone records accounted for 2 deaths, 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

Sarasota County's truck accident death rate was 1.1 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. Florida's rate was 1.6, and the United States rate was 1.6. The county rate was lower than each of these rates. The listed neighboring county rates were 1.5 for Manatee County, 2.5 for Charlotte County and 12.4 for DeSoto County.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Among the listed neighboring counties, DeSoto County had the highest rate and Manatee County the lowest. Sarasota County's rate was lower than each listed neighbor's rate. These population-based rates do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. For readers using the phrase "truck accident lawyer," the counts here are grouped by crash location.^{[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. Inclusion requires a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public and an occupant or nonoccupant death within 30 days. County counts use crash location, not the deceased person's residence. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 records are Final Files; the 2024 Annual Report File can be revised. Rates divide 2020 through 2024 deaths by the sum of annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025, then multiply by 100,000. The separate July 1, 2024 population estimate is not the rate denominator.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

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

On related publications

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