Truck accident statistics for St. Lucie County, Florida (2020-2024)

Truck accident deaths in St. Lucie County by year

Truck accident deaths fell from 7 in 2020 to 5 in 2021, then rose to 6 in 2022, 7 in 2023 and 10 in 2024. The highest count was 10 in 2024, and the lowest was 5 in 2021. The 2024 count was 3 deaths higher than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The share of all traffic deaths involving truck accidents was 14.3% in 2020, 10.0% in 2021, 14.6% in 2022, 14.3% in 2023 and 20.0% in 2024. All traffic deaths numbered 49, 50, 41, 49 and 50 in those respective years. These yearly figures count deaths within 30 days of crashes on public roads.^{[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 St. Lucie County truck accidents

People in other vehicles accounted for 23 truck accident deaths, or 65.7%, the largest person category. People in the large truck accounted for 3 deaths, or 8.6%. The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 9 deaths, or 25.7%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

That quoted label denotes the FARS nonoccupant grouping, including pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. The other category can include occupants of vehicles not in transport, such as parked vehicles. It is not a literal test of whether someone was outside a vehicle.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

The fatal truck accident records include 28 large trucks from 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors, meaning semi or tractor-trailer units, numbered 16 and represented 57.1% of those trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 12. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These are vehicle counts, distinct from the 27 fatal crashes and 35 deaths in the county's truck accident records. A crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the trucks table describes vehicles involved rather than a count of separate 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. Rear-end recorded 11 deaths (31.4%), angle (side impact) 8 (22.9%), head-on 4 (11.4%) and sideswipe 2 (5.7%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 10 deaths (28.6%). This means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, such as striking a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle or fixed object, or a rollover. A vehicle in transport can be stopped in traffic.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, truck accident deaths by crash configuration were single-vehicle, 7 (20.0%); two-vehicle, 16 (45.7%); and three or more vehicles, 12 (34.3%). These shares describe vehicle involvement, not manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate-coded truck accident deaths numbered 11, or 31.4%. The listed I-95 count was 11 deaths. These figures require an interstate route classification and a readable interstate route number in the road identifier. The listed route counts describe the packet's route-coded subset, not the full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime recorded 13 deaths (37.1%), and nighttime recorded 22 (62.9%). Urban locations accounted for 25 deaths (71.4%), while rural locations accounted for 10 (28.6%). The work-zone count was 0 deaths. Each of these figures counts people killed in qualifying crashes, rather than trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Florida and the United States

St. Lucie County's 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 United States rate was 1.6. The county rate was higher than both. The corresponding death counts were 35 for St. Lucie County, 1,780 for Florida and 27,553 nationally.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Rates use deaths divided by the sum of annual Census Bureau population estimates, multiplied by 100,000. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. No neighboring county rates are supplied in the fact sheet. For readers searching for a truck accident lawyer, these counts 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 NHTSA's census of fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes. It includes crashes involving a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public when an occupant or nonoccupant dies within 30 days. Counts follow the county where the crash happened, not where those killed lived. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 records are Final Files. The 2024 Annual Report File can change when replaced by the Final File. Rates divide deaths by summed annual Census population estimates for 2020 through 2024, Vintage 2025, and multiply by 100,000. The separate July 1, 2024 population estimate of 391,592 is not the denominator. Rates express average annual deaths per 100,000 residents without adjusting for miles driven or visitors.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

On related publications

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