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

Truck accident deaths in Volusia County by year

Annual truck accident deaths were 6 in 2020, 6 in 2021, 15 in 2022, 9 in 2023 and 9 in 2024. The highest count was 15 in 2022. The lowest count was 6, recorded in both 2020 and 2021. The 2024 count was 3 deaths higher than the 2020 count, while remaining unchanged from 2023.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The share of all traffic deaths attributed to truck accidents was 4.4% in 2020, 4.1% in 2021, 11.5% in 2022, 8.2% in 2023 and 8.3% in 2024. All traffic deaths numbered 137, 148, 131, 110 and 108 in those respective years. The highest truck accident death share occurred in 2022; the lowest 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 Volusia County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 5 deaths, or 11.1%. People in other vehicles accounted for 36 deaths, or 80.0%, the largest person category. The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 4 deaths, or 8.9%. Each share uses the 45 truck accident deaths recorded from 2020 through 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

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

The trucks involved

Fatal truck crashes in Volusia County involved 48 large trucks during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors (semi or tractor-trailer units) numbered 19 and represented 39.6% of those large trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 29. The records also identified 2 large trucks as jackknifed.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These figures count vehicles involved in fatal crashes. They are distinct from the 42 fatal crashes and 45 deaths recorded for the period. A crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the truck accident vehicle count should not be read as 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 15 deaths (33.3%), angle (side impact) 13 (28.9%), head-on 6 (13.3%) and sideswipe 1 (2.2%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 10 deaths (22.2%). This means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, including events such as 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 crash configuration counts vehicles involved: single-vehicle crashes recorded 6 deaths (13.3%), two-vehicle crashes 27 (60.0%), and crashes involving three or more vehicles 12 (26.7%). These death shares describe configuration, a separate classification from manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate truck accident deaths numbered 11, or 24.4%. The listed route-coded counts were I-95 with 8 deaths, I-4 with 2 and I-955 with 1. Interstate identification requires an interstate route classification and a parseable I-route number in the roadway identifier. These listed routes are the packet's route-coded subset, not a full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime (6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m.) recorded 26 deaths, or 57.8%; nighttime (6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m.) recorded 19, or 42.2%. Urban locations recorded 39 deaths (86.7%) and rural locations 6 (13.3%). Work-zone deaths numbered 0. These location and time figures count deaths, not 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 per 100,000 residents was 1.6 in Volusia County, the same displayed rate as Florida at 1.6 and the United States at 1.6. Among the listed neighboring counties, the rates were 1.0 in Orange County, 2.8 in Lake County, 2.7 in Marion County and 1.3 in Brevard County. Volusia's rate was higher than Orange's and Brevard's, and lower than Lake's and Marion's.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

These are average annual deaths per 100,000 residents, calculated using deaths and annual Census population estimates for 2020 through 2024. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. When reading these figures while searching for a truck accident lawyer, keep the crash-location grouping separate from the population measure used for rates.^{[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 dying within 30 days. Counts follow 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; 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. The separate July 1, 2024 population estimate is not the denominator. Rates measure average annual deaths per 100,000 residents without adjustment for miles driven or visitors.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

• Truck accident statistics for Brevard County, Florida (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Lake County, Florida (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Marion County, Florida (2020-2024)

On related publications

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