Truck accident statistics for Chatham County, Georgia (2020-2024)

Truck accident deaths in Chatham County by year

Deaths in truck accidents rose from 7 in 2020 to 9 in 2021, then fell to 6 in 2022 and 3 in 2023. The count rose to 5 in 2024. The highest count was 9 in 2021, and the lowest was 3 in 2023. The 2024 count was 2 deaths lower than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The annual shares of all traffic deaths were 20.6% in 2020, 22.5% in 2021, 15.0% in 2022, 7.7% in 2023 and 17.2% in 2024. All traffic deaths numbered 34 in 2020, 40 in 2021, 40 in 2022, 39 in 2023 and 29 in 2024. These counts describe deaths at crash locations within the county.^{[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 Chatham County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 5 deaths, or 16.7%, while People in other vehicles accounted for 20 deaths, or 66.7%. People in other vehicles were the majority of those killed in the county's truck accidents during 2020 through 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" records 5 deaths, or 16.7%. This is the FARS nonoccupant grouping, including pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. The category can include occupants of parked motor vehicles, so its label does not mean that every person was physically outside a vehicle.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

Fatal crashes in Chatham County involved 28 large trucks during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors, identified in the table as semi or tractor-trailer units, numbered 18 and represented 64.3% of the large trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 10. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These are vehicle counts, distinct from the 26 fatal crashes and 30 truck accident deaths recorded for the period. A crash can involve multiple large trucks. The truck-tractor share therefore describes the large trucks involved, 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) accounted for 10 deaths (33.3%), head-on for 2 (6.7%), rear-end for 7 (23.3%), sideswipe for 1 (3.3%) and Other for 1 (3.3%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" accounted for 9 deaths (30.0%). This means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, including events involving pedestrians, cyclists, parked vehicles, fixed objects or rollovers. A vehicle in transport can be stopped in traffic.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, crash configuration records single-vehicle deaths at 7 (23.3%), two-vehicle deaths at 20 (66.7%) and deaths in crashes involving three or more vehicles at 3 (10.0%). These describe vehicle counts in crashes, separate from manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate-coded truck accident deaths numbered 14, or 46.7%. The listed route counts were 9 deaths on I-95 and 5 on I-16. These figures require interstate route coding and a parseable I-route number; the listed routes are 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 16 deaths (53.3%). Nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 14 (46.7%). Urban locations recorded 24 deaths (80.0%), rural locations recorded 4 (13.3%), and land use was not reported for 2 (6.7%). Work-zone deaths numbered 2; that figure counts people killed, rather than trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Georgia and the United States

Chatham County's truck accident death rate was 2.0 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. Georgia's rate was 2.1, and the United States rate was 1.6. The county rate was lower than the state rate and higher than the national rate. The corresponding death counts were 30 for Chatham County, 1,136 for Georgia and 27,553 for the United States.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

The listed neighboring county, Jasper County, South Carolina, recorded 20 deaths and a rate of 12.3. Chatham County's rate was lower than Jasper County's. These rates use deaths at crash locations and annual Census population estimates. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors and do not measure deaths solely among residents.^{[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 an occupant or nonoccupant dying 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]

Figures for 2020 through 2023 use FARS 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, then multiply by 100,000. The result is average annual deaths per 100,000 residents, without adjustment for miles driven or visitors. The separate July 1, 2024 population estimate is not the rate denominator.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

On related publications

• Car accident statistics for Chatham County, Georgia (2020-2024) (caraccidentlawyers.wiki)