Truck accident statistics for Kane County, Illinois (2020-2024)

Truck accident deaths in Kane County by year

Truck accident deaths rose from 2 in 2020 to 4 in 2021 and reached their highest count, 8, in 2022. The count then fell to 5 in 2023 and 2 in 2024. The lowest count was 2, recorded in both 2020 and 2024. The count in 2024 was the same as in 2020, with a change of 0 deaths.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The truck accident share of all traffic deaths was 9.1% in 2020, 9.5% in 2021, 18.2% in 2022, 10.4% in 2023 and 6.7% in 2024. All traffic deaths numbered 22, 42, 44, 48 and 30 in those respective years. The highest truck accident share occurred in 2022.^{[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 Kane County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 2 deaths, or 9.5%, while People in other vehicles accounted for 19 deaths, or 90.5%. 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" recorded 0 deaths and 0.0%. This label represents the FARS nonoccupant grouping, including pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. The grouping can include occupants of motor 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 truck accident vehicle figures record 19 large trucks in fatal crashes during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors, described as semi or tractor-trailer units, numbered 12 and represented 63.2% of those large trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 7. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These figures count vehicles rather than crashes or deaths. A crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the 19 large trucks and 17 fatal crashes describe different measures. The truck-tractor share uses large trucks as its denominator.^{[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) recorded 13 deaths, or 61.9%; head-on, 2, or 9.5%; rear-end, 3, or 14.3%; and sideswipe, 2, or 9.5%. "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 1 death, or 4.8%. It means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, which can be stopped in traffic. Examples include striking a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle or fixed object, or a rollover.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, truck accident deaths by crash configuration were single-vehicle: 1, or 4.8%; two-vehicle: 13, or 61.9%; and three or more vehicles: 7, or 33.3%. Configuration describes vehicle involvement separately from the manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate truck accident deaths numbered 2, representing 9.5% of the county count. The listed route, I-88, recorded 2 deaths. Interstate figures require the interstate route classification and a parseable interstate route number. Listed routes represent the packet's 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 17 deaths, or 81.0%. Nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 4 deaths, or 19.0%. Urban classifications recorded 20 deaths, or 95.2%, and rural classifications recorded 1 death, or 4.8%. Work-zone deaths numbered 0; that figure counts deaths rather than vehicles or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Illinois and the United States

Kane County's truck accident death rate was 0.8 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. That rate was lower than Illinois's 1.4 and the national rate of 1.6. Among the listed neighboring counties, Cook County and DuPage County each had a rate of 0.7, below Kane County's 0.8.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

The rates divide deaths by the sum of annual Census population estimates and do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. They measure deaths by crash location rather than the residence of the people killed. For readers searching for a truck accident lawyer, the grouping to keep in mind is the county where the crash happened.^{[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. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. County counts follow crash location, not where those killed lived.^[9][6][7][8]

Figures for 2020 through 2023 use FARS Final Files. The 2024 Annual Report File figures can change when replaced with the Final File. Rates divide 2020 through 2024 deaths by summed annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025 and multiply by 100,000. The separate July 1, 2024 population estimate of 523,430 is not the rate denominator. Rates do not adjust for miles driven or visitors.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

• Truck accident statistics for Cook County, Illinois (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for DuPage County, Illinois (2020-2024)

On related publications

• Car accident statistics for Kane County, Illinois (2020-2024) (caraccidentlawyers.wiki)