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

Truck accident deaths in Lake County by year

Truck accident deaths fell from 13 in 2020 to 7 in 2021, then rose to 14 in 2022. The count returned to 7 in 2023 and remained at 7 in 2024. The highest count was in 2022. The lowest count first appeared in 2021 and was also recorded in 2023 and 2024. The 2024 count was 6 deaths lower than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The truck accident share of all traffic deaths was 26.0% in 2020, 18.9% in 2021, 23.3% in 2022, 11.7% in 2023 and 14.0% in 2024. All traffic deaths numbered 50, 37, 60, 60 and 50 in those respective years.^{[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 Lake County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 6 deaths, or 12.5%. People in other vehicles accounted for 40 deaths, or 83.3%, the largest person category for Lake County truck accident deaths. The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 2 deaths, or 4.2%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

That quoted label represents the FARS nonoccupant grouping, including pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. The grouping can include occupants of parked motor vehicles within its other category. It therefore does not apply a literal test of whether a person was outside a vehicle.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

The truck accident vehicle figures list 47 large trucks involved in fatal crashes in Lake County during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors (semi or tractor-trailer units) numbered 35 and represented 74.5% of those large 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 figures count vehicles, separately from the 44 fatal crashes and 48 deaths recorded for the period. A fatal crash can involve multiple large trucks. The truck-tractor share describes the vehicles in the truck table, rather than a share of crashes or deaths.^{[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 (27.1%); head-on, 9 (18.8%); rear-end, 9 (18.8%); sideswipe, 8 (16.7%); other, 2 (4.2%); and not reported, 1 (2.1%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 6 deaths (12.5%). It means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, including events involving a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle, fixed object or rollover. A vehicle stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, truck accident deaths by crash configuration were single-vehicle, 4 (8.3%); two-vehicle, 34 (70.8%); and three or more vehicles, 10 (20.8%). These shares describe vehicle-count configurations, rather than manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate-coded truck accident deaths numbered 11, or 22.9%. The listed I-94 count was 11 deaths. Interstate figures require ROUTE=1 and a parseable interstate route number in TWAY_ID. The listed route counts 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 30 deaths (62.5%). Nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 18 deaths (37.5%). Urban locations recorded 48 deaths (100.0%), while rural locations recorded 0 (0.0%). Work-zone deaths numbered 0; that figure counts deaths rather than trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Illinois and the United States

Lake County's truck accident death rate was 1.3 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. Illinois recorded 1.4, and the United States recorded 1.6. Lake County's rate was lower than both. Cook County, the listed neighboring county, recorded 0.7, a lower rate than Lake County's. The corresponding death counts were 48 for Lake County, 913 for Illinois, 27,553 nationally and 188 for Cook County.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

These rates use annual Census population estimates and do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. For readers searching for a truck accident lawyer, the counts remain grouped by crash location, rather than by where the people killed lived.^{[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. Inclusion requires a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public and an occupant or nonoccupant death within 30 days. Counts follow the county of the crash, not the deceased person's residence. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 figures use FARS Final Files; 2024 uses the Annual Report File and may be revised. Rates divide 2020 through 2024 deaths by summed annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025, then multiply by 100,000. The separately shown July 1, 2024 population estimate is not the 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)

On related publications

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