Truck accident statistics for Allen County, Indiana (2020-2024)

Truck accident deaths in Allen County by year

Truck accident deaths fell from 7 in 2020 to 5 in 2021, then rose to 9 in 2022. The count fell to 6 in 2023 before rising to 11 in 2024. The highest count was in 2024, and the lowest was in 2021. The 2024 count was 4 deaths higher than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The yearly share of all traffic deaths was 20.0% in 2020, 11.1% in 2021, 20.0% in 2022, 15.4% in 2023 and 26.8% in 2024. All traffic deaths numbered 35, 45, 45, 39 and 41 in those respective years. These annual figures count deaths in crashes located in Allen 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 Allen County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 6 deaths, or 15.8%. People in other vehicles accounted for 27 deaths, or 71.1%, the largest person category. The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" accounted for 5 deaths, or 13.2%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

That quoted label identifies the FARS nonoccupant grouping, which includes pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. Its 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 when the truck accident occurred.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

Fatal crashes in Allen County involved 38 large trucks during 2020 through 2024. Of those vehicles, 21 were truck-tractors, meaning semi or tractor-trailer units. Truck-tractors represented 55.3% of the large trucks in these fatal crashes. Single-unit and other large trucks accounted for 17 vehicles. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These figures describe vehicles involved in fatal crashes. They are not counts of truck accident deaths or counts of crashes. A crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the vehicle count and the fatal-crash count are distinct measures.^{[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 15 deaths (39.5%); head-on, 2 (5.3%); rear-end, 9 (23.7%); sideswipe, 1 (2.6%); and Other, 1 (2.6%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" accounted for 10 deaths (26.3%). This means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, such as a rollover or striking a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle or fixed object. Vehicles stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, truck accident configuration groups deaths by vehicle count: single-vehicle crashes accounted for 6 deaths (15.8%), two-vehicle crashes for 25 (65.8%), and crashes involving three or more vehicles for 7 (18.4%).^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate truck accident deaths numbered 8, or 21.1% of the county total. The listed route-coded counts were 5 deaths on I-69 and 3 on I-469. These figures require an interstate route code and a readable interstate number; the listed routes are a 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 25 deaths (65.8%). Nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 13 (34.2%). Urban locations recorded 8 deaths (21.1%), and rural locations recorded 30 (78.9%). Work-zone deaths numbered 6; that figure counts deaths rather than trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Indiana and the United States

Allen County's truck accident death rate was 1.9 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. Indiana's rate was 2.3, and the national rate was 1.6. The county rate was lower than the state rate and higher than the national rate. No neighboring county rates were supplied for this comparison.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

The rate uses deaths divided by the sum of annual Census population estimates, multiplied by 100,000. It does not adjust for miles driven or visitors. Deaths are assigned to the crash location, not the home county of the person who died. When reading these figures during a search for a truck accident lawyer, keep that location-based grouping in mind.^{[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. Inclusion requires a motor vehicle in travel and an occupant or nonoccupant death within 30 days. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. County counts follow the crash location rather than where the people who died lived.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 figures use FARS Final Files. The 2024 Annual Report File remains subject to revision. Rates divide deaths by summed annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025 and multiply by 100,000. The separately displayed July 1, 2024 population estimate is not the rate denominator.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

On related publications

• Car accident statistics for Allen County, Indiana (2020-2024) (caraccidentlawyers.wiki)