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

Truck accident deaths in Marion County by year

Truck accident deaths increased from 13 in 2020 to 14 in 2021, remained at 14 in 2022, and reached 15 in 2023. The count stayed at 15 in 2024. The highest annual count was shared by 2023 and 2024; the lowest was 13 in 2020. The 2024 count was 2 deaths higher than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The annual share of traffic deaths recorded in truck accidents was 8.9% in 2020, 9.4% in 2021, 9.7% in 2022, 11.5% in 2023 and 11.7% in 2024. All traffic deaths numbered 146, 149, 144, 131 and 128 in those respective years. These annual figures count deaths rather than the number of fatal crashes.^{[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 Marion County truck accidents

People in other vehicles accounted for 46 truck accident deaths, or 64.8%, the largest person category. People in the large truck accounted for 6 deaths, or 8.5%. The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 19 deaths, or 26.8%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

That quoted label represents the FARS nonoccupant grouping, including pedestrians, pedalcyclists, and other or unknown nonoccupants. The 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. These categories cover deaths from 2020 through 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

Fatal truck accidents in Marion County involved 74 large trucks from 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors, identified as semi or tractor-trailer units, numbered 43 and represented 58.1% of those trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 31. The number of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 2.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

Each figure in the trucks table counts vehicles, rather than fatal crashes or deaths. A crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the vehicle count has a different meaning from the 70 fatal crashes and 71 truck accident deaths recorded during the period. The jackknife figure likewise describes trucks.^{[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 26 deaths (36.6%); Angle (side impact), 15 (21.1%); Head-on, 5 (7.0%); Sideswipe, 2 (2.8%); and Other, 1 (1.4%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 22 deaths (31.0%). 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]}

Separate crash configuration figures describe truck accident deaths by vehicle count: single-vehicle crashes accounted for 19 deaths (26.8%), two-vehicle crashes for 31 (43.7%), and crashes involving three or more vehicles for 21 (29.6%). These are death shares, not crash shares.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate-coded truck accident deaths numbered 34, or 47.9%. The listed route-coded counts were 16 deaths on I-465, 9 on I-70, 5 on I-65 and 2 on I-74. These use interstate route coding and a parseable interstate number; the listed routes are a subset, not a full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime, from 6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m., accounted for 37 deaths (52.1%); nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 34 (47.9%). Urban locations recorded 68 deaths (95.8%), rural locations 2 (2.8%), and locations with land use not reported 1 (1.4%). Work-zone truck accident deaths numbered 8; 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

Marion County's truck accident death rate was 1.5 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. Indiana's rate was 2.3, and the United States rate was 1.6. The county rate was lower than both. The corresponding death counts were 71 for Marion County, 780 for Indiana and 27,553 for the United States. The supplied figures do not include neighboring county rates.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

These rates divide deaths by the sum of annual Census population estimates and express the result per 100,000 residents per year. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. The county's separately displayed 2024 population estimate of 990,213 is not the denominator used to calculate this rate.^{[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

NHTSA's FARS is a census of fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes on trafficways customarily open to the public, with an occupant or nonoccupant death within 30 days. It excludes nonfatal crashes and injuries. When reading with "truck accident lawyer" in mind, keep the grouping clear: deaths are assigned by crash county, not home county.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 records are Final Files; 2024 uses the Annual Report File and can change when replaced by the Final File. Rates divide deaths by summed annual Census Bureau population estimates, Vintage 2025, and multiply by 100,000. The separate July 1, 2024 estimate is not that denominator. Rates express average annual deaths per 100,000 residents without adjusting for miles driven or visitors.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

On related publications

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