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

Truck accident deaths in Porter County by year

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

The annual share of traffic deaths involving trucks was 35.0% in 2020, 52.9% in 2021, 20.8% in 2022, 37.5% in 2023 and 21.7% in 2024. All traffic deaths numbered 20, 17, 24, 16 and 23 in those respective years. These yearly entries count deaths, not 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 Porter County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 3 deaths, or 9.4%. People in other vehicles accounted for 26 deaths, or 81.2%, the largest person category for truck accident deaths in Porter County during 2020 through 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 3 deaths, or 9.4%. This is the FARS nonoccupant grouping, covering pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. Despite the wording of the label, its other category can include occupants of motor vehicles not in transport, such as parked vehicles. It is not a literal test of being outside a vehicle.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

The vehicle count for fatal truck accidents in Porter County was 31 large trucks during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors (semi or tractor-trailer units) numbered 21, representing 67.7% of those large trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 10. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 1.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These entries measure trucks involved in fatal crashes, rather than the number of crashes or people killed. A crash can involve multiple large trucks. Read the 31 large trucks separately from the county's 29 fatal crashes and 32 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) accounted for 12 deaths (37.5%), head-on for 5 (15.6%), rear-end for 8 (25.0%) and sideswipe for 3 (9.4%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" accounted for 4 (12.5%). That label means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, which can include a vehicle stopped in traffic. Examples include striking a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle or fixed object, or a rollover.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separate crash-configuration figures assign truck accident deaths to single-vehicle crashes, 4 (12.5%); two-vehicle crashes, 22 (68.8%); and crashes involving three or more vehicles, 6 (18.8%). These describe vehicle counts rather than manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate-coded truck accident deaths numbered 7, or 21.9%, during 2020 through 2024. The listed I-94 count was 7 deaths. Interstate identification requires the interstate route code and a readable I-route number in the road identifier. The listed route is a route-coded subset, not a full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime accounted for 23 deaths (71.9%), and nighttime accounted for 9 (28.1%). The urban classification recorded 19 deaths (59.4%); rural recorded 13 (40.6%). Work-zone deaths numbered 1. Each of these figures counts people killed in the qualifying crashes, rather than trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Indiana and the United States

Porter County's truck accident death rate was 3.7 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 higher than both. The corresponding death counts were 32 for Porter County, 780 for Indiana and 27,553 for the United States.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Among the listed neighboring counties, Cook County, Illinois, recorded 188 deaths and a rate of 0.7; Lake County, Indiana, recorded 47 deaths and a rate of 1.9. Porter County's rate was higher than both listed neighbors. These population-based rates do not adjust for miles driven or visitors and count deaths by crash location.^{[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 death within 30 days. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. For a search phrased "truck accident lawyer," keep the grouping in view: deaths are assigned by crash county, not home county.^[9][6][7][8]

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

See also

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