Truck accident statistics for De Soto Parish, Louisiana (2020-2024)

Truck accident deaths in De Soto Parish by year

Truck accident deaths declined each year, from 7 in 2020 to 6 in 2021, 5 in 2022, 3 in 2023 and 0 in 2024. The highest count was 7 in 2020, while the lowest was 0 in 2024. The 2024 count was 7 deaths lower than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

All traffic deaths numbered 12 in 2020, 13 in 2021, 15 in 2022, 10 in 2023 and 0 in 2024. Truck accident deaths accounted for 58.3%, 46.2%, 33.3% and 30.0% in the respective years from 2020 through 2023. The 2024 share is n/a. That year's counts come from the FARS Annual Report File and can be revised.^{[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 De Soto Parish truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 10 deaths, or 47.6%, matching People in other vehicles at 10 deaths and 47.6%. These categories identify the people who died in the truck accidents, rather than assigning every death to a truck occupant.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" records 1 death, or 4.8%. This is the FARS nonoccupant grouping, covering pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. The other category can include occupants of motor vehicles not in transport, such as parked vehicles, so the label is not a literal test of being outside a vehicle.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

Fatal crashes in De Soto Parish involved 20 large trucks during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors, described in the table as semi or tractor-trailer units, numbered 15 and represented 75.0% of those large trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 5. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 2.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

Each of these figures counts vehicles. They are distinct from the 16 fatal crashes and 21 truck accident deaths recorded for the period. A crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the truck count is not a count of separate crash events.^{[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 5 deaths (23.8%); head-on, 2 (9.5%); rear-end, 6 (28.6%); and sideswipe, 0 (0.0%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 8 deaths (38.1%). It means no collision with another 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]}

Separate crash configuration figures classify truck accident deaths by the number of vehicles involved: single-vehicle, 8 (38.1%); two-vehicle, 10 (47.6%); and three or more vehicles, 3 (14.3%). These describe vehicle configuration 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 33.3%, with I-49 listed at 7 deaths. These figures require ROUTE=1 and a parseable interstate route number in TWAY_ID. The listed route is 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 15 deaths (71.4%). Nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 6 (28.6%). Rural locations recorded 21 deaths (100.0%), and urban locations recorded 0 (0.0%). The work-zone figure was 1 death. These location and time figures count deaths, rather than vehicles or separate truck crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Louisiana and the United States

The average annual truck accident death rate in De Soto Parish was 15.5 deaths per 100,000 residents, compared with 2.4 for Louisiana and 1.6 nationally. The parish rate was higher than both. The corresponding death counts for 2020 through 2024 were 21 in the parish, 561 statewide and 27,553 nationally.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Among the listed neighboring counties, Panola County, Texas, had a rate of 26.4 and 30 deaths; Caddo Parish, Louisiana, had a rate of 1.9 and 22 deaths. De Soto Parish's rate was lower than Panola County's and higher than Caddo Parish's. These rates measure average annual deaths per 100,000 residents using annual population estimates. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors.^{[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 death occurring within 30 days. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. For readers searching "truck accident lawyer," the counts here are grouped by crash location, not where the people who died lived.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 figures use FARS Final Files; 2024 uses the revisable Annual Report File. Rates divide 2020 through 2024 deaths by summed annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025, then multiply by 100,000. This gives average annual deaths per 100,000 residents without adjustment for miles driven or visitors. The separate July 1, 2024 population estimate is not the rate denominator.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

• Truck accident statistics for Panola County, Texas (2020-2024)