Truck accident statistics for Anne Arundel County, Maryland (2020-2024)

Truck accident deaths in Anne Arundel County by year

Annual truck accident deaths fell from 3 in 2020 to 2 in 2021, then rose to 9 in 2022. The count fell to 4 in 2023 and to 3 in 2024. The highest count was 9 in 2022; the lowest was 2 in 2021. The 2020 and 2024 counts were the same, with a change of 0 deaths.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The truck accident share of all traffic deaths followed the same sequence of increases and decreases: 6.0% in 2020, 5.1% in 2021, 18.8% in 2022, 9.1% in 2023 and 5.8% in 2024. All traffic deaths were 50, 39, 48, 44 and 52 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 Anne Arundel County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 4 deaths, or 19.0%, while People in other vehicles accounted for 15 deaths, or 71.4%. People in other vehicles were the largest category of truck accident deaths. The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 2 deaths, or 9.5%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants are included in the FARS nonoccupant grouping represented by that quoted label. Occupants of motor vehicles not in transport, such as parked vehicles, can fall within the other category. Whether someone was outside a vehicle is not literally what the label tests.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

The truck accident vehicle records list 20 large trucks in fatal crashes during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors, identified as semi or tractor-trailer units in the table, numbered 4 and represented 20.0% of those large trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 16. Large trucks recorded as jackknifed numbered 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

Each figure in this table counts trucks, rather than crashes or deaths. A fatal crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the vehicle categories describe the trucks involved. They do not identify how many people died in each truck category.^{[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 7 deaths (33.3%); Head-on and Rear-end each recorded 4 (19.0%); Sideswipe recorded 1 (4.8%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 5 (23.8%). That row means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, including events such as striking a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle or fixed object, or a rollover. A vehicle stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, truck accident deaths by vehicle count were 5 (23.8%) in single-vehicle crashes, 14 (66.7%) in two-vehicle crashes and 2 (9.5%) in crashes involving three or more vehicles. This configuration grouping is distinct from manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate-coded truck accident deaths numbered 1, representing 4.8%. The listed route, I-97, recorded 1 death. These figures require an interstate route classification and a parseable interstate route number; the listed route is 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 7 deaths (33.3%). Nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 14 (66.7%). Urban locations recorded 18 deaths (85.7%), and rural locations recorded 3 (14.3%). Work-zone records identified 1 death. These road, time and land-use figures describe deaths in the county's fatal truck accidents, rather than counts of trucks.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Maryland and the United States

Anne Arundel County's truck accident death rate was 0.7 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. Maryland's rate was 1.0, and the national rate was 1.6. The county rate was lower than each of those rates.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Among the listed neighboring counties, Prince George's County and Baltimore County each had a rate of 0.8, while Howard County had a rate of 1.3. Anne Arundel County's rate was lower than each listed neighbor's rate. These rates divide deaths by the sum of annual population estimates and express the result per 100,000 residents per year. 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 an occupant or nonoccupant dying within 30 days. It excludes nonfatal crashes and injuries. Counts use crash location, not where those killed lived. Readers searching for a truck accident lawyer should keep that location grouping in mind when reading these counts.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 figures use FARS Final Files; 2024 uses the revisable Annual Report File. Rates divide deaths by summed annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025 and multiply by 100,000. 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 Baltimore County, Maryland (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Howard County, Maryland (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Prince George's County, Maryland (2020-2024)

On related publications

• Car accident statistics for Anne Arundel County, Maryland (2020-2024) (caraccidentlawyers.wiki)