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

Truck accident deaths in Baltimore County by year

Annual truck accident deaths increased from 4 in 2020 to 5 in 2021, then to 6 in 2022 and 10 in 2023. The count fell to 9 in 2024. The highest count was 10 in 2023, and the lowest was 4 in 2020. The 2024 count was 5 deaths higher than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The share of all traffic deaths occurring in truck accidents rose each year: 6.3% in 2020, 6.4% in 2021, 9.1% in 2022, 10.9% in 2023 and 12.2% in 2024. All traffic deaths numbered 63, 78, 66, 92 and 74 in those respective years. Although truck accident deaths fell in 2024, their share of traffic deaths increased.^{[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 Baltimore County truck accidents

People in other vehicles accounted for 25 deaths, or 73.5%, the largest person category for 2020 through 2024. People in the large truck accounted for 2 deaths, or 5.9%. The row labeled "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 7 deaths, or 20.6%.^{[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.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

The truck accident vehicle records list 33 large trucks in fatal crashes during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors, described in the table as semi or tractor-trailer units, numbered 14 and represented 42.4% of those large trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 19. The number of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These are vehicle counts, distinct from the 32 fatal crashes and 34 deaths recorded for the period. A crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the trucks table does not count a separate crash or death for each vehicle.^{[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 accounted for 13 deaths (38.2%), Angle (side impact) for 6 (17.6%), Head-on for 5 (14.7%) and Sideswipe for 4 (11.8%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" accounted for 6 (17.6%). That row means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport; examples include rollovers or striking pedestrians, cyclists, parked vehicles or fixed objects. A vehicle stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separate crash configuration figures describe truck accident deaths by vehicle count: Single-vehicle recorded 5 deaths (14.7%), Two-vehicle recorded 19 (55.9%), and Three or more vehicles recorded 10 (29.4%). These shares describe deaths, not numbers of crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate truck accident deaths numbered 15, or 44.1%. The listed route-coded counts were I-695 with 6 deaths, I-95 with 5, I-83 with 3 and I-795 with 1. These figures use interstate route coding plus a parseable I-route identifier; 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 15 deaths (44.1%). Nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 19 (55.9%). Urban locations recorded 31 deaths (91.2%), and rural locations recorded 3 (8.8%). Work-zone records counted 3 deaths, a measure of people killed rather than trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Maryland and the United States

Baltimore County's truck accident death rate was 0.8 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. That rate was lower than Maryland's 1.0 and the United States rate of 1.6. Among the listed neighboring counties, York County, Pennsylvania, and Howard County, Maryland, each had a rate of 1.3. Anne Arundel County, Maryland, had a rate of 0.7.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

These rates divide deaths by the sum of annual population estimates and do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. They measure deaths by crash location relative to population, not deaths among residents. Readers using the phrase "truck accident lawyer" should keep that location-based grouping in mind when reading the counts.^{[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 Fatality Analysis Reporting System is a census of fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes. Inclusion requires a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public and an occupant or nonoccupant death within 30 days. Counts use the county where the crash happened, not where the person lived. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 records are Final Files; 2024 uses the Annual Report File and can change with its replacement. Rates divide deaths by summed annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025 and multiply by 100,000. The separately shown July 1, 2024 population is not the denominator. Rates do not adjust for miles driven or visitors.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

• Truck accident statistics for Anne Arundel County, Maryland (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Howard County, Maryland (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for York County, Pennsylvania (2020-2024)

On related publications

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