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

Truck accident deaths in Frederick County by year

Truck accident deaths fell from 4 in 2020 to 2 in 2021, then rose to 5 in 2022 and 8 in 2023. The count fell to 6 in 2024. The highest count was 8 in 2023, and the lowest was 2 in 2021. The 2024 count was 2 deaths higher than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The annual shares of all traffic deaths were 17.4% in 2020, 8.7% in 2021, 16.7% in 2022, 24.2% in 2023 and 26.1% in 2024. All traffic deaths numbered 23, 23, 30, 33 and 23 in those respective years. Although truck accident deaths fell from 2023 to 2024, their share of all traffic deaths rose.^{[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 Frederick County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 6 deaths, or 24.0%. People in other vehicles accounted for 13 deaths, or 52.0%, the largest share of truck accident deaths. The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" accounted for 6 deaths, or 24.0%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

That quoted label represents the FARS nonoccupant grouping, including pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. It is not a literal test of whether someone was outside a vehicle: the other category can include occupants of parked motor vehicles. These categories describe the people killed in the qualifying crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

The fatal truck accident records include 25 large trucks from 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors (semi or tractor-trailer units) numbered 11, representing 44.0% of those large trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 14. Large trucks recorded as jackknifed numbered 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

Each figure in the trucks table counts vehicles rather than crashes or deaths. A crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the truck count is a separate measure from the 25 fatal crashes and 25 deaths recorded for Frederick County. The truck-tractor share likewise describes vehicles, not the share of people killed.^{[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 6 deaths (24.0%), head-on for 3 (12.0%), rear-end for 4 (16.0%) and sideswipe for 1 (4.0%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" accounted for 11 deaths (44.0%). This means no collision with another motor vehicle in transport, such as a pedestrian, cyclist, parked-vehicle or fixed-object impact, or a rollover. Vehicles stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, truck accident deaths by crash configuration were single-vehicle, 8 (32.0%); two-vehicle, 15 (60.0%); and three or more vehicles, 2 (8.0%). Configuration counts involved vehicles; it is distinct from manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate-coded truck accident deaths numbered 8, or 32.0%. The listed route, I-70, accounted for 8 deaths. These figures require an interstate route code and a parseable interstate 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 18 deaths (72.0%), and nighttime for 7 (28.0%). The daytime interval is 6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m.; nighttime is 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m. Urban records accounted for 11 deaths (44.0%), and rural records for 14 (56.0%). Work-zone deaths numbered 0; that figure counts deaths, not trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Maryland and the United States

Frederick County's truck accident death rate was 1.7 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 higher than both. Among the listed neighboring counties, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, had a rate of 2.9, while Howard County, Maryland, had a rate of 1.3. Frederick County's rate was lower than Franklin County's and higher than Howard County's.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

These rates use deaths at the crash location and annual Census population estimates. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. For readers searching for a truck accident lawyer, keep the grouping in view: these are crash-location counts, not counts by the deceased person's residence.^{[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. County assignment follows crash location, not residence. The 2020 through 2023 records are Final Files; the 2024 Annual Report File can change when replaced by the Final File.^[9][6][7][8]

Rates divide 2020 through 2024 deaths by the sum of annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025, then multiply by 100,000. This gives average annual deaths per 100,000 residents without adjustments for miles driven or visitors. The separately shown July 1, 2024 population estimate is not the denominator.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

• Truck accident statistics for Howard County, Maryland (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Franklin County, Pennsylvania (2020-2024)