Truck accident statistics for Oakland County, Michigan (2020-2024)

Truck accident deaths in Oakland County by year

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

The annual share of traffic deaths occurring in truck accidents was 1.6% in 2020, 6.1% in 2021, 8.9% in 2022, 3.7% in 2023 and 8.8% in 2024. All traffic deaths numbered 62, 66, 79, 54 and 68 in those respective years. The highest truck accident death share occurred in 2022.^{[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 Oakland County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 2 deaths, or 10.0%. People in other vehicles accounted for 17 deaths, or 85.0%, the largest share of truck accident deaths. The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 1 death, or 5.0%.^{[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 motor vehicles not in transport, such as parked vehicles. It therefore should not be read as a literal test of whether someone was outside a vehicle.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

Fatal crashes in Oakland County involved 20 large trucks during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors (semi or tractor-trailer units) numbered 8, representing 40.0% of those large trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 12. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 2.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These are vehicle counts, distinct from the 19 fatal crashes and 20 truck accident deaths recorded for the period. A crash can involve multiple large trucks. The truck-tractor share describes the vehicles involved, while the jackknife figure also counts trucks rather than crashes or 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 10 deaths (50.0%), head-on for 1 (5.0%), rear-end for 7 (35.0%) and sideswipe for 2 (10.0%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 0 deaths (0.0%). That row means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, such as a pedestrian, cyclist, parked-vehicle or fixed-object impact, or a rollover. A vehicle stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, crash configuration groups truck accident deaths by vehicle count: single-vehicle crashes recorded 0 deaths (0.0%), two-vehicle crashes recorded 12 (60.0%), and crashes involving three or more vehicles recorded 8 (40.0%). These categories are separate from manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate-coded crashes accounted for 6 truck accident deaths, or 30.0%. The listed route counts were 4 deaths on I-696 and 2 on I-75. These figures require ROUTE=1 and a parseable interstate number in TWAY_ID; the listed routes are a route-coded subset, not a full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime (6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m.) accounted for 15 deaths, or 75.0%, while nighttime (6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m.) accounted for 5, or 25.0%. Urban locations recorded 19 deaths (95.0%) and rural locations recorded 1 (5.0%). Work-zone deaths numbered 4. These figures count deaths rather than trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Michigan and the United States

Oakland County's truck accident death rate was 0.3 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. Michigan's rate was 1.0, and the national rate was 1.6. The listed neighboring county, Wayne County, had a rate of 0.8. Oakland County's rate was lower than each of those comparison rates.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

The corresponding death counts were 20 in Oakland County, 511 in Michigan, 27,553 nationally and 71 in Wayne County. Rates use deaths divided by the sum of annual Census population estimates, multiplied by 100,000. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. The separately shown 2024 population estimate of 1,282,549 is not the rate denominator.^{[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 covers fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes on trafficways customarily open to the public when an occupant or nonoccupant dies within 30 days. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. Counts follow 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. The 2024 Annual Report File can change when replaced by the Final File. Rates use 2020 through 2024 deaths and summed annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025, multiplied by 100,000. They exclude adjustments for miles driven or visitors; the separate July 1, 2024 population estimate is not their denominator.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

• Truck accident statistics for Wayne County, Michigan (2020-2024)

On related publications

• Car accident statistics for Oakland County, Michigan (2020-2024) (caraccidentlawyers.wiki)