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

Truck accident deaths in Wayne County by year

Truck accident deaths rose from 9 in 2020 to 13 in 2021 and 18 in 2022. The count fell to 14 in 2023 before rising to 17 in 2024. The highest count was 18 in 2022, and the lowest was 9 in 2020. The 2024 count was 8 deaths higher than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

All traffic deaths declined from 253 in 2020 to 219 in 2021, 216 in 2022, 201 in 2023 and 177 in 2024. Truck accident deaths represented 3.6%, 5.9%, 8.3%, 7.0% and 9.6% of those respective annual totals. The highest annual share occurred in 2024, while the highest truck accident death count 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 Wayne County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 10 deaths, or 14.1%. People in other vehicles accounted for 51 deaths, or 71.8%, the largest share of truck accident deaths. The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 10 deaths, or 14.1%.^{[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 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

Fatal truck accidents in Wayne County involved 71 large trucks during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors, described as semi or tractor-trailer units, accounted for 40 trucks and 56.3% of the large trucks recorded. Single-unit and other large trucks accounted for 31 trucks. The number of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 1.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These are vehicle counts. They do not count fatal crashes or people killed, and a crash can involve multiple large trucks. The separate totals of 66 fatal crashes and 71 deaths describe different measures from the truck counts.^{[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 18 deaths (25.4%); head-on, 11 (15.5%); rear-end, 15 (21.1%); sideswipe, 5 (7.0%); and Other, 1 (1.4%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 21 deaths (29.6%). This means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, such as a pedestrian, cyclist, parked-vehicle or fixed-object strike, or a rollover. A vehicle stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, truck accident deaths by crash configuration were single-vehicle, 14 (19.7%); two-vehicle, 40 (56.3%); and three or more vehicles, 17 (23.9%). Configuration describes vehicle numbers rather than manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate truck accident deaths numbered 18, or 25.4%. Listed route-coded counts were I-75, 9 deaths; I-94, 6; I-275, 2; and I-96, 1. These figures require an interstate route classification and a readable I-route number; the listed routes are 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 50 deaths (70.4%). Nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 21 (29.6%). Urban classifications recorded 71 deaths (100.0%), and rural classifications recorded 0 (0.0%). Work-zone records counted 2 deaths, a measure of people killed rather than vehicles or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Michigan and the United States

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

The corresponding death counts were 71 in Wayne County, 511 in Michigan, 27,553 nationally and 20 in Oakland County. Rates use the sum of annual population estimates to express average annual deaths per 100,000 residents. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. When reading with the phrase "truck accident lawyer" in mind, keep the county grouping tied to crash location.^{[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. Inclusion requires a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public and an occupant or nonoccupant death within 30 days. Counts follow crash location, not where people lived. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. The 2020 through 2023 records are Final Files; 2024 uses the Annual Report File, subject to revision.^[9][6][7][8]

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 of 1,765,534 is not the rate denominator.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

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

On related publications

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