Truck accident statistics for Jackson County, Missouri (2020-2024)

Truck accident deaths in Jackson County by year

Annual truck accident deaths were 5 in 2020, 11 in 2021, 10 in 2022, 14 in 2023 and 6 in 2024. The highest count was 14 in 2023, while the lowest was 5 in 2020. The 2024 count was higher than the 2020 count by 1 death. Between those endpoints, deaths rose, fell, rose and then fell again.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The share of all traffic deaths recorded in truck accidents followed the same sequence: 4.1%, 9.6%, 9.0%, 10.6% and 4.9%. All traffic deaths numbered 123 in 2020, 114 in 2021, 111 in 2022, 132 in 2023 and 123 in 2024. The annual average for truck accident deaths during the reporting period was 9.2.^{[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 Jackson County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 11 deaths, or 23.9%. People in other vehicles accounted for 26 deaths, or 56.5%, the largest person category. These categories distinguish who died in a truck accident from which vehicles were involved.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 9 deaths, or 19.6%. This is the FARS nonoccupant grouping, including pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. Despite the table label, it is not a literal test of being outside a vehicle: the other category can include occupants of vehicles not in transport, such as parked vehicles.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

The truck accident vehicle counts identify 44 large trucks involved in fatal crashes during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors, described in the table as semi or tractor-trailer units, numbered 22 and represented 50.0% of the large trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 22. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

Each of these figures counts trucks, rather than crashes or deaths. A fatal crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the vehicle count has a different unit from the county's 40 fatal crashes and 46 deaths.^{[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 11 deaths (23.9%); head-on, 3 (6.5%); rear-end, 9 (19.6%); sideswipe, 1 (2.2%); and Other, 2 (4.3%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 20 deaths (43.5%). It means no collision with another motor vehicle in transport, including events such as striking a pedestrian, parked vehicle or fixed object, 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, 15 (32.6%); two-vehicle, 17 (37.0%); and three or more vehicles, 14 (30.4%). Configuration describes vehicle numbers, separate from manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate-coded truck accident deaths numbered 26, or 56.5%. Listed route-coded counts were I-435, 13; I-70, 7; I-470, 3; and I-35, 2 deaths. These figures use ROUTE=1 with a parseable interstate number in TWAY_ID. The listed routes are a coded subset, not a full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime accounted for 31 deaths (67.4%), and nighttime for 15 (32.6%). Urban locations recorded 44 deaths (95.7%), rural locations 1 (2.2%), and locations with land use not reported 1 (2.2%). Work-zone records accounted for 4 deaths. The work-zone figure counts people who died in the included crashes, rather than trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Missouri and the United States

Jackson County's truck accident death rate was 1.3 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. Missouri's rate was 2.1, and the national rate was 1.6. The county rate was lower than both comparison rates. The corresponding death counts were 46 for Jackson County, 657 for Missouri and 27,553 for the United States. No neighboring county rates are supplied in the fact sheet.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

The rate divides deaths by the sum of annual Census population estimates and multiplies by 100,000. It does not adjust for miles driven or visitors. For readers searching for a truck accident lawyer, the grouping to keep in mind is crash location: these rates use deaths from crashes in each area, not deaths grouped by home address.^{[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 on a trafficway customarily open to the public and an occupant or nonoccupant death within 30 days. County counts follow crash location, not residence. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 records are Final Files. The 2024 Annual Report File can change when replaced by the Final File. Rates use deaths divided by summed annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025, multiplied 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 729,123 is not the rate denominator.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

On related publications

• Car accident statistics for Jackson County, Missouri (2020-2024) (caraccidentlawyers.wiki)