Truck accident statistics for Douglas County, Nebraska (2020-2024)

Truck accident deaths in Douglas County by year

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

The share of all traffic deaths attributed to truck accidents was 8.7% in 2020, 5.1% in 2021, 2.5% in 2022, 15.0% in 2023 and 14.3% in 2024. Thus, the highest share occurred in 2023, while the highest death count occurred in 2024. All traffic deaths numbered 46 in 2020, 39 in 2021, 40 in 2022, 40 in 2023 and 63 in 2024.^{[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 Douglas County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 2 deaths, or 9.1%, while People in other vehicles accounted for 16 deaths, or 72.7%. People in other vehicles were the largest category of truck accident deaths. The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 4 deaths, or 18.2%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The FARS nonoccupant grouping is identified by that quoted label and includes pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. Whether someone was outside a vehicle is not what it literally tests: occupants of motor vehicles not in transport, such as parked vehicles, can fall within the other category.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

The truck accident records include 22 large trucks involved in fatal crashes in Douglas County from 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors, labeled as semi or tractor-trailer units, numbered 9 and represented 40.9% of those large trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 13. The number of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 1.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These are vehicle counts, distinct from the county's 21 fatal crashes and 22 deaths. A truck accident can involve multiple large trucks, so the trucks table should not be read as a count of separate 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 8 deaths, or 36.4%; head-on for 3, or 13.6%; rear-end for 4, or 18.2%; and sideswipe for 1, or 4.5%. "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" accounted for 6 deaths, or 27.3%. That row means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, such as a rollover or striking a fixed object. A vehicle stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, truck accident deaths by vehicle count were single-vehicle: 4, or 18.2%; two-vehicle: 13, or 59.1%; and three or more vehicles: 5, or 22.7%. These configurations are separate from manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate-coded truck accident deaths numbered 4, or 18.2%. The listed route-coded counts were 3 deaths for I-80 and 1 for I-680. These figures require an interstate route classification and a parseable interstate route number in the road identifier. The listed routes are a route-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 15 deaths, or 68.2%; nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 7, or 31.8%. Urban locations recorded 14 deaths, or 63.6%, and rural locations recorded 8, or 36.4%. Work-zone deaths numbered 0; that measure counts deaths rather than trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Nebraska and the United States

Douglas County's truck accident death rate was 0.7 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents, compared with Nebraska's 3.0 and the United States rate of 1.6. The county rate was lower than both. The corresponding death counts for 2020 through 2024 were 22 in Douglas County, 292 in Nebraska and 27,553 nationally. 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 population estimates for the period and multiplies by 100,000. It does not adjust for miles driven or visitors. Whether searching for truck accident statistics or a truck accident lawyer, read these rates as deaths grouped by crash location relative to population, not as counts grouped by where those killed lived.^{[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 the crash location, not the home of the person killed. The 2020 through 2023 records are Final Files; 2024 uses the Annual Report File and may be revised.^[9][6][7][8]

Population denominators use Census Bureau Vintage 2025 estimates. The average annual rate divides 2020 through 2024 deaths by the sum of those years' population estimates, then multiplies by 100,000. The separately displayed July 1, 2024 population of 600,903 is not that denominator. Rates do not adjust for miles driven or visitors.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

On related publications

• Car accident statistics for Douglas County, Nebraska (2020-2024) (caraccidentlawyers.wiki)