Truck accident statistics for Burlington County, New Jersey (2020-2024)

Truck accident deaths in Burlington County by year

Truck accident deaths rose from 4 in 2020 to 6 in 2021 and reached 12 in 2022. They fell to 6 in 2023 before rising to 7 in 2024. The highest count was 12 in 2022, and the lowest was 4 in 2020. The 2024 count was 3 deaths higher than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The share of all traffic deaths attributed to these crashes was 9.8% in 2020, 15.0% in 2021, 20.0% in 2022, 16.7% in 2023 and 15.6% in 2024. All traffic deaths numbered 41, 40, 60, 36 and 45 in those respective years. The highest truck accident death share occurred in 2022, while the lowest occurred in 2020.^{[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 Burlington County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 6 deaths, or 17.1%. People in other vehicles accounted for 23 deaths, or 65.7%, the majority of truck accident deaths. The row labeled "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 6 deaths, or 17.1%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

That quoted label identifies 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. The label therefore does not require that every person in this category was physically outside a vehicle.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

Fatal crashes involving large trucks in Burlington County from 2020 through 2024 involved 36 large trucks. Truck-tractors, identified as semi or tractor-trailer units, numbered 17 and represented 47.2% of those trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 19. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These are vehicle counts, distinct from the 32 fatal crashes and 35 truck accident deaths recorded for the period. A crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the trucks table counts each involved large truck rather than assigning a vehicle count to each death.^{[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. Rear-end recorded 10 deaths (28.6%), angle (side impact) 7 (20.0%), sideswipe 6 (17.1%) and head-on 2 (5.7%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 10 deaths (28.6%). That row means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, such as striking a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle or fixed object, or a rollover. A vehicle in transport can be stopped in traffic.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Crash configuration is separate from manner of collision. Single-vehicle crashes accounted for 7 deaths (20.0%), two-vehicle crashes for 21 (60.0%), and crashes involving three or more vehicles for 7 (20.0%). These percentages describe shares of truck accident deaths, rather than shares of crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate-coded crashes accounted for 8 truck accident deaths, or 22.9%. The listed route-coded counts were 4 deaths on I-95 and 4 on I-295. These figures use the interstate route classification and a parseable interstate 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 17 deaths (48.6%). Nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 18 (51.4%). Urban locations recorded 29 deaths (82.9%), rural locations 5 (14.3%), and locations with land use not reported 1 (2.9%). Work-zone deaths numbered 1.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with New Jersey and the United States

Burlington County's truck accident death rate was 1.5 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. New Jersey's rate was 0.8, and the national rate was 1.6. The county rate was higher than the state rate and lower than the national rate.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

For the listed neighboring counties, rates were 0.4 in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; 0.9 in Camden County, New Jersey; 0.7 in Ocean County, New Jersey; and 0.6 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Burlington County's rate was higher than each of those rates. Among the listed neighboring counties, Camden County had the highest rate and Philadelphia County the lowest. These population-based rates do not adjust for miles driven or visitors.^{[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 a death within 30 days. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. For readers searching "truck accident lawyer," these counts group deaths by crash location, not where the people lived.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 figures use FARS Final Files; 2024 uses the Annual Report File and can be revised. Rates divide deaths for 2020 through 2024 by the sum of annual Census Bureau population estimates, Vintage 2025, and multiply by 100,000. This yields average annual deaths per 100,000 residents. The separate July 1, 2024 population estimate is not the denominator; rates do not adjust for miles driven or visitors.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

• Truck accident statistics for Ocean County, New Jersey (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Camden County, New Jersey (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Bucks County, Pennsylvania (2020-2024)

On related publications

• Car accident statistics for Burlington County, New Jersey (2020-2024) (caraccidentlawyers.wiki)