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

Truck accident deaths in Gloucester County by year

Truck accident deaths rose from 3 in 2020 to 8 in 2021 and 9 in 2022. They then fell to 6 in 2023 and 2 in 2024. The highest count was 9 in 2022, while the lowest was 2 in 2024. The 2024 count was 1 death lower than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The corresponding shares of all traffic deaths were 8.6% in 2020, 16.7% in 2021, 22.5% in 2022, 17.6% in 2023 and 6.2% in 2024. All traffic deaths followed a different yearly pattern: 35, 48, 40, 34 and 32, respectively. The highest all-traffic count occurred in 2021; the highest truck accident death count and 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 Gloucester County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 3 deaths, or 10.7%. People in other vehicles accounted for 20 deaths, or 71.4%, the largest share of truck accident deaths. The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 5 deaths, or 17.9%.^{[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 grouping can include occupants of motor vehicles not in transport, such as parked vehicles. These categories describe people who died, rather than vehicles involved.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

The truck accident records identify 31 large trucks involved in fatal crashes during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors, described in the table as semi or tractor-trailer units, accounted for 12 trucks and 38.7% of the large trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks accounted for 19 trucks. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 1.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

Each of these figures counts vehicles. They are distinct from the 27 fatal crashes and 28 deaths recorded for the period. A crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the vehicle count should not be read as a crash count or death count.^{[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 9 deaths; head-on, 5; angle (side impact), 3; sideswipe, 3; and other, 1. "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 7 deaths. This 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]}

Separate truck accident configuration figures group deaths by the number of vehicles involved: single-vehicle crashes accounted for 5 deaths (17.9%), two-vehicle crashes for 17 (60.7%), and crashes involving three or more vehicles for 6 (21.4%). These configuration categories are separate from the manner-of-collision rows.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate-coded truck accident deaths numbered 3, or 10.7%, with 3 listed for I-295. These figures require an interstate route classification and a readable interstate route number in the road identifier. The listed route counts represent the packet's coded subset, rather than a full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime, from 6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m., accounted for 18 deaths (64.3%); nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 10 (35.7%). The urban classification recorded 28 deaths (100.0%), while rural recorded 0 (0.0%). Work-zone deaths numbered 0. These are death counts, including the work-zone figure, rather than counts of trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

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

Gloucester County's truck accident death rate was 1.8 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. It was higher than New Jersey's 0.8 and the United States rate of 1.6. Among the listed neighboring counties, rates were 1.4 in New Castle County, Delaware; 0.4 in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; 0.9 in Camden County, New Jersey; and 6.7 in Salem County, New Jersey.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Salem County had the highest rate among the listed neighboring counties, while Philadelphia County had the lowest. Rates use deaths divided by the sum of annual population estimates and multiplied by 100,000. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. For readers searching for a truck accident lawyer, these figures remain grouped by 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 use the crash county, not the deceased person's residence. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 figures use FARS Final Files. The 2024 Annual Report File figures can change when replaced by the Final File. Rate denominators sum annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025 for 2020 through 2024. The separate July 1, 2024 population estimate of 311,263 is not the denominator. Rates express average annual deaths per 100,000 residents without adjusting for miles driven or visitors.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

• Truck accident statistics for New Castle County, Delaware (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Camden County, New Jersey (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Salem County, New Jersey (2020-2024)

On related publications

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