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

Truck accident deaths in Middlesex County by year

Truck accident deaths rose from 6 in 2020 to 7 in 2021 and 13 in 2022. The count fell to 5 in 2023, then rose to 9 in 2024. The highest count was 13 in 2022, and the lowest was 5 in 2023. The 2024 count was 3 deaths higher than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The share of all traffic deaths occurring in truck accidents was 9.0% in 2020, 14.9% in 2021, 19.4% in 2022, 8.5% in 2023 and 15.0% in 2024. Across the period, the average was 8.0 deaths per year. These annual figures count deaths in qualifying crashes, rather than the number of trucks involved.^{[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 Middlesex County truck accidents

People in other vehicles accounted for 30 truck accident deaths, or 75.0%, the largest person category. People in the large truck accounted for 5 deaths, or 12.5%. The row labeled "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" also recorded 5 deaths and 12.5%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

That quoted label represents the FARS nonoccupant grouping: pedestrians, pedalcyclists, and other or unknown nonoccupants. Its other category can include occupants of motor vehicles not in transport, such as parked vehicles. The label therefore does not require that every person counted was physically outside a vehicle.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

The truck accident vehicle counts cover 39 large trucks involved in fatal crashes during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors (semi or tractor-trailer units) accounted for 22 trucks, or 56.4% of the large trucks recorded. Single-unit and other large trucks accounted for 17 trucks. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These are vehicle counts, distinct from the 37 fatal crashes and 40 deaths recorded for the period. A crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the trucks table does not assign a separate crash or death to each vehicle.^{[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 12 deaths (30.0%), angle (side impact) 10 (25.0%), head-on 4 (10.0%), sideswipe 2 (5.0%), and not reported 1 (2.5%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 11 deaths (27.5%). This means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, including events involving pedestrians, cyclists, parked vehicles, fixed objects or rollovers. Vehicles stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, truck accident deaths by vehicle configuration were single-vehicle, 8 (20.0%); two-vehicle, 21 (52.5%); and three or more vehicles, 11 (27.5%). These shares describe the number of vehicles involved, a separate classification from manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate truck accident deaths numbered 6, or 15.0%. The listed route-coded counts were 4 deaths on I-95 and 2 on I-287. These figures require interstate route coding and a parseable 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 17 deaths (42.5%). Nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 23 (57.5%). Urban locations recorded 39 deaths (97.5%), rural locations 0 (0.0%), and unreported land use 1 (2.5%). The work-zone count was 1 death, a count of deaths rather than trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

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

The average annual truck accident death rate was 0.9 per 100,000 residents in Middlesex County, compared with 0.8 in New Jersey and 1.6 nationally. Middlesex County's rate was higher than the state rate and lower than the national rate. Union County, the listed neighboring county, recorded a rate of 0.8 and 22 deaths during 2020 through 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

These rates express average annual deaths per 100,000 residents, using deaths divided by the sum of annual population estimates. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. For readers using the phrase "truck accident lawyer," the relevant grouping reminder is that these deaths are assigned by crash location, rather than by the deceased person's residence.^{[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 NHTSA's census of fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes. It includes crashes involving a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public when an occupant or nonoccupant dies within 30 days. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. County counts follow crash location, not residence.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 figures use FARS Final Files; 2024 uses the Annual Report File and remains subject to revision. Rates divide 2020 through 2024 deaths by the sum of Census Bureau annual population estimates from Vintage 2025, then multiply by 100,000. 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 Union County, New Jersey (2020-2024)

On related publications

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