Truck accident statistics for Erie County, New York (2020-2024)

Truck accident deaths in Erie County by year

Truck accident deaths numbered 7 in 2020, fell to 2 in 2021, rose to 4 in 2022 and reached 7 in 2023. The count then fell to 6 in 2024. The highest count was shared by 2020 and 2023, while 2021 had the lowest count. The 2024 count was 1 death lower than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The annual shares of all traffic deaths were 14.6% in 2020, 3.2% in 2021, 6.8% in 2022, 11.9% in 2023 and 10.9% in 2024. All traffic deaths numbered 48, 63, 59, 59 and 55 in those respective years. Across the period, the average was 5.2 truck accident deaths per year.^{[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 Erie County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 4 deaths, or 15.4%. People in other vehicles accounted for 21 deaths, or 80.8%, the largest person category. The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 1 death, or 3.8%. These categories describe the people killed in the qualifying truck accidents.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The quoted label represents the FARS nonoccupant grouping, including pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. That grouping can include occupants of motor vehicles not in transport, such as parked vehicles, so the label is not a literal test of whether someone was outside a vehicle.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

Fatal truck accidents in Erie County involved 27 large trucks during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors, identified as semi or tractor-trailer units, numbered 15 and represented 55.6% of those trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 12. The records identified 1 large truck as jackknifed.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These are vehicle counts, distinct from the 24 fatal crashes and 26 deaths recorded for the period. A crash can involve multiple large trucks. The truck-tractor share uses large trucks as its denominator; it is not a share of 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 13 deaths (50.0%), head-on for 4 (15.4%), rear-end for 5 (19.2%) and sideswipe for 0 (0.0%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" accounted for 4 deaths (15.4%). This 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]}

Separate truck accident configuration figures classify deaths by vehicle count: single-vehicle crashes accounted for 3 deaths (11.5%), two-vehicle crashes for 19 (73.1%) and crashes involving three or more vehicles for 4 (15.4%).^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate truck accident deaths numbered 8, or 30.8%. The listed route-coded counts were 4 deaths on I-90, 2 on I-190 and 2 on I-290. Interstate identification requires the interstate route code and a readable I-route number. These listed routes are a route-coded subset, not a full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime recorded 16 deaths (61.5%), and nighttime recorded 10 (38.5%). Urban locations accounted for 19 deaths (73.1%), while rural locations accounted for 7 (26.9%). Work-zone deaths numbered 0. These figures classify deaths in qualifying crashes by roadway, time or setting; they are not counts of trucks.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

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

Erie County's truck accident death rate was 0.5 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. The New York rate was 0.6, and the United States rate was 1.6. The county rate was lower than both. The corresponding death counts were 26 for Erie County, 610 for New York and 27,553 nationally. No rates for listed neighboring counties are supplied in the fact sheet.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Rates use the sum of annual population estimates and do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. They describe deaths by crash location relative to population, not deaths among residents. Readers using the phrase "truck accident lawyer" should also keep that location-based grouping in mind when interpreting the counts.^{[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. Inclusion requires a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public and an occupant or nonoccupant death within 30 days. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. County assignment follows where the crash happened, not where the person lived.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 figures use FARS Final Files. The 2024 Annual Report File remains subject to revision. Rates divide deaths for 2020 through 2024 by the sum of annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025 and multiply by 100,000. The separately reported July 1, 2024 population estimate of 947,783 is not the rate denominator. Rates do not adjust for miles driven or visitors.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

On related publications

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