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

Truck accident deaths in Monroe County by year

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

The truck accident share of all traffic deaths was 12.2% in 2020, 7.1% in 2021, 6.7% in 2022, 6.2% in 2023 and 10.6% in 2024. All traffic deaths followed a different sequence: 49, 56, 45, 48 and 47, respectively. The highest truck accident death share occurred in 2020, while the lowest share occurred in 2023.^{[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 Monroe County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 1 death, or 4.8%. People in other vehicles accounted for 12 deaths, or 57.1%, the largest person category. The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 8 deaths, or 38.1%. These are person categories for truck accident deaths, not counts of vehicles.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

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

The trucks involved

The fatal truck accident records identify 20 large trucks from 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors (semi or tractor-trailer units) accounted for 9 trucks and 45.0% of the large trucks recorded. Single-unit and other large trucks accounted for 11 trucks. Large trucks recorded as jackknifed numbered 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These figures count vehicles involved in fatal crashes. They are distinct from the county's 20 fatal crashes and 21 deaths, even where the vehicle and crash counts match. A truck accident can involve multiple large trucks, so the trucks table should be read as a vehicle 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. Angle (side impact) recorded 6 deaths (28.6%), head-on 0 (0.0%), rear-end 6 (28.6%) and sideswipe 1 (4.8%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 8 (38.1%). That row means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport; examples include striking a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle or fixed object, or a rollover. Vehicles stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, truck accident deaths by crash configuration were single-vehicle: 8 (38.1%); two-vehicle: 11 (52.4%); and three or more vehicles: 2 (9.5%). 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-coded truck accident deaths numbered 5, or 23.8%. The listed I-90 count was 5 deaths. Interstate identification requires ROUTE=1 and a parseable interstate route number in TWAY_ID; the listed route counts represent the packet's route-coded subset, not a full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime accounted for 12 deaths (57.1%) and nighttime for 9 (42.9%). The daytime interval is 6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m.; nighttime is 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m. Urban locations recorded 18 deaths (85.7%), while rural locations recorded 3 (14.3%). Work-zone records counted 1 death, a count of deaths rather than trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

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

Monroe County's truck accident death rate was 0.6 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. New York's rate was also 0.6, while the national rate was 1.6. The county rate matched the state rate and was lower than the national rate. The associated death counts were 21 for Monroe County, 610 for New York and 27,553 for the United States. No neighboring county rates are supplied in this packet.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

The rate uses deaths divided by the sum of annual Census population estimates, multiplied by 100,000. It does not adjust for miles driven or visitors. For readers searching for a truck accident lawyer, these statistics group deaths 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 follow the county of the crash, not the home county of the person who died. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 records are Final Files; 2024 uses the revisable Annual Report File. Rates use the sum of annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025. The separate July 1, 2024 estimate of 750,294 is not the rate denominator. The rates measure average annual deaths per 100,000 residents without adjustment for miles driven or visitors.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

On related publications

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