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

Truck accident deaths in New York County by year

Annual truck accident deaths numbered 4 in 2020, 9 in 2021, 2 in 2022, 6 in 2023 and 8 in 2024. The highest count was 9 in 2021; the lowest was 2 in 2022. After falling from 2021 to 2022, the count rose in 2023 and again in 2024. The 2024 count was 4 deaths higher than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The corresponding shares of all traffic deaths were 14.8%, 18.8%, 5.6%, 18.2% and 20.0%, respectively. All traffic deaths numbered 27, 48, 36, 33 and 40 in those years. Although 2021 had the highest truck accident death count, 2024 had the highest share of traffic deaths involving large trucks.^{[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 New York County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 0 deaths, or 0.0%. People in other vehicles accounted for 6 deaths, or 20.7%. The largest category was "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles," with 23 deaths and 79.3% of truck accident deaths.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

That quoted label identifies 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 other category can include occupants of motor vehicles not in transport, such as parked vehicles.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

Fatal crashes in New York County involved 28 large trucks during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors (semi or tractor-trailer units) numbered 6, representing 21.4% of those trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 22. The number of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These are vehicle counts, distinct from the 28 fatal crashes and 29 truck accident deaths. A crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the trucks table should be read as a count of involved vehicles. The truck-tractor share likewise describes trucks, rather than a share of crashes or deaths.^{[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 2 deaths (6.9%), head-on for 0 (0.0%), rear-end for 5 (17.2%) and sideswipe for 1 (3.4%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" accounted for 21 (72.4%). That label means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, such as a pedestrian strike or rollover; a vehicle in transport can be stopped in traffic.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, truck accident deaths by crash configuration were single-vehicle, 20 (69.0%); two-vehicle, 8 (27.6%); and three or more vehicles, 1 (3.4%). Configuration counts involved vehicles and is separate from manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate truck accident deaths numbered 0, or 0.0%. This classification requires ROUTE=1 and a parseable interstate route number in TWAY_ID; it represents a route-coded subset rather than a full road network. No individual interstate route counts are listed in the packet.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime, from 6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m., accounted for 20 deaths (69.0%). Nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 9 (31.0%). Urban locations recorded 29 deaths (100.0%), while rural locations recorded 0 (0.0%). Work-zone truck accident deaths numbered 1. The work-zone figure counts deaths, not involved trucks or fatal crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

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

The average annual truck accident death rate was 0.4 per 100,000 residents in New York County, compared with 0.6 for New York and 1.6 nationally. Among the listed neighboring counties, Kings County had a rate of 0.4, Bronx County 0.6, Queens County 0.3 and Bergen County, New Jersey, 0.5. New York County's rate matched Kings County's and was higher than Queens County's.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

These figures express average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. They use deaths by crash location and the sum of annual population estimates, not the residence of those killed. The rates do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. A search for a truck accident lawyer does not change how these statistics are grouped.^{[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 crash location, not where the person lived.^[9][6][7][8]

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

See also

• Truck accident statistics for Bergen County, New Jersey (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Bronx County, New York (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Kings County, New York (2020-2024)