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

Truck accident deaths in Queens County by year

Truck accident deaths fell from 5 in 2020 to 1 in 2021, then rose to 11 in 2022. The count fell to 10 in 2023 before returning to 11 in 2024. The highest count was shared by 2022 and 2024, while 2021 had the lowest count. The 2024 count was 6 deaths higher than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The annual truck accident shares were 6.0% in 2020, 1.6% in 2021, 17.2% in 2022, 12.7% in 2023 and 15.1% in 2024. All traffic deaths for those years were 84, 63, 64, 79 and 73, respectively. Although 2022 and 2024 recorded the same truck accident death count, their shares of all traffic deaths differed.^{[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 Queens County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 4 deaths, or 10.5%. People in other vehicles accounted for 12 deaths, or 31.6%. The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 22 deaths, or 57.9%, the largest share of truck accident deaths.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

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

The trucks involved

Fatal truck crashes in Queens County involved 39 large trucks during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors (semi or tractor-trailer units) accounted for 9 trucks, or 23.1% of the large trucks recorded. Single-unit and other large trucks accounted for 30 trucks. The number of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These figures count vehicles involved in fatal crashes. They are distinct from the 37 fatal crashes and 38 truck accident deaths recorded during the period. A crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the vehicle count is not a count of separate crashes.^{[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 5 deaths (13.2%), head-on for 1 (2.6%), rear-end for 4 (10.5%), sideswipe for 3 (7.9%) and Other for 1 (2.6%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" accounted for 24 deaths (63.2%). This means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, which can be stopped in traffic. Examples include striking a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle or fixed object, or a rollover.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, truck accident deaths by crash configuration were single-vehicle, 20 (52.6%); two-vehicle, 15 (39.5%); and three or more vehicles, 3 (7.9%). Configuration describes vehicle counts, separately from manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate-coded truck accident deaths numbered 7, or 18.4%. The listed route counts were I-495 with 4 deaths, I-678 with 2 and I-295 with 1. These figures require interstate route coding and a readable I-route number; the listed routes are a coded subset, not a full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime accounted for 24 deaths (63.2%), while nighttime accounted for 14 (36.8%). The urban classification recorded 38 deaths (100.0%), and the rural classification recorded 0 (0.0%). Work-zone deaths numbered 0. These road, time-of-day and land-use figures describe deaths, rather than numbers of trucks or fatal crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

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

The Queens County truck accident death rate was 0.3 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. The corresponding rate was 0.6 for New York and 1.6 nationally. Queens County's rate was lower than both.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Among the listed neighboring counties, Kings County recorded 0.4, Bronx County 0.6, New York County 0.4 and Nassau County 0.4. Queens County's rate was lower than each listed neighbor's rate. These measures use deaths divided by annual population estimates summed across the period; they do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. When reading these figures with a truck accident lawyer search in mind, keep the population-based rates distinct from death 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 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 crash's county, not where the people killed lived. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 figures use FARS Final Files. The 2024 Annual Report File can change when replaced by the Final File. Rates divide 2020 through 2024 deaths by summed annual Census Bureau population estimates, Vintage 2025, and multiply by 100,000. The separately shown 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 Bronx County, New York (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Kings County, New York (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Nassau County, New York (2020-2024)

On related publications

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