Truck accident statistics for Cumberland County, North Carolina (2020-2024)

Truck accident deaths in Cumberland County by year

Truck accident deaths numbered 4 in 2020, 5 in 2021, 7 in 2022, 5 in 2023 and 7 in 2024. The highest count was shared by 2022 and 2024, while 2020 had the lowest count. The 2024 count was 3 deaths higher than the 2020 count. Across the period, the average was 5.6 deaths per year.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The annual share of all traffic deaths attributed to truck accidents also varied: 7.1% in 2020, 8.5% in 2021, 15.9% in 2022, 9.6% in 2023 and 11.9% in 2024. Although 2022 and 2024 had the same truck accident death count, their all-traffic death counts were 44 and 59, respectively.^{[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 Cumberland County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 5 deaths, or 17.9%. People in other vehicles accounted for 20 deaths, or 71.4%, the largest person category in the county's truck accident death figures. The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 3 deaths, or 10.7%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The FARS nonoccupant grouping is what that quoted label represents, encompassing pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. Whether someone was outside a vehicle is not literally what the category tests: occupants of motor vehicles not in transport, such as parked vehicles, can also be included.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

Fatal truck accidents involved 24 large trucks during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors (semi or tractor-trailer units) numbered 11, representing 45.8% of those large trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 13. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These are vehicle counts, distinct from the county's 23 fatal crashes and 28 deaths involving large trucks. A truck crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the trucks table does not count crashes or people. The truck-tractor share uses large trucks as its denominator, rather than 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) recorded 12 deaths (42.9%); head-on, 2 (7.1%); rear-end, 5 (17.9%); sideswipe, 2 (7.1%); and Other, 1 (3.6%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 6 deaths (21.4%). This means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, such as a pedestrian, cyclist, parked-vehicle or fixed-object impact, or a rollover. Vehicles in transport can be stopped in traffic.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, truck accident deaths by vehicle configuration were single-vehicle, 4 (14.3%); two-vehicle, 22 (78.6%); and three or more vehicles, 2 (7.1%). These shares classify deaths by the number of vehicles involved, rather than the manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate truck accident deaths numbered 8, or 28.6%. The listed route-coded count for I-95 was 8 deaths. Interstate identification requires the interstate route classification and a parseable interstate route number. The listed routes represent the packet's route-coded subset, not a full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime (6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m.) accounted for 19 deaths (67.9%), and nighttime (6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m.) accounted for 9 (32.1%). Urban locations recorded 8 deaths (28.6%); rural locations recorded 20 (71.4%). Work-zone truck accident deaths numbered 4. That work-zone figure counts deaths, rather than trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with North Carolina and the United States

Cumberland County's truck accident death rate was 1.7 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. North Carolina's rate was also 1.7, while the national rate was 1.6. The county rate was lower than the rates for both listed neighboring counties: Robeson County at 6.0 and Moore County at 4.8. Robeson County had the highest rate among the listed neighboring counties.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

These rates divide deaths by the sum of annual Census population estimates and express the result per 100,000 residents per year. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. For readers searching for a truck accident lawyer, these figures group deaths by crash location, not by where the people lived.^{[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 use the county where the crash happened, not the deceased person's residence. 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 divide 2020 through 2024 deaths by the sum of annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025, then multiply by 100,000. The result is average annual deaths per 100,000 residents, without adjustment for miles driven or visitors. The separately displayed July 1, 2024 population estimate is not the rate denominator.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

• Truck accident statistics for Moore County, North Carolina (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Robeson County, North Carolina (2020-2024)

On related publications

• Car accident statistics for Cumberland County, North Carolina (2020-2024) (caraccidentlawyers.wiki)