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

Truck accident deaths in Duplin County by year

Truck accident deaths rose from 1 in 2020 to 3 in 2021 and 8 in 2022. The count fell to 1 in 2023, then rose to 7 in 2024. The highest count was 8 in 2022; the lowest count was 1, recorded in both 2020 and 2023. The 2024 count was 6 deaths higher than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The corresponding shares of all traffic deaths were 5.9% in 2020, 10.3% in 2021, 38.1% in 2022, 5.3% in 2023 and 36.8% in 2024. All traffic deaths numbered 17, 29, 21, 19 and 19 in those respective years. The highest truck accident death share occurred in 2022, 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 Duplin County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 2 deaths, or 10.0%. People in other vehicles accounted for 17 deaths, or 85.0%, the largest share of truck accident deaths. The row labeled "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 1 death, or 5.0%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

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

The trucks involved

Fatal truck accidents in Duplin County involved 19 large trucks from 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors (semi or tractor-trailer units) numbered 14 and represented 73.7% of those large trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 5. The records identified 1 large truck as jackknifed.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These figures count vehicles involved in fatal crashes. They are distinct from the county's 19 fatal crashes and 20 deaths, even where the displayed counts match. A crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the truck total should not be read as a count of separate 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) recorded 7 deaths (35.0%), head-on 4 (20.0%), rear-end 5 (25.0%) and sideswipe 1 (5.0%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 3 deaths (15.0%). This means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, with examples including a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle, fixed object or rollover. A vehicle stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, truck accident deaths by crash configuration were single-vehicle, 3 (15.0%); two-vehicle, 16 (80.0%); and three or more vehicles, 1 (5.0%). These shares classify deaths by the number of vehicles involved, rather than by manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate truck accident deaths numbered 2, or 10.0%. The listed route-coded count for I-40 was 2 deaths. Interstate identification requires ROUTE=1 and a parseable I-route number in TWAY_ID; the listed routes are a coded subset, not a full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime, from 6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m., accounted for 15 deaths (75.0%). Nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 5 (25.0%). Rural locations recorded 20 deaths (100.0%), while urban locations recorded 0 (0.0%). Work-zone deaths numbered 0. Each of these figures counts deaths in truck accidents, rather than trucks or fatal crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

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

Duplin County's truck accident death rate was 8.1 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. North Carolina's rate was 1.7, and the United States rate was 1.6. The county rate was higher than both. The corresponding death counts were 20 for Duplin County, 933 for North Carolina and 27,553 nationally. No neighboring county rates are supplied in this packet.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

The rates use deaths divided by the sum of annual Census population estimates, multiplied by 100,000. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. For readers searching for a truck accident lawyer, these statistics group deaths by crash location, not by the home county of the people who died.^{[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

NHTSA's 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. County counts follow crash location, not where those 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 figures can change when replaced by the Final File. Average annual rates divide 2020 through 2024 deaths by summed annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025 and multiply by 100,000. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. The separate July 1, 2024 population estimate is not the rate denominator.^[9][6][7][8]