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

Truck accident deaths in Guilford County by year

Annual truck accident deaths were 7 in 2020, 8 in 2021, 7 in 2022, 5 in 2023 and 4 in 2024. The highest count was 8 in 2021; the lowest was 4 in 2024. The 2024 count was 3 deaths lower than the 2020 count. Following the rise from 2020 to 2021, deaths fell in each subsequent year through 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The truck accident share of all traffic deaths was 10.9% in 2020, 9.1% in 2021, 10.6% in 2022, 9.3% in 2023 and 5.4% in 2024. All traffic deaths followed a different final-year change, rising from 54 in 2023 to 74 in 2024 while truck accident deaths fell.^{[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 Guilford County truck accidents

People in other vehicles accounted for 24 deaths, or 77.4%, the largest person category for 2020 through 2024. People in the large truck accounted for 3 deaths, or 9.7%, the smallest category. These categories identify the people who died in the truck accidents, rather than assigning every death to a truck occupant.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" records 4 deaths, or 12.9%. This FARS nonoccupant grouping includes pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. It can also include occupants of vehicles not in transport, such as parked vehicles.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

Fatal crashes in Guilford County involved 31 large trucks during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors (semi or tractor-trailer units) accounted for 18 trucks, representing 58.1% of the large trucks recorded. Single-unit and other large trucks accounted for 13 trucks. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These are vehicle counts within fatal truck accidents. They are distinct from the 30 fatal crashes and 31 deaths recorded for the period. A crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the trucks table describes vehicles involved rather than the number of 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) accounted for 10 deaths (32.3%), head-on for 4 (12.9%), rear-end for 8 (25.8%) and sideswipe for 1 (3.2%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" accounted for 8 deaths (25.8%). This means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, including events involving 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, 5 (16.1%); two-vehicle, 20 (64.5%); and three or more vehicles, 6 (19.4%). These death shares describe vehicle involvement, not manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate-coded truck accident deaths numbered 12, or 38.7%. Listed route-coded counts were 6 deaths on I-85, 2 on I-40, 2 on I-73 and 2 on I-74. These figures require interstate route coding and a parseable interstate route number; 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 18 deaths (58.1%). Nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 13 (41.9%). Urban locations recorded 21 deaths (67.7%), and rural locations recorded 10 (32.3%). The work-zone count was 1 death, a count of people killed rather than trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

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

Guilford County's truck accident death rate was 1.1 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. That was lower than North Carolina's rate of 1.7 and the United States rate of 1.6. The corresponding death counts were 31 in Guilford County, 933 in North Carolina and 27,553 nationally. No neighboring county rates are supplied in the fact sheet.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Each rate divides deaths during the period by the sum of annual Census population estimates and multiplies by 100,000. It does not adjust for miles driven or visitors. For readers searching for a truck accident lawyer, the grouping here remains crash location, rather than 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

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 a death within 30 days. Counts follow the county where the crash happened, not where the person 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 remains subject to revision. Rates use deaths divided by summed annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025, multiplied by 100,000. They express average annual deaths per 100,000 residents without adjustment for miles driven or visitors. The separately shown July 1, 2024 population estimate is not the rate denominator.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

On related publications

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