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

Truck accident deaths in Iredell County by year

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

The annual shares of all traffic deaths were 16.7% in 2020, 13.6% in 2021, 21.7% in 2022, 18.2% in 2023, and 37.0% in 2024. All traffic deaths numbered 24, 22, 23, 22, and 27 in those respective years. Across 2020 through 2024, the average was 5.2 truck accident deaths per year.^{[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 Iredell County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 2 deaths, or 7.7%. People in other vehicles accounted for 18 deaths, or 69.2%, the largest share of truck accident deaths. The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" accounted for 6 deaths, or 23.1%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

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

The trucks involved

The truck accident records identify 24 large trucks in fatal crashes during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors (semi or tractor-trailer units) numbered 15 and represented 62.5% of those trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 9. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 2.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These measures count vehicles, so they are distinct from the 22 fatal crashes and 26 deaths recorded for the period. A crash can involve multiple large trucks. The jackknife figure likewise describes trucks recorded in fatal crashes, rather than a count of deaths or 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

By manner of collision, rear-end crashes accounted for 8 deaths (30.8%), angle (side impact) for 6 (23.1%), head-on for 3 (11.5%), and sideswipe for 2 (7.7%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" accounted for 7 (26.9%). This classification describes the first harmful event; the quoted row means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, which can include a vehicle stopped in traffic. Examples include rollovers or impacts with pedestrians, cyclists, parked vehicles, or fixed objects.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, truck accident deaths by vehicle configuration were single-vehicle: 7 (26.9%); two-vehicle: 12 (46.2%); and three or more vehicles: 7 (26.9%). Configuration counts involved vehicles rather than classifying the first harmful event.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate truck accident deaths numbered 11, or 42.3%. The listed route-coded counts were 6 deaths on I-40 and 5 on I-77. These figures require the interstate route classification and a readable 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 (69.2%). Nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 8 (30.8%). Urban classifications recorded 11 deaths (42.3%), and rural classifications recorded 15 (57.7%). Work-zone records counted 3 deaths, a measure 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

Iredell County's truck accident death rate was 2.6 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents. North Carolina's rate was 1.7, and the national rate was 1.6. Among the listed neighboring counties, Mecklenburg County had a rate of 1.1 and Rowan County had a rate of 2.8. Iredell's rate was higher than the state, national, and Mecklenburg rates and lower than Rowan's.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

These rates use deaths from 2020 through 2024 and the sum of annual Census population estimates. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. For readers searching for a truck accident lawyer, keep the grouping in view: these are crash-location counts, and the population-based rates do not identify where the people who died 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 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. Counts follow crash location, not residence. 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 from Vintage 2025 and multiply by 100,000. The separate July 1, 2024 estimate of 206,119 is not the rate denominator. Rates do not adjust for miles driven or visitors.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

• Truck accident statistics for Mecklenburg County, North Carolina (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Rowan County, North Carolina (2020-2024)