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

Truck accident deaths in Mecklenburg County by year

Truck accident deaths fell from 17 in 2020 to 14 in 2021 and 8 in 2022. The count then rose to 16 in 2023 before falling to 10 in 2024. The highest count was 17 in 2020, and the lowest was 8 in 2022. The 2024 count was 7 deaths lower than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The share of all traffic deaths attributed to truck accidents also varied: 15.7% in 2020, 11.9% in 2021, 7.1% in 2022, 16.5% in 2023 and 8.3% in 2024. Although 2020 had the highest truck accident death count, 2023 had the highest share of all traffic deaths. The lowest share occurred in 2022.^{[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 Mecklenburg County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 13 deaths, or 20.0%, while People in other vehicles accounted for 39 deaths, or 60.0%. People in other vehicles were the majority of those killed in the county's truck accidents from 2020 through 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 13 deaths, or 20.0%. This is the FARS nonoccupant grouping, including pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. The label is not a literal test of being outside a vehicle: its other category can include occupants of parked motor vehicles.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

Fatal truck accidents in Mecklenburg County involved 62 large trucks from 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors (semi or tractor-trailer units) accounted for 29 trucks, or 46.8% of those large trucks. The Single-unit and other large trucks category recorded 33 trucks. The number of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 1.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These figures count vehicles, not fatal crashes or deaths. A crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the 62 large trucks and 54 fatal crashes describe different measures. The jackknife figure likewise counts trucks rather than 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 8 deaths (12.3%); head-on, 7 (10.8%); rear-end, 20 (30.8%); and sideswipe, 9 (13.8%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 21 deaths (32.3%). That row means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, including events involving pedestrians, cyclists, parked vehicles, fixed objects or rollovers. Vehicles stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, truck accident deaths by crash configuration were single-vehicle, 13 (20.0%); two-vehicle, 32 (49.2%); and three or more vehicles, 20 (30.8%). These shares classify deaths by the number of vehicles in the crash, separately from manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate truck accident deaths numbered 34, or 52.3%. The listed route-coded counts were 12 deaths on I-85, 11 on I-77 and 11 on I-485. These figures require an interstate route classification and a parseable interstate route number; the listed routes are a route-coded subset, not a full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime recorded 36 deaths (55.4%), while nighttime recorded 29 (44.6%). Urban locations accounted for 63 deaths (96.9%), and rural locations accounted for 2 (3.1%). Work-zone truck accident deaths numbered 5. Each figure in these location and time groupings 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

Mecklenburg 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 listed neighboring county, Iredell County, had a rate of 2.6, also higher than Mecklenburg County's rate.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

The rates use deaths at crash locations and annual population estimates. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors, and they do not measure deaths according to the home county of the people killed. For readers searching for a truck accident lawyer, the same grouping applies: these counts follow where the crash happened.^{[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 the crash county, not the deceased person's residence. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 records are Final Files; the 2024 Annual Report File can change upon replacement with the Final File. Rates divide 2020 through 2024 deaths by summed annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025, then multiply by 100,000. This yields 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 Iredell County, North Carolina (2020-2024)

On related publications

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