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

Truck accident deaths in Moore County by year

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

All traffic deaths numbered 21 in 2020, 23 in 2021, 13 in 2022, 27 in 2023 and 17 in 2024. The share attributed to truck accidents declined each year: 38.1%, 26.1%, 23.1%, 18.5% and 17.6%, respectively. These percentages describe deaths, rather than the share of crashes involving a truck.^{[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 Moore County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 1 death, or 4.0% of truck accident deaths. People in other vehicles accounted for 24 deaths, or 96.0%, the majority of deaths recorded in these crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 0 deaths and 0.0%. This label represents the FARS nonoccupant grouping, including pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. That grouping can include occupants of motor vehicles not in transport, such as parked vehicles. The label therefore should not be read as a literal test of whether someone was outside a vehicle.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

The truck accident vehicle records list 21 large trucks in fatal crashes during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors, described as semi or tractor-trailer units, numbered 10 and represented 47.6% of those large trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 11. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 2.^{[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 21 trucks are distinct from the county's 20 fatal crashes and 25 deaths. The truck-tractor percentage also describes 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) accounted for 12 truck accident deaths (48.0%), head-on for 11 (44.0%), rear-end for 2 (8.0%) and sideswipe for 0 (0.0%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 0 deaths (0.0%). This means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport; examples include striking a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle or fixed object, or a rollover. A vehicle stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, crash configuration describes vehicle counts: single-vehicle crashes accounted for 0 deaths (0.0%), two-vehicle crashes for 22 (88.0%), and crashes involving three or more vehicles for 3 (12.0%). These shares are distinct from manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate-coded truck accident deaths numbered 0, representing 0.0%. This classification requires ROUTE=1 and a parseable interstate route number in TWAY_ID. The packet supplies no individual interstate route counts; its route-coded figures do not describe the full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime, from 6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m., accounted for 23 deaths (92.0%). Nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 2 (8.0%). Urban locations recorded 6 deaths (24.0%), while rural locations recorded 19 (76.0%). Work-zone deaths numbered 0. These location and time figures count people killed in truck accidents, not trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

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

Moore County's truck accident death rate was 4.8 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. That rate was higher than North Carolina's 1.7 and the United States rate of 1.6. The corresponding death counts were 25 for Moore County, 933 for North Carolina and 27,553 nationally.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

The listed neighboring county, Cumberland County, recorded 28 deaths and a rate of 1.7. Moore County's rate was higher despite its lower death count. These rates use deaths divided by the sum of annual population estimates, multiplied by 100,000. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. The comparison describes fatal truck accident deaths relative to population, with deaths assigned to the county where the crash occurred.^{[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. It includes crashes involving a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public when an occupant or nonoccupant dies within 30 days. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. Readers searching for a truck accident lawyer should read these counts by crash location, not the deceased person's home.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 figures use FARS Final Files; 2024 uses the revisable Annual Report File. Rates divide deaths by summed annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025 and multiply by 100,000. The separately displayed July 1, 2024 population is not the denominator. Rates express average annual deaths per 100,000 residents without adjustment for miles driven or visitors.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

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