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

Truck accident deaths in Rowan County by year

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

The corresponding shares of all traffic deaths were 21.4% in 2020, 9.7% in 2021, 13.6% in 2022, 16.0% in 2023 and 15.6% in 2024. All traffic deaths numbered 28, 31, 22, 25 and 32 in those respective years. These annual counts describe deaths in truck accidents, rather than the number of fatal crashes.^{[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 Rowan County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 3 deaths, or 14.3%, while People in other vehicles accounted for 15 deaths, or 71.4%. People in other vehicles were the largest person category for truck accident deaths in Rowan County during 2020 through 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" records 3 deaths, or 14.3%. This is the FARS nonoccupant grouping, including pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. Despite the table label, that grouping can include occupants of motor vehicles not in transport, such as parked vehicles.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

The vehicle count for Rowan County's fatal truck accidents was 21 large trucks during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors, identified as semi or tractor-trailer units, numbered 9 and represented 42.9% of those large trucks. The Single-unit and other large trucks category recorded 12 vehicles. Large trucks recorded as jackknifed numbered 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These are counts of trucks involved in fatal crashes, distinct from the 19 fatal crashes and 21 deaths recorded for the period. A truck accident can involve multiple large trucks, so the vehicle table should not be read as a crash count or a death count.^{[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 5 deaths, or 23.8%; head-on, 3, or 14.3%; rear-end, 4, or 19.0%; and sideswipe, 2, or 9.5%. "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 7 deaths, or 33.3%. It means no collision with another motor vehicle in transport, which can include a vehicle stopped in traffic. Examples include striking a pedestrian, parked vehicle or fixed object, or a rollover.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, truck accident deaths by vehicle configuration were single-vehicle, 4, or 19.0%; two-vehicle, 15, or 71.4%; and three or more vehicles, 2, or 9.5%. Configuration counts vehicles involved rather than describing the first harmful event.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate-coded truck accident deaths numbered 6, representing 28.6% of the county total. The listed I-85 route count was 6 deaths. These figures require an interstate route classification and a readable interstate route number in the road identifier; the listed route counts are a coded subset, not a full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime recorded 15 deaths, or 71.4%, and nighttime recorded 6, or 28.6%. Urban locations accounted for 6 deaths, or 28.6%, while rural locations accounted for 15, or 71.4%. Work-zone records identified 1 death. Each of these figures counts deaths in truck accidents, rather than trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

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

Rowan County's truck accident death rate was 2.8 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. Iredell County, the listed neighboring county, had a rate of 2.6, also lower than Rowan County's.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

The death counts associated with those rates were 21 for Rowan County, 933 for North Carolina, 27,553 for the United States and 26 for Iredell County. Rates use the sum of annual Census population estimates and do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. Whether reading for statistics or searching for a truck accident lawyer, keep the grouping clear: deaths are assigned by crash location, not the person's home county.^{[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 use the county where the crash occurred, not where the person lived. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 records are Final Files; 2024 uses the Annual Report File, subject to revision when replaced by the Final File. Rates divide 2020 through 2024 deaths by summed annual Census Bureau population estimates, Vintage 2025, then multiply by 100,000. They measure average annual deaths per 100,000 residents without adjustments for miles driven or visitors. The separate 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)