Truck accident statistics for Cuyahoga County, Ohio (2020-2024)

Truck accident deaths in Cuyahoga County by year

Truck accident deaths rose from 5 in 2020 to 9 in 2021, remained at 9 in 2022, then rose to 12 in 2023 and 13 in 2024. The lowest count was in 2020 and the highest was in 2024. The 2024 count was 8 deaths higher than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

All traffic deaths numbered 111 in 2020, 129 in 2021, 86 in 2022, 104 in 2023 and 118 in 2024. The truck accident share was 4.5%, 7.0%, 10.5%, 11.5% and 11.0%, respectively. Although the truck accident death count reached its highest level in 2024, its share of all traffic deaths was highest in 2023.^{[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 Cuyahoga County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 8 deaths, or 16.7%. People in other vehicles accounted for 28 deaths, or 58.3%, the largest person category. The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" accounted for 12 deaths, or 25.0%, of truck accident deaths.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

That quoted label represents the FARS nonoccupant grouping, which includes pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. The other category can include occupants of motor vehicles not in transport, such as parked vehicles. The label therefore does not provide a literal test of whether someone was outside a vehicle.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

Fatal truck accidents in Cuyahoga County involved 47 large trucks during 2020 through 2024. Of those vehicles, 17 were truck-tractors, meaning semi or tractor-trailer units. Truck-tractors represented 36.2% of the large trucks involved. Single-unit and other large trucks accounted for 30 vehicles. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These figures count trucks, separately from the 45 fatal crashes and 48 deaths. A truck crash can involve multiple large trucks, so vehicle counts and crash counts describe different measures. The truck-tractor share uses large trucks as its denominator.^{[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. Rear-end recorded 16 deaths (33.3%); Angle (side impact), 8 (16.7%); Head-on, 4 (8.3%); Sideswipe, 3 (6.2%); and Other, 1 (2.1%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 16 deaths (33.3%). This means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, including events involving a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle, fixed object or rollover. A vehicle in transport can be stopped in traffic.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, truck accident deaths by crash configuration were Single-vehicle, 13 (27.1%); Two-vehicle, 27 (56.2%); and Three or more vehicles, 8 (16.7%). These shares describe vehicle involvement, distinct from manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate truck accident deaths numbered 30, or 62.5%. The listed route-coded counts were 8 on I-90, 7 on I-480, 6 on I-271 and 4 on I-77. Interstate identification requires ROUTE=1 and a parseable I-route number in TWAY_ID. These listed routes are a subset, not a full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime recorded 33 deaths (68.8%), and nighttime recorded 15 (31.2%). Urban locations accounted for 47 deaths (97.9%); rural locations, 0 (0.0%); and locations with land use not reported, 1 (2.1%). Work-zone deaths numbered 2. These road, time and land-use figures count deaths rather than trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Ohio and the United States

The Cuyahoga County truck accident death rate was 0.8 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. Ohio's rate was 1.6, and the national rate was 1.6. The county rate was lower than both. Summit County, the listed neighboring county, had the same rate as Cuyahoga County: 0.8. The corresponding death counts were 48 in Cuyahoga County, 923 in Ohio, 27,553 nationally and 22 in Summit County.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

These rates divide deaths by the sum of annual Census population estimates and multiply by 100,000. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. For readers searching for a truck accident lawyer, the counts remain grouped by crash location.^{[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 a census of fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes on trafficways customarily open to the public, with an occupant or nonoccupant death within 30 days. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. County counts identify where crashes happened, not where the people killed lived.^[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, then multiply by 100,000. The separately displayed July 1, 2024 population estimate is not the rate denominator. Rates do not adjust for miles driven or visitors.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

• Truck accident statistics for Summit County, Ohio (2020-2024)

On related publications

• Car accident statistics for Cuyahoga County, Ohio (2020-2024) (caraccidentlawyers.wiki)