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

Truck accident deaths in Delaware County by year

Truck accident deaths rose from 5 in 2020 to 7 in 2021, then fell to 3 in 2022. The count rose to 4 in 2023 and 6 in 2024. The highest count was 7 in 2021; the lowest was 3 in 2022. The 2024 count was 1 death higher than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The yearly share of all traffic deaths occurring in truck accidents was 29.4% in 2020, 58.3% in 2021, 17.6% in 2022, 25.0% in 2023 and 30.0% in 2024. All traffic deaths numbered 17, 12, 17, 16 and 20 in those respective years. The highest truck accident death share occurred in 2021, while the highest count of all traffic deaths occurred in 2024.^{[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 Delaware County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 5 deaths, or 20.0%. People in other vehicles accounted for 19 deaths, or 76.0%, the largest share of truck accident deaths. The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 1 death, or 4.0%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

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

The trucks involved

The truck accident vehicle counts record 20 large trucks involved in fatal crashes during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors (semi or tractor-trailer units) numbered 10 and represented 50.0% of those large trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 10. Large trucks recorded as jackknifed numbered 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These figures count vehicles, rather than crashes or deaths. A fatal crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the 20 large trucks and the 19 fatal crashes describe different measures. The jackknife figure likewise counts trucks recorded with that characteristic, 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 in a truck accident. Angle (side impact) accounted for 11 deaths, or 44.0%; head-on for 1, or 4.0%; rear-end for 3, or 12.0%; and sideswipe for 1, or 4.0%. "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" accounted for 9 deaths, or 36.0%. This means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, encompassing events such as rollovers or striking a parked vehicle. A vehicle stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, crash configuration groups deaths by vehicle count: single-vehicle crashes accounted for 3 deaths, or 12.0%; two-vehicle crashes for 15, or 60.0%; and crashes involving three or more vehicles for 7, or 28.0%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate truck accident deaths numbered 6, or 24.0%. The listed route-coded count for I-71 was 6 deaths. Interstate identification requires ROUTE=1 and a parseable interstate route number in TWAY_ID; the listed routes represent a coded subset, not a full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime recorded 13 deaths, or 52.0%, and nighttime recorded 12 deaths, or 48.0%. Urban locations accounted for 17 deaths, or 68.0%, while rural locations accounted for 8 deaths, or 32.0%. Work-zone deaths numbered 0. These location and time figures count deaths in truck accidents, rather than vehicles or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Ohio and the United States

The average annual truck accident death rate in Delaware County was 2.2 deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. Ohio's rate was 1.6, and the national rate was 1.6. Delaware County's rate was higher than both. Among the listed neighboring counties, Franklin County recorded 0.8 and Licking County recorded 2.5. Delaware County's rate was higher than Franklin County's and lower than Licking County's.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

These rates express average annual deaths per 100,000 residents using deaths at the crash location and annual population estimates. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. The underlying death counts were 25 for Delaware County, 923 for Ohio and 27,553 nationally.^{[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. It excludes nonfatal crashes and injuries. For readers searching "truck accident lawyer," these counts group deaths by crash county, not home county.^[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 for 2020 through 2024, Vintage 2025, and multiply by 100,000. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. The separate July 1, 2024 estimate of 236,863 is not the rate denominator.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

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