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

Truck accident deaths in Franklin County by year

Truck accident deaths rose from 13 in 2020 to 17 in 2021, then fell to 6 in 2022. The count rose to 14 in 2023 before falling to 4 in 2024. The highest count was 17 in 2021, and the lowest was 4 in 2024. The 2024 count was 9 deaths lower than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The annual shares of all traffic deaths were 10.6% in 2020, 13.6% in 2021, 4.8% in 2022, 10.9% in 2023 and 4.5% in 2024. All traffic deaths numbered 123, 125, 125, 129 and 89 for those respective years. Truck accident deaths averaged 10.8 per year during the period.^{[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 Franklin County truck accidents

People in other vehicles accounted for 40 deaths, or 74.1%, the largest person category in the truck accident figures. People in the large truck accounted for 6 deaths, or 11.1%. The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 8 deaths, or 14.8%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The FARS nonoccupant grouping is represented by that quoted label and includes pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. Occupants of vehicles not in transport, such as parked vehicles, can be included in the other category. Whether a person was outside a vehicle is not what the grouping literally tests.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

Fatal truck accidents in Franklin County involved 57 large trucks during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors, identified in the table as semi or tractor-trailer units, numbered 38 and represented 66.7% of those large trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 19. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 1.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These are vehicle counts. They do not count truck accident deaths or fatal crashes, and a crash can involve multiple large trucks. The 57 large trucks therefore describe a different measure from the county's 51 fatal crashes and 54 deaths.^{[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) and rear-end each recorded 13 deaths (24.1%); head-on recorded 9 (16.7%), sideswipe 8 (14.8%) and not reported 2 (3.7%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 9 (16.7%). This means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, such as a pedestrian, cyclist, parked-vehicle or fixed-object impact, or a rollover. A vehicle in transport can be stopped in traffic.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, truck accident deaths by vehicle configuration were single-vehicle, 6 (11.1%); two-vehicle, 30 (55.6%); and three or more vehicles, 18 (33.3%). These shares describe vehicle configuration rather than manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate truck accident deaths numbered 32, or 59.3%. The listed route-coded counts were I-270, 14 deaths; I-70, 9; I-71, 8; and I-670, 1. These figures require interstate route coding and a parseable interstate route number. The listed routes are the packet's route-coded subset, not a full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime accounted for 33 deaths (61.1%), and nighttime accounted for 21 (38.9%). Urban-coded deaths numbered 54 (100.0%), while rural-coded deaths numbered 0 (0.0%). Work-zone truck accident deaths numbered 0. Each of these figures counts deaths, rather than the number of trucks or fatal crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Ohio and the United States

Franklin County's 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. The corresponding death counts were 54 in Franklin County, 923 in Ohio and 27,553 nationally.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Among the listed neighboring counties, Delaware County recorded 25 deaths and a rate of 2.2; Licking County recorded 23 deaths and a rate of 2.5. Franklin County's rate was lower than each listed neighbor's rate. These rates use annual Census population estimates and do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. They measure truck accident deaths relative to population, not deaths per mile traveled.^{[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 counts fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes on trafficways customarily open to the public, with a death within 30 days. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. Counts follow crash location, not the home of the person killed. Readers searching for a truck accident lawyer should keep that location grouping in mind when reading these counts.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 figures use FARS Final Files; 2024 uses the revisable Annual Report File. Rates divide 2020 through 2024 deaths by the sum of annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025, then multiply by 100,000. The separate July 1, 2024 population estimate is not the denominator. Rates do not adjust for miles driven or visitors.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

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

On related publications

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