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

Truck accident deaths in Summit County by year

Annual truck accident deaths were 4 in 2020, 4 in 2021, 5 in 2022, 4 in 2023 and 5 in 2024. The highest count was shared by 2022 and 2024, while 2020, 2021 and 2023 shared the lowest count. The 2024 count was 1 death higher than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The annual share of traffic deaths occurring in truck accidents was 8.0% in 2020, 8.3% in 2021, 11.4% in 2022, 8.7% in 2023 and 13.5% in 2024. All traffic deaths for those years were 50, 48, 44, 46 and 37, respectively. Thus, 2024 had the highest truck accident share and the lowest all-traffic death count 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 Summit County truck accidents

People in other vehicles accounted for 18 deaths, or 81.8% of truck accident deaths in Summit County from 2020 through 2024. People in the large truck accounted for 3 deaths, or 13.6%. The largest person category was People in other vehicles.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 1 death, or 4.5%. This is the FARS nonoccupant grouping, including pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. Despite the label, that grouping can include occupants of motor vehicles not in transport, such as parked vehicles; it is not a literal test of being outside a vehicle.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

The vehicle count for Summit County truck accidents was 22 large trucks in fatal crashes during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors (semi or tractor-trailer units) accounted for 9 trucks, representing 40.9% of the large trucks counted. Single-unit and other large trucks accounted for 13 trucks. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These figures describe vehicles involved in fatal crashes, not numbers of crashes or deaths. A truck accident can involve multiple large trucks, so the trucks table and the fatal-crash count measure different things.^{[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 4 deaths (18.2%), head-on 3 (13.6%), rear-end 5 (22.7%), sideswipe 2 (9.1%) and Other 1 (4.5%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 7 deaths (31.8%). That row means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, with examples including a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle, fixed object or rollover. A vehicle stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, truck accident deaths by crash configuration were single-vehicle, 2 (9.1%); two-vehicle, 12 (54.5%); and three or more vehicles, 8 (36.4%). These shares classify deaths by the number of vehicles involved, rather than manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate truck accident deaths numbered 6, representing 27.3% of the county total. The listed route-coded counts were I-76 with 2 deaths, I-77 with 2, I-271 with 1 and I-480 with 1. These figures use interstate route coding and a readable I-route number; the listed routes are a subset, not a full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime recorded 15 deaths (68.2%), compared with nighttime's 7 (31.8%). Urban locations recorded 20 deaths (90.9%), and rural locations recorded 2 (9.1%). Work-zone records counted 1 death. Each of these measures counts deaths in truck accidents, rather than trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Ohio and the United States

Summit 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. Listed neighboring Cuyahoga County had a rate of 0.8, the same as Summit County.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

The corresponding death counts were 22 for Summit County, 923 for Ohio, 27,553 for the United States and 48 for Cuyahoga County. Rates use deaths divided by the sum of annual population estimates, multiplied by 100,000. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. These are location-based truck accident death rates, not counts of deaths restricted to people who lived in each area.^{[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 on a trafficway customarily open to the public and an occupant or nonoccupant death within 30 days. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. The 2020 through 2023 figures use Final Files; 2024 uses the revisable Annual Report File.^[9][6][7][8]

Rates use summed annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025. The separate July 1, 2024 estimate is not the denominator. Counts follow crash location, not where those killed lived. When reading with the phrase "truck accident lawyer" in mind, keep that county grouping in view. 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 Cuyahoga County, Ohio (2020-2024)

On related publications

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