Truck accident statistics for Deschutes County, Oregon (2020-2024)

Truck accident deaths in Deschutes County by year

Annual truck accident deaths numbered 6 in 2020, 5 in 2021, 3 in 2022, 5 in 2023 and 5 in 2024. The highest count was 6 in 2020, and the lowest was 3 in 2022. The 2024 count was lower than the 2020 count by 1 death. After rising from 2022 to 2023, the count was unchanged in 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The corresponding shares of all traffic deaths were 20.0%, 26.3%, 12.5%, 21.7% and 29.4%. All traffic deaths numbered 30, 19, 24, 23 and 17 in those same years. Although truck accident deaths were unchanged between 2023 and 2024, their share of all traffic deaths rose from 21.7% to 29.4%.^{[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 Deschutes County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 2 deaths, or 8.3%, while People in other vehicles accounted for 20 deaths, or 83.3%. People in other vehicles were the majority of truck accident deaths recorded in Deschutes County from 2020 through 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 2 deaths, or 8.3%. This is the FARS nonoccupant grouping, including pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. Despite the wording, the category can include occupants of motor vehicles not in transport, such as parked vehicles.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

Fatal truck accidents in Deschutes County involved 16 large trucks during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors, labeled as semi or tractor-trailer units, numbered 5 and represented 31.2% of those trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 11. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These are vehicle counts, distinct from the 15 fatal crashes and 24 deaths recorded for the period. A truck crash can involve multiple large trucks. The truck-tractor share therefore describes the vehicles in the large-truck count, rather than a share of crashes or 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. Angle (side impact) accounted for 8 deaths (33.3%), head-on for 6 (25.0%), rear-end for 0 (0.0%) and sideswipe for 7 (29.2%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" accounted for 3 (12.5%). That label means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, which can be stopped in traffic. Examples include striking a parked vehicle or a rollover.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, truck accident deaths by crash configuration were single-vehicle, 3 (12.5%); two-vehicle, 16 (66.7%); and three or more vehicles, 5 (20.8%). Configuration counts vehicles involved; it is separate from manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

The route-coded interstate count was 0 truck accident deaths, or 0.0%. Interstate identification requires the interstate route code and a parseable I-route number; the packet supplies no individual interstate route counts. These figures describe the route-coded subset rather than a full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime, from 6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m., accounted for 11 deaths (45.8%). Nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 13 (54.2%). Urban locations recorded 11 deaths (45.8%), and rural locations recorded 13 (54.2%). The work-zone count was 1 death, a count of people killed rather than trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Oregon and the United States

Deschutes County's truck accident death rate was 2.3 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. Oregon's rate was 2.0, and the national rate was 1.6. The county rate was higher than both. These population-based rates do not adjust for miles driven or visitors.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Among the listed neighboring counties, Klamath County had a rate of 9.1, Lane County had 1.7 and Linn County had 3.2. Deschutes County's rate was lower than Klamath County's and Linn County's, and higher than Lane County's. Klamath County had the highest rate among the listed neighboring counties, while Lane County had the lowest. Each rate uses deaths 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. For readers searching "truck accident lawyer," these counts group deaths by crash county, not residence. Data for 2020 through 2023 are Final Files; the 2024 Annual Report File remains subject to revision.^[9][6][7][8]

Rates divide 2020 through 2024 deaths by the sum of annual Census Bureau population estimates, Vintage 2025, then multiply by 100,000 to express average annual deaths per 100,000 residents. They do not adjust 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 Klamath County, Oregon (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Lane County, Oregon (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Linn County, Oregon (2020-2024)