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

Truck accident deaths in Douglas County by year

Annual truck accident deaths fell from 3 in 2020 to 2 in 2021 and 1 in 2022, then rose to 6 in 2023 and 11 in 2024. The highest count was 11 in 2024; the lowest was 1 in 2022. The 2024 count was 8 deaths higher than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The corresponding shares of all traffic deaths were 9.7%, 6.2%, 3.0%, 17.6% and 29.7%, respectively. All traffic deaths numbered 31 in 2020, 32 in 2021, 33 in 2022, 34 in 2023 and 37 in 2024. Across 2020 through 2024, the average was 4.6 truck accident deaths per year. These annual entries count deaths rather than fatal crashes.^{[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 Douglas County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 4 deaths, or 17.4%, while People in other vehicles accounted for 10 deaths, or 43.5%. People in other vehicles was the largest person category for truck accident deaths during 2020 through 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 9 deaths, or 39.1%. This is the FARS nonoccupant grouping, including 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 should not be read as a literal test of whether someone was outside a vehicle.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

The truck accident vehicle records identify 20 large trucks in fatal crashes during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors (semi or tractor-trailer units) numbered 12 and represented 60.0% of those large trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 8. Large trucks recorded as jackknifed numbered 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

Each entry in the trucks table counts vehicles, rather than crashes or deaths. A truck crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the vehicle categories describe the trucks involved. The county's 20 fatal crashes and 23 deaths are separate measures from the 20 large trucks recorded in fatal crashes.^{[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 2 deaths (8.7%), head-on 1 (4.3%), rear-end 7 (30.4%) and sideswipe 1 (4.3%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 12 deaths (52.2%). That row means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport; examples include striking a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle or fixed object, or a 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, 12 (52.2%); two-vehicle, 11 (47.8%); and three or more vehicles, 0 (0.0%). Configuration counts vehicles involved, while manner of collision classifies the first harmful event.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate truck accident deaths numbered 10, representing 43.5% of the county total. The listed route-coded count for I-5 was 10 deaths. Interstate identification requires the interstate route classification and a parseable I-route number; the listed routes are a coded subset, not a full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime (6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m.) accounted for 10 deaths (43.5%), and nighttime (6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m.) accounted for 13 (56.5%). Urban locations recorded 8 deaths (34.8%); rural locations recorded 15 (65.2%). Work-zone deaths numbered 0. These breakdowns count deaths in fatal crashes, rather than trucks involved or the number of crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Oregon and the United States

Douglas County's truck accident death rate was 4.1 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. Oregon's rate was 2.0, and the United States rate was 1.6. The county rate was higher than both. The associated death counts were 23 for Douglas County, 424 for Oregon and 27,553 for the United States.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Among the listed neighboring counties, Klamath County had a rate of 9.1 and Lane County had a rate of 1.7; each recorded 32 deaths. Douglas County's rate was lower than Klamath County's and higher than Lane County's. These population-based rates do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. Readers searching for a truck accident lawyer should distinguish these rates from the death counts.^{[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 traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public and an occupant or nonoccupant dying within 30 days. Counts use the crash county, not the deceased person's residence. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 figures use FARS Final Files. The 2024 Annual Report File figures can change when replaced by the Final File. Rates divide 2020 through 2024 deaths by the sum of annual Census Bureau population estimates, Vintage 2025, then multiply by 100,000. The separately displayed July 1, 2024 population estimate is not the rate denominator. These rates measure average annual deaths per 100,000 residents without adjustment for miles driven or visitors.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

• Truck accident statistics for Klamath County, Oregon (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Lane County, Oregon (2020-2024)