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

Truck accident deaths in Lane County by year

Truck accident deaths increased from 5 in 2020 to 6 in 2021, then to 7 in 2022 and 8 in 2023. The count fell to 6 in 2024. The highest count was 8 in 2023, and the lowest was 5 in 2020. The 2024 count was higher than the 2020 count by 1 death.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The annual share of traffic deaths involving large trucks was 16.7% in 2020, 10.7% in 2021, 12.5% in 2022, 19.5% in 2023 and 12.2% in 2024. Across 2020 through 2024, the average was 6.4 truck accident deaths per year. These figures count deaths rather than the number of 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 Lane County truck accidents

People in other vehicles accounted for 22 truck accident deaths, or 68.8%, the largest person category. People in the large truck accounted for 5 deaths, or 15.6%. The row labeled "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" also recorded 5 deaths and 15.6%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

That quoted label represents the FARS nonoccupant grouping, which includes pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. The other category can include occupants of vehicles not in transport, such as parked vehicles. It 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

Fatal truck accidents in Lane County involved 30 large trucks during 2020 through 2024. Of those vehicles, 12 were truck-tractors, described in the table as semi or tractor-trailer units. Truck-tractors represented 40.0% of the large trucks involved. Single-unit and other large trucks accounted for 18 vehicles.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

The records identify 1 large truck as jackknifed. Each figure in this section counts trucks, rather than crashes or deaths. A fatal crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the vehicle count of 30 and the fatal crash count of 29 describe different measures.^{[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. Head-on recorded 10 deaths (31.2%); angle (side impact), 8 (25.0%); rear-end, 2 (6.2%); and sideswipe, 0 (0.0%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 12 deaths (37.5%). It means no collision with another motor vehicle in transport, including events such as striking a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle or fixed object, or a 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, 9 (28.1%); two-vehicle, 19 (59.4%); and three or more vehicles, 4 (12.5%). Configuration describes the number of vehicles involved, rather than the manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

The interstate category recorded 1 truck accident death, or 3.1%, during 2020 through 2024. The listed I-5 count was 1 death. These figures require an interstate route code and a parseable interstate route number; the listed route represents the packet's 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 24 deaths (75.0%). Nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 8 (25.0%). Urban locations recorded 10 deaths (31.2%), and rural locations recorded 22 (68.8%). Work-zone records accounted for 2 deaths, 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

Lane County's truck accident death rate was 1.7 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 lower than the state rate and higher than the national rate.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Among the listed neighboring counties, Klamath County had a rate of 9.1, Deschutes County 2.3, Douglas County 4.1 and Linn County 3.2. Lane County's rate was lower than each of those rates. These measures divide deaths by the sum of annual Census population estimates and express the result per 100,000 residents per year. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors.^{[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 location, not by where the people killed lived.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 figures use FARS Final Files. The 2024 Annual Report File can change when replaced by the Final File. Rates divide 2020 through 2024 deaths by summed annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025 and multiply by 100,000. The separately shown July 1, 2024 population estimate is not the rate denominator.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

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

On related publications

• Car accident statistics for Lane County, Oregon (2020-2024) (caraccidentlawyers.wiki)