Truck accident statistics for Bucks County, Pennsylvania (2020-2024)

Truck accident deaths in Bucks County by year

Truck accident deaths rose from 4 in 2020 to 6 in 2021, then fell to 2 in 2022. The count rose to 4 in 2023 and remained at 4 in 2024. The highest year was 2021, and the lowest was 2022. Comparing 2020 with 2024, the death count was the same, with a change of 0 deaths.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The truck accident share of all traffic deaths was 7.7% in 2020, 10.9% in 2021, 3.9% in 2022, 8.2% in 2023 and 8.9% in 2024. All traffic deaths numbered 52, 55, 51, 49 and 45 in those respective years. Although truck accident deaths were unchanged from 2023 to 2024, their share of all traffic deaths rose.^{[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 Bucks County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 4 deaths, or 20.0%. People in other vehicles accounted for 14 deaths, or 70.0%, the largest person category. The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" accounted for 2 deaths, or 10.0%, of truck accident deaths.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants are included in the FARS nonoccupant grouping represented by that quoted label. The grouping does not literally test whether someone was outside a vehicle: occupants of motor vehicles not in transport, such as parked vehicles, can fall within the other category.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

Fatal truck accidents in Bucks County involved 21 large trucks during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors (semi or tractor-trailer units) numbered 7 and represented 33.3% of those trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 14. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These are vehicle counts, distinct from the 20 fatal crashes and 20 deaths recorded for the period. A crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the trucks table counts each large truck involved rather than treating its vehicle entries as counts of truck accident deaths or 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) accounted for 7 deaths (35.0%); head-on, 5 (25.0%); rear-end, 1 (5.0%); and sideswipe, 0 (0.0%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" accounted for 7 deaths (35.0%). This means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, including events involving a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle, fixed object or rollover. Vehicles stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, truck accident deaths by crash configuration were single-vehicle, 5 (25.0%); two-vehicle, 13 (65.0%); and three or more vehicles, 2 (10.0%). Configuration describes the vehicle count, separately from manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate truck accident deaths numbered 3, or 15.0%. The listed route-coded counts were 2 deaths on I-276 and 1 on I-95. These figures require interstate route coding and a readable 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 16 deaths (80.0%), and nighttime (6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m.) accounted for 4 (20.0%). Urban locations recorded 15 deaths (75.0%); rural locations recorded 5 (25.0%). The work-zone count was 1 death. Each of these measures counts deaths, rather than trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Pennsylvania and the United States

The Bucks County truck accident death rate was 0.6 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. Pennsylvania's rate was 1.3, and the national rate was 1.6. The county rate was lower than both. These rates divide deaths by the sum of annual population estimates and do not adjust for miles driven or visitors.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Among the listed neighboring counties, Burlington County, New Jersey, had a rate of 1.5; Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, 0.4; Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, 1.4; and Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, 0.6. Bucks County's rate was lower than Burlington's and Lehigh's, higher than Philadelphia's and the same as Montgomery's. Burlington had the highest rate among the listed neighboring counties, while Philadelphia had the lowest.^{[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. Counts follow crash location, not where those killed lived. When reading with "truck accident lawyer" in mind, keep that location grouping in view.^[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 summed annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025 and multiply by 100,000. They measure average annual deaths per 100,000 residents without adjusting 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 Burlington County, New Jersey (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Lehigh County, Pennsylvania (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (2020-2024)

On related publications

• Car accident statistics for Bucks County, Pennsylvania (2020-2024) (caraccidentlawyers.wiki)