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

Truck accident deaths in Lebanon County by year

Truck accident deaths numbered 8 in 2020, fell to 4 in 2021 and remained at 4 in 2022. The count then fell to 1 in 2023 before rising to 5 in 2024. The highest count was in 2020, and the lowest was in 2023. The 2024 count was 3 deaths lower than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The annual share of traffic deaths involving a large truck was 36.4% in 2020, 15.4% in 2021, 36.4% in 2022, 6.7% in 2023 and 25.0% in 2024. All traffic deaths numbered 22, 26, 11, 15 and 20 in those respective years. These annual truck accident 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 Lebanon County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 3 deaths, or 13.6%. People in other vehicles accounted for 19 deaths, or 86.4%, the majority of truck accident deaths during 2020 through 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 0 deaths and 0.0%. This label represents the FARS nonoccupant grouping, including pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. The grouping can include occupants of motor vehicles not in transport, such as parked vehicles. It therefore does not function as a literal test of whether someone was outside a vehicle.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

Fatal crashes in Lebanon County involved 27 large trucks during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors, described as semi or tractor-trailer units, numbered 20 and represented 74.1% of those large trucks. The Single-unit and other large trucks category recorded 7 vehicles. Large trucks recorded as jackknifed numbered 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These are vehicle counts, separate from the 20 fatal crashes and 22 truck accident deaths recorded for the period. A crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the trucks table does not provide a count of crashes or of 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. Rear-end recorded 8 deaths (36.4%); Angle (side impact), 6 (27.3%); Sideswipe, 4 (18.2%); and Head-on, 3 (13.6%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 1 death (4.5%). That row means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, as with striking a 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, 0 (0.0%); Two-vehicle, 13 (59.1%); and Three or more vehicles, 9 (40.9%). Configuration classifies vehicle involvement separately from manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate-coded crashes accounted for 10 truck accident deaths, or 45.5%. The listed I-81 count was 10 deaths. Interstate identification requires the interstate route code and a readable I-route number in the roadway identifier. Listed routes represent the packet's route-coded subset, not the full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime, from 6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m., accounted for 16 deaths (72.7%). Nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 6 (27.3%). Urban locations recorded 8 deaths (36.4%), and rural locations recorded 14 (63.6%). Work-zone truck accident deaths numbered 0; that figure counts deaths rather than trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Pennsylvania and the United States

Lebanon County's truck accident death rate was 3.1 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 higher than both.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Among the listed neighboring counties, rates were 1.8 in Lancaster County, 1.4 in Berks County, 3.5 in Schuylkill County and 1.7 in Dauphin County. Lebanon County's rate was lower than Schuylkill County's and higher than the other listed neighbors' rates. These rates do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. For readers searching for a truck accident lawyer, the counts here are grouped by crash location, not by where the people killed lived.^{[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 use the county where the crash happened, not the deceased person's residence. Data for 2020 through 2023 are Final Files; the 2024 Annual Report File can change when replaced by the Final File.^[9][6][7][8]

Rates divide 2020 through 2024 deaths by the sum of annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025 and multiply by 100,000. The result is average annual deaths per 100,000 residents, without adjustment for miles driven or visitors. The separately shown July 1, 2024 population estimate is not the denominator.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

• Truck accident statistics for Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Berks County, Pennsylvania (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (2020-2024)