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

Truck accident deaths in Philadelphia County by year

Annual truck accident deaths were 4 in 2020, 4 in 2021, 6 in 2022, 5 in 2023 and 10 in 2024. The count was unchanged between 2020 and 2021, rose in 2022, fell in 2023 and rose in 2024. The highest count was 10 in 2024; the lowest was 4, recorded in both 2020 and 2021. The 2024 count was 6 deaths higher than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The truck accident share of all traffic deaths followed a different sequence: 2.4% in 2020, 3.0% in 2021, 4.2% in 2022, 3.7% in 2023 and 7.3% in 2024. Across 2020 through 2024, the average annual count was 5.8 deaths.^{[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 Philadelphia County truck accidents

People in other vehicles accounted for 16 truck accident deaths, or 55.2%, the largest person category. People in the large truck accounted for 2 deaths, or 6.9%. The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 11 deaths, or 37.9%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The FARS nonoccupant grouping is what that quoted label represents; it includes pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. Whether someone was outside a vehicle is not literally what the grouping tests: occupants of motor vehicles not in transport, such as parked vehicles, can be included.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

Fatal truck accidents in Philadelphia County involved 28 large trucks during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors (semi or tractor-trailer units) numbered 11, representing 39.3% of those large trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 17. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These figures count vehicles, rather than crashes or deaths. A crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the truck categories describe the vehicles involved. The separate county totals are 28 fatal crashes and 29 deaths; neither is a count of truck occupants.^{[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. Deaths were: Angle (side impact), 7 (24.1%); Head-on, 2 (6.9%); Rear-end, 4 (13.8%); Sideswipe, 5 (17.2%); and Other, 1 (3.4%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 10 (34.5%). That row means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, such as a pedestrian, cyclist, parked-vehicle or fixed-object impact, 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, 10 (34.5%); two-vehicle, 14 (48.3%); and three or more vehicles, 5 (17.2%). Configuration counts vehicles involved; it is separate from manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate-coded truck accident deaths numbered 8, or 27.6%. The listed route counts were 5 deaths on I-95 and 3 on I-76. These figures require an interstate route code and a readable I-route number; the listed routes are a route-coded subset, not a full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime (6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m.) accounted for 15 deaths, or 51.7%; nighttime (6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m.) accounted for 14, or 48.3%. Urban locations recorded 29 deaths (100.0%), while rural locations recorded 0 (0.0%). Work-zone truck accident deaths numbered 1. The work-zone figure counts deaths, not trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Pennsylvania and the United States

Philadelphia County's truck accident death rate was 0.4, compared with Pennsylvania's 1.3 and the national rate of 1.6. Each figure measures average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. The county rate was lower than both the state and national rates.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Among the listed neighboring counties, rates were 1.5 in Burlington County, New Jersey; 1.8 in Gloucester County, New Jersey; 0.9 in Camden County, New Jersey; and 0.6 in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia County's rate was lower than each. These rates use summed annual Census population estimates and do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. For readers searching "truck accident lawyer," these counts are 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

Fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes are counted in the FARS census. For inclusion, a motor vehicle must be traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public, and an occupant or nonoccupant must die within 30 days. Neither nonfatal crashes nor injuries are included. Counts by county are based on where the crash occurred, not where those killed lived.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 records are 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, then multiply by 100,000. The separate July 1, 2024 population estimate of 1,572,735 is not the rate denominator. Rates do not adjust for miles driven or visitors.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

• Truck accident statistics for Burlington County, New Jersey (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Camden County, New Jersey (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Gloucester County, New Jersey (2020-2024)

On related publications

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