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

Truck accident deaths in Schuylkill County by year

Annual truck accident deaths rose from 1 in 2020 to 7 in 2021 and then to 10 in 2022. The count fell to 5 in 2023 and to 2 in 2024. The highest count was 10 in 2022, and the lowest was 1 in 2020. The 2024 count was higher than the 2020 count by 1 death.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The share of all traffic deaths attributed to truck accidents followed the same sequence: 5.3% in 2020, 26.9% in 2021, 50.0% in 2022, 20.8% in 2023 and 9.1% in 2024. All traffic deaths numbered 19, 26, 20, 24 and 22 in those respective years. The annual average for truck accident deaths during the period was 5.0.^{[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 Schuylkill County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 10 deaths, or 40.0%, while People in other vehicles accounted for 15 deaths, or 60.0%. People in other vehicles were the majority of truck accident deaths recorded in Schuylkill County 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 denotes the FARS nonoccupant grouping, including pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. That grouping can include occupants of parked motor vehicles, so the label is not a literal test of whether someone was outside a vehicle.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

The fatal truck accident records include 25 large trucks during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors, described as semi or tractor-trailer units, numbered 18 and accounted for 72.0% of those trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 7. Large trucks recorded as jackknifed numbered 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These figures count vehicles involved in fatal crashes. They are distinct from the 18 fatal crashes and 25 deaths recorded for the period, even where numerical values match. A truck accident can involve multiple large trucks, so the vehicle table does not assign a separate crash or death to each truck.^{[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 10 deaths (40.0%); head-on, 4 (16.0%); angle (side impact), 2 (8.0%); sideswipe, 2 (8.0%); and other, 1 (4.0%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 6 deaths (24.0%). It means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, such as a rollover or striking a fixed object. 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, 4 (16.0%); two-vehicle, 14 (56.0%); and three or more vehicles, 7 (28.0%). These shares group deaths by vehicle count, rather than manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate truck accident deaths numbered 9, or 36.0%, during 2020 through 2024. The listed I-81 count was 9 deaths. Interstate identification requires ROUTE=1 and a parseable I-route number in TWAY_ID. The listed route counts represent that coded subset, not a full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime, from 6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m., accounted for 19 deaths (76.0%); nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 6 (24.0%). Urban records showed 5 deaths (20.0%), and rural records showed 20 (80.0%). Work-zone deaths numbered 0; that measure 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 Schuylkill County truck accident death rate was 3.5 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. These are population-based rates for deaths at crash locations, not counts of deaths among county residents.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Among the listed neighboring counties, Berks County and Lehigh County each had a rate of 1.4, Dauphin County had 1.7, and Lebanon County had 3.1. Schuylkill County's rate was higher than each listed neighbor's rate. The calculation uses deaths divided by the sum of annual Census population estimates, multiplied by 100,000. It does 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. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. For readers searching "truck accident lawyer," keep the grouping in mind: counts follow the county where the crash happened, not where those killed lived.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 records are Final Files; 2024 uses the revisable Annual Report File. Rates divide deaths by summed annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025 and multiply by 100,000. The separate July 1, 2024 estimate of 144,409 is not the denominator. Rates do not adjust for miles driven or visitors.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

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