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

Truck accident deaths in York County by year

Truck accident deaths numbered 2 in 2020, 8 in 2021, 6 in 2022, 4 in 2023 and 11 in 2024. The highest count was 11 in 2024, and the lowest was 2 in 2020. The 2024 count was 9 deaths higher than the 2020 count. Deaths rose in 2021, fell in 2022 and 2023, then rose in 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The annual truck accident shares of all traffic deaths were 7.1% in 2020, 17.4% in 2021, 16.7% in 2022, 11.4% in 2023 and 26.8% in 2024. All traffic deaths numbered 28, 46, 36, 35 and 41 in those respective years. The highest all-traffic death count occurred in 2021, while the highest truck accident death count occurred in 2024.^{[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 York County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 6 deaths, or 19.4%. People in other vehicles accounted for 16 deaths, or 51.6%, the largest person category. The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 9 deaths, or 29.0%, during 2020 through 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

That quoted label represents the FARS nonoccupant grouping, including pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. The other category can include occupants of parked motor vehicles that were not in transport. It is not a literal test of whether someone was outside a vehicle. These categories classify people who died in truck accidents.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

The vehicle count for York County's fatal truck accidents was 33 large trucks during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors (semi or tractor-trailer units) numbered 16, accounting for 48.5% of those large trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 17. The records identified 2 large trucks as jackknifed.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

Each figure in the trucks table counts vehicles, rather than crashes or deaths. A fatal crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the 33-truck count is distinct from the county's 28 fatal crashes and 31 deaths. The jackknifed figure likewise describes trucks recorded in fatal crashes, not a count 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. Angle (side impact) recorded 8 deaths (25.8%); head-on, 4 (12.9%); rear-end, 7 (22.6%); and sideswipe, 2 (6.5%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 10 deaths (32.3%). This means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, including events such as striking a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle or fixed object, or a rollover. A vehicle in transport can be stopped in traffic.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, truck accident deaths by crash configuration were single-vehicle, 10 (32.3%); two-vehicle, 15 (48.4%); and three or more vehicles, 6 (19.4%). Configuration groups deaths by the number of vehicles involved, rather than the manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate truck accident deaths numbered 9, or 29.0%, during 2020 through 2024. The listed route-coded counts were 8 deaths on I-83 and 1 on I-76. These figures require interstate route coding and a readable interstate route number; the listed routes are a route-coded subset, not a full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime accounted for 19 deaths (61.3%), and nighttime for 12 (38.7%). Urban locations recorded 22 deaths (71.0%), while rural locations recorded 9 (29.0%). Work-zone deaths numbered 3. These classifications describe deaths in the recorded fatal crashes. In particular, the work-zone figure counts people who died, rather than trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Pennsylvania and the United States

York County's truck accident death rate was 1.3 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. Pennsylvania's rate was also 1.3, while the national rate was 1.6. The county rate was therefore the same as the state rate and lower than the national rate.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

The listed neighboring county rates were 1.8 for Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; 0.8 for Baltimore County, Maryland; 1.9 for Cumberland County, Pennsylvania; and 1.7 for Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Among the listed neighboring counties, Cumberland had the highest rate and Baltimore had the lowest. Rates use deaths and the sum of annual population estimates. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. For readers searching "truck accident lawyer," these figures remain 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

FARS is NHTSA's census of fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes. Inclusion requires a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public and an occupant or nonoccupant dying within 30 days. Counts follow the crash county, not the deceased person's residence. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 figures use FARS Final Files; 2024 uses the Annual Report File and may change with the Final File. Rates divide 2020 through 2024 deaths by summed annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025, then multiply by 100,000. This gives average annual deaths per 100,000 residents without adjustment 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 Baltimore County, Maryland (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (2020-2024)