Truck accident statistics for Greenville County, South Carolina (2020-2024)

Truck accident deaths in Greenville County by year

Truck accident deaths remained unchanged at 8 in 2020 and 8 in 2021, rose to 12 in 2022, fell to 5 in 2023, and rose to 9 in 2024. The highest count was 12 in 2022, and the lowest was 5 in 2023. The 2024 count was 1 death higher than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

All traffic deaths numbered 82 in 2020, 93 in 2021, 103 in 2022, 75 in 2023, and 94 in 2024. The truck accident share of those deaths was 9.8%, 8.6%, 11.7%, 6.7%, and 9.6%, respectively. Both the all-traffic death count and the truck accident share were highest in 2022 and lowest in 2023.^{[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 Greenville County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 4 deaths, or 9.5%. People in other vehicles accounted for 35 deaths, or 83.3%, the largest person category. The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 3 deaths, or 7.1%. These categories describe the people who died in truck accidents, rather than counts of vehicles or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The quoted row is the FARS nonoccupant grouping. It includes pedestrians, pedalcyclists, and other or unknown nonoccupants. Its other category can include occupants of parked motor vehicles, so the label is not a literal test of being outside a vehicle.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

The fatal truck accident records for 2020 through 2024 included 41 large trucks. Truck-tractors (semi or tractor-trailer units) numbered 15, representing 36.6% of those large trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 26. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These are vehicle counts, distinct from the 40 fatal crashes and 42 deaths recorded for the period. A crash can involve multiple large trucks. The truck-tractor share therefore describes the composition of the large trucks involved in fatal crashes, rather than a share of crashes or deaths.^{[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 16 deaths (38.1%), head-on for 10 (23.8%), rear-end for 11 (26.2%), and sideswipe for 1 (2.4%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" accounted for 4 (9.5%). This means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, including events such as rollovers or striking a parked vehicle. Vehicles stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, truck accident deaths by crash configuration were single-vehicle, 1 (2.4%); two-vehicle, 31 (73.8%); and three or more vehicles, 10 (23.8%). These shares describe vehicle involvement, separate from manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate truck accident deaths numbered 6, representing 14.3% of the county count. The listed route-coded counts were 4 deaths on I-385 and 2 on I-85. Identification requires ROUTE=1 and a parseable interstate route number in TWAY_ID. These listed routes are a route-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 28 deaths (66.7%). Nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 14 (33.3%). Urban records counted 28 deaths (66.7%), and rural records counted 14 (33.3%). 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 South Carolina and the United States

The average annual truck accident death rate was 1.5 per 100,000 residents in Greenville County, compared with 2.5 in South Carolina and 1.6 nationally. The rate for Spartanburg County, South Carolina, the listed neighboring county, was 2.4. Greenville County's rate was lower than each of those comparison rates.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

These measures express average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. They divide deaths by the sum of annual Census population estimates and multiply by 100,000. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. The associated death counts were 42 for Greenville County, 664 for South Carolina, 27,553 for the United States, and 41 for Spartanburg County. The counts follow crash location, not the residence of those killed.^{[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 a death within 30 days. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. For readers searching for a truck accident lawyer, these counts are grouped by crash county, not where those killed lived. The 2020 through 2023 figures use FARS Final Files; 2024 uses the Annual Report File and can change when replaced by the Final File.^[9][6][7][8]

Rates divide 2020 through 2024 deaths by summed annual Census Bureau population estimates, Vintage 2025, and multiply by 100,000. This yields average annual deaths per 100,000 residents without adjustment for miles driven or visitors. The separate July 1, 2024 population estimate of 573,870 is not the rate denominator.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

On related publications

• Car accident statistics for Greenville County, South Carolina (2020-2024) (caraccidentlawyers.wiki)