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

Truck accident deaths in Jasper County by year

Truck accident deaths numbered 2 in 2020, rose to 7 in 2021, fell to 4 in 2022, rose to 6 in 2023 and fell to 1 in 2024. The highest count was 7 in 2021; the lowest was 1 in 2024. The 2024 count was 1 death lower than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The annual shares of all traffic deaths were 14.3% in 2020, 30.4% in 2021, 17.4% in 2022, 31.6% in 2023 and 5.9% in 2024. Thus, the highest truck accident death count occurred in 2021, while the highest share occurred in 2023. All traffic deaths numbered 14, 23, 23, 19 and 17 in those respective years.^{[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 Jasper County truck accidents

Of the truck accident deaths, 2 deaths, or 10.0%, were people in the large truck. The largest share was people in other vehicles, who accounted for 17 deaths, or 85.0%. In the row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles", 1 death, or 5.0%, was recorded.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

That quoted label represents the FARS nonoccupant grouping, including pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. It is not a literal test of whether someone was outside a vehicle: the other category can include occupants of parked motor vehicles. These categories describe people who died, rather than counts of vehicles or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

Fatal truck accidents in Jasper County involved 19 large trucks during 2020 through 2024. Of those vehicles, 10 were truck-tractors, described in the table as semi or tractor-trailer units. Truck-tractors represented 52.6% of the large trucks recorded in fatal crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

Single-unit and other large trucks accounted for 9 vehicles. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 0. Each entry in the trucks table counts vehicles, not deaths or fatal crashes. A truck crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the 19 vehicles and the 17 fatal crashes are distinct measures.^{[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. Head-on crashes accounted for 7 deaths, or 35.0%; angle (side impact) for 3, or 15.0%; rear-end for 3, or 15.0%; and sideswipe for 4, or 20.0%. "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" accounted for 3 deaths, or 15.0%. This means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, including events such as striking a parked vehicle or a rollover. Vehicles stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, truck accident deaths by crash configuration were single-vehicle: 2, or 10.0%; two-vehicle: 14, or 70.0%; and three or more vehicles: 4, or 20.0%. Configuration counts vehicles involved, rather than describing the first harmful event.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate-coded truck accident deaths numbered 3, or 15.0%. The listed I-95 count was 3 deaths. These figures require an interstate route classification and a parseable interstate route number; the listed route is a route-coded subset, not a complete road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime, from 6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m., accounted for 16 deaths, or 80.0%. Nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 4 deaths, or 20.0%. Urban locations recorded 9 deaths, or 45.0%, and rural locations recorded 11, or 55.0%. Work-zone deaths numbered 0. These are counts of deaths in truck accidents, not counts of trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with South Carolina and the United States

Jasper County's truck accident death rate was 12.3 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. South Carolina's rate was 2.5, and the national rate was 1.6. The listed neighboring county, Chatham County, Georgia, had a rate of 2.0. Jasper County's rate was higher than each of these comparison rates.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

The corresponding death counts were 20 for Jasper County, 664 for South Carolina, 27,553 nationally and 30 for Chatham County. Rates use deaths divided by summed annual population estimates and multiplied by 100,000. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. For readers searching for a truck accident lawyer, keep the grouping in mind: these deaths are assigned 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 a census of fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes on trafficways customarily open to the public. Inclusion requires a vehicle occupant or nonoccupant to die within 30 days. County counts follow crash location, 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. The 2024 Annual Report File figures may change when replaced by the Final File. Rates divide deaths for 2020 through 2024 by the sum of annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025, then multiply by 100,000. The separately shown July 1, 2024 population estimate of 36,338 is not the rate denominator. The resulting measure is average annual deaths per 100,000 residents.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

• Truck accident statistics for Chatham County, Georgia (2020-2024)
• Large truck (crash data definition)

On related publications

• South Carolina truck accident statistics (2020-2024) (truckaccidentlawyers.wiki)
• I-95 truck accidents in South Carolina (2020-2024) (truckaccidentlawyers.wiki)