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

Truck accident deaths in Lexington County by year

Truck accident deaths numbered 5 in 2020, 5 in 2021, 6 in 2022, 7 in 2023 and 7 in 2024. The lowest count was shared by 2020 and 2021; the highest count was shared by 2023 and 2024. The 2024 count was 2 deaths higher than the 2020 count. Counts were unchanged from 2020 to 2021 and from 2023 to 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The annual share of traffic deaths occurring in truck accidents was 11.6% in 2020, 8.8% in 2021, 14.0% in 2022, 14.9% in 2023 and 13.0% in 2024. All traffic deaths numbered 43, 57, 43, 47 and 54 in those respective years. The highest truck accident death share occurred in 2023, while the lowest occurred in 2021.^{[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 Lexington County truck accidents

People in other vehicles accounted for 21 truck accident deaths, or 70.0%, the largest person category. People in the large truck accounted for 4 deaths, or 13.3%. The row labeled "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 5 deaths, or 16.7%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

That quoted label represents the FARS nonoccupant grouping, including pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. Its other category can include occupants of motor vehicles not in transport, such as parked vehicles. It is therefore not a literal test of whether someone was outside a vehicle.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

Fatal truck accidents in Lexington County involved 32 large trucks during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors, described in the table as semi or tractor-trailer units, numbered 14 and represented 43.8% of those trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 18. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 2.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These figures count vehicles involved in fatal crashes, rather than crashes or deaths. A crash can involve multiple large trucks. Read the truck-tractor share as a share of the 32 large trucks, not as a share of people killed in a truck accident.^{[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 crashes accounted for 12 deaths, or 40.0%; angle (side impact), 7 and 23.3%; head-on, 5 and 16.7%; and sideswipe, 2 and 6.7%. "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" accounted for 4 deaths, or 13.3%. This means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, which can include a vehicle stopped in traffic. Examples include striking a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle or fixed object, or a rollover.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, truck accident deaths by crash configuration were single-vehicle, 2 and 6.7%; two-vehicle, 19 and 63.3%; and three or more vehicles, 9 and 30.0%. These configuration categories describe vehicle counts rather than manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate-coded truck accident deaths numbered 12, representing 40.0% of the county count. The listed route-coded counts were 8 deaths on I-26 and 4 on I-20. These figures require interstate route coding and a parseable interstate number in the road identifier. The listed routes are a route-coded subset, not a full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime accounted for 16 deaths, or 53.3%, and nighttime for 14 deaths, or 46.7%. Urban and rural classifications each recorded 15 deaths and 50.0%. Work-zone records accounted for 4 deaths; that figure counts people killed, not trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

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

The Lexington County truck accident death rate was 2.0 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 county rate was lower than the state rate and higher than the national rate.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Among the listed neighboring counties, Richland County's rate was 1.6, Orangeburg County's was 7.9 and Aiken County's was 2.8. Lexington County's rate was higher than Richland County's and lower than Orangeburg County's and Aiken County's. These population-based rates do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. When reading with the phrase "truck accident lawyer" in mind, keep the grouping clear: deaths are assigned to the county where the crash happened.^{[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. Inclusion requires a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public and an occupant or nonoccupant death within 30 days. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. County counts follow crash location, not the deceased person's residence.^[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 2020 through 2024 deaths by the sum of annual Census Bureau population estimates, Vintage 2025, then multiply by 100,000. The separate July 1, 2024 population estimate of 314,084 is not the rate denominator.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

• Truck accident statistics for Aiken County, South Carolina (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Orangeburg County, South Carolina (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Richland County, South Carolina (2020-2024)

On related publications

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