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

Truck accident deaths in Orangeburg County by year

Truck accident deaths fell from 8 in 2020 to 4 in 2021, then rose to 10 in 2022. The count fell to 6 in 2023 and 5 in 2024. The highest count was in 2022, while 2021 had the lowest count. The 2024 count was 3 deaths lower than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The annual share of all traffic deaths attributed to truck accidents was 21.6% in 2020, 8.7% in 2021, 21.3% in 2022, 16.2% in 2023 and 10.4% in 2024. All traffic deaths numbered 37, 46, 47, 37 and 48 in those respective years. The highest truck accident death count and the highest annual share occurred in different 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 Orangeburg County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 2 deaths, or 6.1%. People in other vehicles accounted for 28 deaths, or 84.8%, the largest person category. The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" accounted for 3 deaths, or 9.1%.^{[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 parked motor vehicles. It is therefore not a literal test of whether someone was outside a vehicle. These categories describe people killed in truck accidents, rather than vehicles involved.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

The truck accident vehicle records list 28 large trucks involved in fatal crashes during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors, including semi or tractor-trailer units, numbered 20 and represented 71.4% of those large trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 8. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These figures count vehicles, not crashes or deaths. A fatal crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the 28 large trucks and 26 fatal crashes measure different things. The 33 deaths are a separate count of people killed in those crashes.^{[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 12 deaths (36.4%), head-on for 5 (15.2%), rear-end for 4 (12.1%) and sideswipe for 2 (6.1%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" accounted for 10 deaths (30.3%). It means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, such as striking a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle or fixed object, or a rollover. Vehicles stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, truck accident configuration counts were single-vehicle, 5 deaths (15.2%); two-vehicle, 20 (60.6%); and three or more vehicles, 8 (24.2%). Configuration describes the number of vehicles involved, distinct from manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate truck accident deaths numbered 12, or 36.4%. The listed route-coded counts were 10 deaths on I-26 and 2 on I-95. Interstate identification requires ROUTE=1 and a parseable interstate route number in TWAY_ID; these listed routes are a 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 14 deaths (42.4%). Nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 19 (57.6%). Urban locations recorded 2 deaths (6.1%), while rural locations recorded 31 (93.9%). The work-zone count was 0 deaths. Each of these figures counts deaths, rather than trucks or crashes, during 2020 through 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

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

Orangeburg County's truck accident death rate was 7.9, compared with 2.5 for South Carolina and 1.6 nationally. Each rate measures average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. The county rate was higher than both the state and national rates.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

The listed neighboring county rates were 2.0 for Lexington County, 2.3 for Berkeley County, 3.1 for Dorchester County and 2.8 for Aiken County. Orangeburg County's rate was higher than each. Among the listed neighboring counties, Dorchester County had the highest rate and Lexington County the lowest. These rates use annual Census population estimates and deaths grouped by crash location. They do 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 a death within 30 days. It excludes nonfatal crashes and injuries. For readers searching "truck accident lawyer," these counts are grouped by crash location, not where people lived. The 2020 through 2023 figures use Final Files; the 2024 Annual Report File can be revised.^[9][6][7][8]

Rates divide deaths for 2020 through 2024 by summed annual Census Bureau population estimates, Vintage 2025, and multiply by 100,000. The separately displayed July 1, 2024 estimate of 83,171 is not the denominator. Rates express average annual deaths per 100,000 residents without adjustment for miles driven or visitors.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

• Truck accident statistics for Aiken County, South Carolina (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Berkeley County, South Carolina (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Dorchester County, South Carolina (2020-2024)

On related publications

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