Truck accident statistics for Davidson County, Tennessee (2020-2024)

Truck accident deaths in Davidson County by year

Annual truck accident deaths rose from 14 in 2020 to 19 in 2021, then fell to 11 in 2022 and 8 in 2023. The count rose to 12 in 2024. The highest count was 19 in 2021, and the lowest was 8 in 2023. The 2024 count was 2 deaths lower than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The truck accident share of all traffic deaths followed the same sequence of increases and decreases: 12.3% in 2020, 14.5% in 2021, 8.1% in 2022, 5.8% in 2023 and 10.5% in 2024. All traffic deaths were 114, 131, 136, 138 and 114 in those respective years. Each annual share uses that year's all-traffic death count.^{[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 Davidson County truck accidents

People in other vehicles accounted for 42 truck accident deaths, or 65.6%, the largest person category. People in the large truck accounted for 11 deaths, or 17.2%. The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" also recorded 11 deaths and 17.2%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The FARS nonoccupant grouping is what that quoted label represents. This grouping includes pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. Occupants of motor vehicles not in transport, such as parked vehicles, can fall within the other category. Consequently, the label should not be interpreted as a literal test of whether someone was outside a vehicle.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

The fatal truck accident records include 61 large trucks from 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors, identified in the table as semi or tractor-trailer units, accounted for 38 trucks and 62.3% of the large trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks accounted for 23 trucks. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These are vehicle counts, distinct from the 59 fatal crashes and 64 deaths recorded for the period. A crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the trucks table does not count each crash or each person who died.^{[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 16 deaths (25.0%); angle (side impact), 10 (15.6%); sideswipe, 10 (15.6%); head-on, 5 (7.8%); and other, 1 (1.6%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" accounted for 22 deaths (34.4%). This means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, including events involving pedestrians, cyclists, parked vehicles, fixed objects or rollovers. 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, 19 (29.7%); two-vehicle, 29 (45.3%); and three or more vehicles, 16 (25.0%). These categories describe vehicle counts in the crash, distinct from manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate-coded crashes accounted for 36 truck accident deaths, or 56.2%. The listed route-coded counts were 17 deaths on I-65, 10 on I-40 and 9 on I-24. These figures require an interstate route code and a parseable I-route number; the listed routes are a coded subset, not a full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime accounted for 30 deaths (46.9%), and nighttime for 34 (53.1%). Urban crashes accounted for 62 deaths (96.9%), while rural crashes accounted for 2 (3.1%). Work-zone records identified 2 deaths. Each of these measures counts people who died, rather than trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Tennessee and the United States

Davidson County's truck accident death rate was 1.8 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. Tennessee's rate was 2.4, 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, Rutherford County recorded a rate of 1.4 and Wilson County a rate of 2.5. Davidson County's rate was higher than Rutherford County's and lower than Wilson County's. These rates divide deaths by the sum of annual population estimates and do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. For readers searching for a truck accident lawyer, the grouping to keep in mind is crash location, not the home county of those who died.^{[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 death within 30 days. Counts use the county of the crash, not the deceased person's residence. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 records are Final Files. The 2024 Annual Report File may change when replaced by the Final File. Rates divide 2020 through 2024 deaths by summed annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025, then multiply by 100,000. The separately shown July 1, 2024 population estimate of 736,623 is not the rate denominator.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

• Truck accident statistics for Rutherford County, Tennessee (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Wilson County, Tennessee (2020-2024)

On related publications

• Car accident statistics for Davidson County, Tennessee (2020-2024) (caraccidentlawyers.wiki)