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

Truck accident deaths in Hamilton County by year

Truck accident deaths rose from 5 in 2020 to 11 in 2021, then fell to 6 in 2022. The count rose to 8 in 2023 before falling to 5 in 2024. The highest count was 11 in 2021; the lowest count was 5, recorded in both 2020 and 2024. The count in 2024 was the same as in 2020, with a change of 0 deaths.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The corresponding shares of all traffic deaths were 11.1% in 2020, 21.6% in 2021, 12.8% in 2022, 15.7% in 2023 and 12.8% in 2024. All traffic deaths numbered 45, 51, 47, 51 and 39 in those respective years. Each annual truck accident count measures deaths rather than the number of fatal crashes.^{[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 Hamilton County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 7 deaths, or 20.0%. People in other vehicles accounted for 23 deaths, or 65.7%, the largest person category. The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 5 deaths, or 14.3%, in truck accidents during 2020 through 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

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

The trucks involved

Fatal truck accidents in Hamilton County involved 36 large trucks during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors, described in the table as semi or tractor-trailer units, numbered 21 and represented 58.3% of those trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 15. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These figures count vehicles involved in fatal crashes. They are distinct from the 34 fatal crashes and 35 deaths recorded for the period. A crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the vehicle count is not a count of separate truck accidents.^{[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) recorded 7 deaths, head-on 3, rear-end 10, sideswipe 3 and Other 2. "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 10 deaths. That row means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport; examples include striking a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle or fixed object, or a rollover. A vehicle in transport can be stopped in traffic.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, crash configuration groups truck accident deaths by vehicle count. Single-vehicle crashes accounted for 7 deaths (20.0%), two-vehicle crashes for 18 (51.4%), and crashes involving three or more vehicles for 10 (28.6%). These configuration categories are separate from manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate-coded truck accident deaths numbered 21, or 60.0%. The listed route-coded counts were 15 deaths for I-75 and 6 for I-24. These figures require ROUTE=1 and a parseable interstate route number in TWAY_ID; the listed routes are a coded subset, not a full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime accounted for 20 deaths (57.1%) and nighttime for 15 (42.9%). Urban locations recorded 33 deaths (94.3%), while rural locations recorded 2 (5.7%). Work-zone deaths numbered 6. The time, land-use and work-zone figures describe deaths in the county's fatal crashes involving large trucks during 2020 through 2024, rather than counts of trucks.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Tennessee and the United States

Hamilton County's truck accident death rate was 1.9 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. Tennessee's rate was 2.4, and the United States rate was 1.6. The county rate was lower than the state rate and higher than the national rate. The corresponding death counts were 35 for Hamilton County, 837 for Tennessee and 27,553 for the United States.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

These rates divide deaths by the sum of annual Census Bureau population estimates and multiply by 100,000. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. Hamilton County's separately reported 2024 population estimate of 387,268 is not the denominator used for its rate. The county rate describes deaths by crash location, not deaths among county residents.^{[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 a death within 30 days. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. Counts follow the county where the crash occurred. Readers using the phrase "truck accident lawyer" should keep that location-based grouping in mind.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 figures use FARS Final Files; 2024 uses the Annual Report File and remains subject to revision. Rates use deaths divided by the sum of annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025, multiplied by 100,000. The separately shown July 1, 2024 population estimate is not the rate denominator.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

On related publications

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