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

Truck accident deaths in Madison County by year

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

The annual share of traffic deaths involving a large truck was 31.6% in 2020, 36.8% in 2021, 30.4% in 2022, 21.7% in 2023 and 18.5% in 2024. All traffic deaths numbered 19, 19, 23, 23 and 27 in those respective years. Although truck accident deaths were unchanged from 2023 to 2024, their share of all traffic deaths fell from 21.7% to 18.5%.^{[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 Madison County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 10 deaths, or 33.3%, during 2020 through 2024. People in other vehicles accounted for 20 deaths, or 66.7%, the largest person category. These truck accident counts include people in vehicles other than the large truck involved.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 0 deaths and 0.0%. This 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 grouping can include occupants of parked motor vehicles.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

The fatal truck accident records contain 28 large trucks for 2020 through 2024. Of these, 18 were truck-tractors, described in the table as semi or tractor-trailer units. Truck-tractors represented 64.3% of the large trucks recorded. The Single-unit and other large trucks category contained 10 trucks, and 0 large trucks were recorded as jackknifed.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These figures count vehicles involved in fatal crashes. They are distinct from the 20 fatal crashes and 30 deaths in the county's truck accident records. A crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the vehicle count is not a count of separate 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

By manner of collision, truck accident deaths were Angle (side impact), 9 (30.0%); Head-on, 2 (6.7%); Rear-end, 8 (26.7%); and Sideswipe, 7 (23.3%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 4 deaths (13.3%). Manner describes the first harmful event. That row means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, such as a rollover or striking a parked vehicle. A vehicle stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, crash configuration classifies deaths by the number of vehicles involved. Single-vehicle crashes accounted for 3 deaths (10.0%), two-vehicle crashes for 18 (60.0%), and crashes involving three or more vehicles for 9 (30.0%).^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate-coded truck accident deaths numbered 16, or 53.3%, during 2020 through 2024. The listed I-40 count was 16 deaths. These figures require ROUTE=1 and a parseable interstate route number in TWAY_ID; the listed route counts represent the packet's coded subset, not a full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime accounted for 15 deaths (50.0%), nighttime for 14 (46.7%), and unreported time for 1 (3.3%). Urban locations recorded 9 deaths (30.0%), while rural locations recorded 21 (70.0%). Work-zone deaths numbered 4. Each of these location and time figures counts deaths in fatal crashes involving large trucks, rather than trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Tennessee and the United States

Madison County's truck accident death rate was 6.0 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. That rate was higher than Tennessee's 2.4 and the national rate of 1.6. The corresponding death counts were 30 for the county, 837 for Tennessee and 27,553 for the United States. No neighboring county rates are supplied in the packet.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

The rate divides deaths by the sum of annual Census population estimates and multiplies by 100,000. It does not adjust for miles driven or visitors. The county's 100,267 population estimate for 2024 is shown separately; it is not the denominator used for this multi-year truck accident rate.^{[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 dying within 30 days. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. For readers searching "truck accident lawyer," the grouping to remember is crash location, not where the people who died lived.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 records are Final Files; 2024 uses the Annual Report File, subject to revision. Rates use deaths divided by summed annual Census Bureau population estimates, Vintage 2025, multiplied by 100,000. They measure average annual deaths per 100,000 residents without adjusting for miles driven or visitors. The separate July 1, 2024 estimate is not the denominator.^[9][6][7][8]