Truck accident statistics for Angelina County, Texas (2020-2024)

Truck accident deaths in Angelina County by year

Annual truck accident deaths were 4 in 2020, 5 in 2021, 3 in 2022, 5 in 2023 and 4 in 2024. The highest count was shared by 2021 and 2023, each with 5 deaths; the lowest was 3 in 2022. The 2020 and 2024 counts were the same, with a change of 0 deaths between those years.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The share of all traffic deaths attributed to truck accidents was 36.4% in 2020, 26.3% in 2021, 15.8% in 2022, 25.0% in 2023 and 20.0% in 2024. All traffic deaths numbered 11, 19, 19, 20 and 20 in the corresponding years. These annual entries count 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 Angelina County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 2 deaths, or 9.5%, while People in other vehicles accounted for 17 deaths, or 81.0%. People in other vehicles were the largest category of truck accident deaths. The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 2 deaths, or 9.5%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

That quoted label identifies the FARS nonoccupant grouping, which includes pedestrians, pedalcyclists, and other or unknown nonoccupants. It is not a literal test of whether someone was outside a vehicle: the other category can include occupants of parked motor vehicles.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

The truck accident vehicle records list 19 large trucks involved in fatal crashes during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors, described as semi or tractor-trailer units, numbered 11 and represented 57.9% of those large trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 8. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 1.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

Each figure in the trucks table counts vehicles. These figures are distinct from the 18 fatal crashes and 21 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) accounted for 8 deaths (38.1%), head-on for 6 (28.6%), rear-end for 1 (4.8%), sideswipe for 2 (9.5%) and Other for 1 (4.8%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" accounted for 3 deaths (14.3%). This means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, such as a rollover or striking a fixed object. A vehicle stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, truck accident deaths by crash configuration were single-vehicle, 2 (9.5%); two-vehicle, 11 (52.4%); and three or more vehicles, 8 (38.1%). Configuration describes vehicle involvement, separately from manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

The route-coded interstate count was 0 truck accident deaths, a 0.0% share. This classification requires the interstate route code and a parseable interstate route number; it is not a description of the full road network. No individual interstate route counts are listed in the packet.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime, defined as 6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m., accounted for 13 deaths (61.9%). Nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 8 (38.1%). Urban locations recorded 9 deaths (42.9%), and rural locations recorded 12 (57.1%). Work-zone records identified 1 death, a count of deaths rather than trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Texas and the United States

Angelina County's truck accident death rate was 4.8 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. That rate was higher than the Texas rate of 2.5 and the national rate of 1.6. The listed neighboring counties had rates of 10.7 in Polk County and 7.4 in Nacogdoches County. Angelina County's rate was lower than each; Polk County had the highest rate among the listed neighboring counties.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

The rates divide deaths by the sum of annual Census population estimates and express the result per 100,000 residents per year. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. Whether reading for statistics or searching for a truck accident lawyer, keep the grouping in view: deaths are assigned by crash location.^{[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

NHTSA's 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 records are Final Files. The 2024 Annual Report File can change when replaced by the Final File. Rates use 2020 through 2024 deaths divided by summed annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025, multiplied by 100,000. The separate July 1, 2024 population estimate is not the denominator. Rates do not adjust for miles driven or visitors.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

• Truck accident statistics for Nacogdoches County, Texas (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Polk County, Texas (2020-2024)