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

Truck accident deaths in Bexar County by year

Truck accident deaths rose from 18 in 2020 to 24 in 2021, fell to 21 in 2022, rose to 23 in 2023 and fell to 21 in 2024. The highest count was 24 in 2021; the lowest was 18 in 2020. The 2024 count was 3 deaths higher than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The corresponding shares of all traffic deaths were 9.2%, 10.0%, 8.5%, 10.8% and 9.6%. The highest share occurred in 2023, while the lowest occurred in 2022. All traffic deaths numbered 195 in 2020, 239 in 2021, 247 in 2022, 213 in 2023 and 218 in 2024. The year with the highest truck accident death count differed from the year with the highest share.^{[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 Bexar County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 18 deaths, or 16.8%. People in other vehicles accounted for 81 deaths, or 75.7%, the majority of truck accident deaths. The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" accounted for 8 deaths, or 7.5%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

That quoted label identifies 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 should not be read as a literal test of whether someone was outside a vehicle.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

Fatal truck crashes in Bexar County involved 106 large trucks during 2020 through 2024. Of those vehicles, 59 were truck-tractors, the semi or tractor-trailer units identified in the table. Truck-tractors represented 55.7% of the large trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks accounted for 47 vehicles. The records identified 2 large trucks as jackknifed.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These are vehicle counts, distinct from the 102 fatal crashes and 107 deaths recorded for the period. A crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the trucks table does not count a separate crash or death for each vehicle.^{[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. Deaths were: rear-end, 28 (26.2%); angle (side impact), 27 (25.2%); head-on, 16 (15.0%); sideswipe, 6 (5.6%); other, 5 (4.7%); and not reported, 1 (0.9%).^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

"Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 24 deaths (22.4%). It means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, including events involving pedestrians, cyclists, parked vehicles, fixed objects or rollovers. A vehicle stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separate from manner of collision, truck accident configuration figures count deaths by vehicles involved: single-vehicle crashes recorded 14 deaths (13.1%), two-vehicle crashes 75 (70.1%), and crashes involving three or more vehicles 18 (16.8%). These shares describe deaths, rather than shares of crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate-coded truck accident deaths numbered 42, or 39.3%. Listed route counts were I-410, 14; I-35, 13; I-10, 11; and I-37, 4. These figures require an interstate route code and a parseable I-route number; the listed routes are a route-coded subset, not a full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime recorded 51 deaths (47.7%), while nighttime recorded 56 (52.3%). Urban locations accounted for 98 deaths (91.6%), and rural locations accounted for 9 (8.4%). Work-zone records accounted for 14 deaths. Each of these figures counts people who died in the included crashes, rather than trucks or crash events.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Texas and the United States

The average annual truck accident death rate was 1.0 per 100,000 residents in Bexar County, compared with 2.5 in Texas and 1.6 nationally. Listed neighboring Comal County had a rate of 2.2. Bexar County's rate was lower than each of these comparison rates. The corresponding death counts for 2020 through 2024 were 107 in Bexar County, 3,712 in Texas, 27,553 nationally and 20 in Comal County.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

These rates measure average annual deaths per 100,000 residents using crash locations and population estimates. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. For readers searching for a truck accident lawyer, keep the grouping in mind: the counts concern where crashes happened, not where the people lived.^{[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. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. County counts use crash location, not residence.^[9][6][7][8]

Records for 2020 through 2023 are Final Files; 2024 uses the Annual Report File and can change when replaced by the Final File. Rates divide 2020 through 2024 deaths by the sum of annual Census Bureau population estimates, Vintage 2025, and multiply by 100,000. The separately displayed July 1, 2024 population estimate is not that denominator. Rates make no adjustment for miles driven or visitors.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

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

On related publications

• Car accident statistics for Bexar County, Texas (2020-2024) (caraccidentlawyers.wiki)