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

Truck accident deaths in Bowie County by year

Truck accident deaths rose from 1 in 2020 to 10 in 2021, then fell to 5 in 2022. The count rose to 6 in 2023 before falling to 1 in 2024. The highest count was in 2021; 2020 and 2024 shared the lowest count. The 2020 to 2024 change was 0 deaths.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The annual shares of all traffic deaths were 5.6% in 2020, 45.5% in 2021, 31.2% in 2022, 40.0% in 2023 and 9.1% in 2024. All traffic deaths numbered 18, 22, 16, 15 and 11 in those respective years. Although the truck accident death counts matched in 2020 and 2024, their shares of all traffic deaths differed.^{[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 Bowie County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 4 deaths, or 17.4%. People in other vehicles accounted for 19 deaths, or 82.6%, the majority of truck accident deaths. The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 0 deaths and 0.0%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

That quoted label represents 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 is therefore not a literal test of whether a person was outside a vehicle.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

There were 23 large trucks in fatal crashes in Bowie County during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors, described in the table as semi or tractor-trailer units, numbered 19 and represented 82.6% of those trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 4. Large trucks recorded as jackknifed numbered 1.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These figures count vehicles involved in fatal crashes. They are distinct from the 19 fatal crashes and the 23 truck accident deaths recorded for the period. A crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the truck counts are not counts 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

Manner of collision describes the first harmful event. Angle (side impact) accounted for 9 deaths, or 39.1%; head-on for 4, or 17.4%; rear-end for 5, or 21.7%; and sideswipe for 0, or 0.0%. "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" accounted for 5 deaths, or 21.7%. This means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, which can be stopped in traffic. Examples include a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle, fixed object or rollover.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separate crash configuration figures assigned 3 truck accident deaths, or 13.0%, to single-vehicle crashes; 15, or 65.2%, to two-vehicle crashes; and 5, or 21.7%, to crashes involving three or more vehicles.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate truck accident deaths numbered 9, or 39.1%. The listed I-30 count was 9 deaths. These interstate figures require ROUTE=1 and a readable interstate route number in TWAY_ID. The listed route represents the packet's route-coded subset, not a full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime, from 6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m., accounted for 15 deaths, or 65.2%. Nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 8 deaths, or 34.8%. Urban locations recorded 5 deaths, or 21.7%, while rural locations recorded 18, or 78.3%. Work-zone deaths numbered 2; that figure counts deaths rather than trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Texas and the United States

Bowie County's truck accident death rate was 5.0 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. The Texas rate was 2.5, and the United States rate was 1.6. The county rate was higher than both. The corresponding death counts were 23 for Bowie County, 3,712 for Texas and 27,553 for the United States. No neighboring county rates are supplied in the fact sheet.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

These rates use annual Census population estimates and do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. When reading with "truck accident lawyer" in mind, keep the grouping clear: deaths are assigned to the county where the crash happened, regardless of 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. Counts follow crash location, not the deceased person's residence. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 figures use FARS Final Files. The 2024 Annual Report File can change when replaced by the Final File. Rates divide 2020 through 2024 deaths by the sum of annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025 and multiply by 100,000. They measure average annual deaths per 100,000 residents without adjustment for miles driven or visitors. The separately displayed July 1, 2024 population estimate is not the rate denominator.^[9][6][7][8]