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

Truck accident deaths in Brazoria County by year

Truck accident deaths rose from 5 in 2020 to 14 in 2021, then fell to 5 in 2022 and 4 in 2023. The count rose to 6 in 2024. The highest count was 14 in 2021, and the lowest was 4 in 2023. The 2024 count was higher than the 2020 count by 1 death.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The annual share of traffic deaths involving trucks was 11.4% in 2020, 29.2% in 2021, 11.4% in 2022, 11.8% in 2023 and 21.4% in 2024. All traffic deaths numbered 44, 48, 44, 34 and 28 in those respective years. These figures describe deaths at crash locations within Brazoria County.^{[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 Brazoria County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 6 deaths, or 17.6%, while People in other vehicles accounted for 25 deaths, or 73.5%. People in other vehicles were the largest person category in the county's truck accident death count for 2020 through 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 3 deaths, or 8.8%. This is the FARS nonoccupant grouping, covering pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. It is not a literal test of being outside a vehicle: the category can include occupants of parked motor vehicles.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

Fatal truck accidents in Brazoria County involved 32 large trucks from 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors (semi or tractor-trailer units) numbered 13, representing 40.6% of those large trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 19. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These are vehicle counts, distinct from the county's 31 fatal crashes and 34 deaths. A crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the trucks table does not assign a separate crash to each truck. The truck-tractor percentage describes the share of large trucks involved, not the share of deaths.^{[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. Rear-end collisions accounted for 11 deaths (32.4%), angle (side impact) for 7 (20.6%), head-on for 5 (14.7%), sideswipe for 3 (8.8%) and Other for 1 (2.9%).^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

"Not a collision with another moving vehicle" accounted for 7 deaths (20.6%). It means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, such as a rollover or striking a parked vehicle. Vehicles stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, truck accident deaths by crash configuration were single-vehicle, 6 (17.6%); two-vehicle, 23 (67.6%); and three or more vehicles, 5 (14.7%). Configuration counts vehicles involved; it is separate from manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate-coded truck accident deaths numbered 0, representing 0.0% of the county total. This classification requires ROUTE=1 and a parseable I-route number in TWAY_ID. No individual interstate route counts are supplied in the packet; the route-coded figures do not describe a full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime, from 6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m., accounted for 17 deaths (50.0%). Nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., also accounted for 17 deaths (50.0%). Urban locations recorded 13 deaths (38.2%), and rural locations recorded 21 (61.8%). Work-zone records accounted for 3 deaths, a count of people killed rather than trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Texas and the United States

Brazoria County's truck accident death rate was 1.7 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. Texas recorded 2.5, and the United States recorded 1.6. The county rate was lower than the state rate and higher than the national rate.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Among the listed neighboring counties, Harris County recorded 1.0, Fort Bend County recorded 0.7 and Wharton County recorded 11.0. Brazoria County's rate was higher than Harris County's and Fort Bend County's, and lower than Wharton County's. These rates divide deaths by the sum of annual Census population estimates and multiply by 100,000. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors, and they describe deaths by crash location rather than the home counties of those killed.^{[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 census of fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes is FARS. A crash qualifies for inclusion only if it involves a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public and an occupant or nonoccupant death within 30 days. The census excludes nonfatal crashes and injuries. For readers searching "truck accident lawyer," the county where the crash occurred determines how these counts are grouped, rather than where those killed lived.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 records are FARS Final Files; 2024 uses the revisable Annual Report File. Rates use 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. These average annual rates do not adjust for miles driven or visitors.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

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

On related publications

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