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

Truck accident deaths in Comal County by year

Annual truck accident deaths were 1 in 2020, 5 in 2021, 5 in 2022, 4 in 2023 and 5 in 2024. The highest count was shared by 2021, 2022 and 2024, while 2020 had the lowest count. The 2024 count was 4 deaths higher than the 2020 count. The average annual count for the period was 4.0 deaths.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Truck accident shares of all traffic deaths were 4.8% in 2020, 25.0% in 2021, 31.2% in 2022, 12.1% in 2023 and 22.7% in 2024. The highest share occurred in 2022. All traffic deaths were 21, 20, 16, 33 and 22, respectively, across those years.^{[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 Comal County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 3 deaths, or 15.0%, while People in other vehicles accounted for 15 deaths, or 75.0%. People in other vehicles were the largest person category in the truck accident death counts.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 2 deaths, or 10.0%. This label represents the FARS nonoccupant grouping, including pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. The other category can include occupants of motor vehicles not in transport, such as parked vehicles, so the label is not a literal test of whether someone was outside a vehicle.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

The fatal crashes involved 23 large trucks during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors, identified in the table as semi or tractor-trailer units, accounted for 13 trucks and 56.5% of the large trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks accounted for 10. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These figures count vehicles involved in fatal crashes. They are distinct from the county's 19 fatal truck crashes and 20 deaths. A crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the vehicle count does not represent a count of separate 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 7 deaths, or 35.0%; head-on for 1, or 5.0%; rear-end for 6, or 30.0%; and sideswipe for 1, or 5.0%. "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" accounted for 5 deaths, or 25.0%. It means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, including events involving pedestrians, cyclists, parked vehicles, fixed objects or rollovers. Vehicles stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, truck accident deaths by crash configuration were single-vehicle: 3, or 15.0%; two-vehicle: 11, or 55.0%; and three or more vehicles: 6, or 30.0%. Configuration counts vehicles involved rather than describing the first harmful event.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate-coded truck accident deaths numbered 7, representing 35.0% of the county count. The listed I-35 route count was 7 deaths. These figures require an interstate route classification and a parseable interstate route number; the listed route is a 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 75.0%. Nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 5 deaths, or 25.0%. Urban classifications recorded 6 deaths, or 30.0%, and rural classifications recorded 14 deaths, or 70.0%. Work-zone truck accident deaths numbered 4; 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

Comal County's truck accident rate was 2.2 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents, compared with 2.5 for Texas and 1.6 nationally. The county rate was lower than the state rate and higher than the national rate. The corresponding death counts were 20 for Comal County, 3,712 for Texas and 27,553 for the United States.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Among the listed neighboring counties, Bexar County recorded 107 deaths and a rate of 1.0; Hays County recorded 23 deaths and a rate of 1.7. Comal County's rate was higher than both listed neighbor rates. These population-based rates do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. For readers searching for a truck accident lawyer, the counts remain grouped 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

FARS is NHTSA's census of fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes on trafficways customarily open to the public, with a death within 30 days. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. County assignment follows crash location, not the deceased person's residence. The 2020 through 2023 figures use Final Files; 2024 uses the Annual Report File and may change with its replacement by a Final File.^[9][6][7][8]

Rates divide 2020 through 2024 deaths by the sum of annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025, then multiply by 100,000. This gives average annual deaths per 100,000 residents without adjusting for miles driven or visitors. The separately shown July 1, 2024 population estimate of 201,486 is not the rate denominator.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

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