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

Truck accident deaths in Dallas County by year

Annual truck accident deaths rose from 35 in 2020 to 37 in 2021 and 51 in 2022. They then fell to 47 in 2023 and 39 in 2024. The highest count was 51 in 2022, and the lowest was 35 in 2020. The 2024 count was 4 deaths higher than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The truck accident share of all traffic deaths was 10.6% in 2020, 10.5% in 2021, 14.4% in 2022, 14.0% in 2023 and 11.8% in 2024. All traffic deaths numbered 331, 354, 354, 336 and 330 in those respective years. These annual figures 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 Dallas County truck accidents

People in other vehicles accounted for 142 truck accident deaths, or 67.9%, the largest person category. People in the large truck accounted for 29 deaths, or 13.9%. The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 38 deaths, or 18.2%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

That quoted label represents the FARS nonoccupant grouping, including 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. These categories describe people who died in crashes involving large trucks.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

The vehicle count for fatal truck accidents in Dallas County was 208 large trucks during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors, identified as semi or tractor-trailer units, numbered 132 and represented 63.5% of those large trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 76. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 3.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

Each figure in the trucks table counts vehicles. A truck accident can involve multiple large trucks, so these vehicle counts should be read separately from the county's 192 fatal crashes and 209 deaths during the same period.^{[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 recorded 75 deaths (35.9%); Angle (side impact), 42 (20.1%); Head-on, 14 (6.7%); Sideswipe, 7 (3.3%); and Other, 3 (1.4%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 68 (32.5%). This means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, which can be stopped in traffic. Examples include striking a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle or fixed object, or a rollover.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, truck accident deaths by crash configuration were Single-vehicle, 43 (20.6%); Two-vehicle, 116 (55.5%); and Three or more vehicles, 50 (23.9%). These shares describe the number of vehicles involved, a separate classification from manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate truck accident deaths numbered 116, or 55.5%. Listed route-coded counts were I-30, 35 deaths; I-35, 28; I-635, 22; and I-45, 15. Interstate identification requires ROUTE=1 and a parseable I-route number in TWAY_ID. The listed routes are 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., recorded 84 deaths (40.2%); nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., recorded 125 (59.8%). Urban locations accounted for 208 deaths (99.5%), and rural locations for 1 (0.5%). Work-zone truck accident deaths numbered 21. The work-zone 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

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

Among the listed neighboring counties, rates were 1.1 in Tarrant County, 0.9 in Collin County, 4.3 in Ellis County and 0.9 in Denton County. These population-based rates do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. For readers searching for a truck accident lawyer, the relevant distinction here is that deaths are grouped by crash location, while the rate uses Census population estimates.^{[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 use crash location, not the deceased person's residence. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 records are Final Files; 2024 uses the revisable Annual Report File. Rates divide 2020 through 2024 deaths by the sum of annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025, then multiply by 100,000. The result is average annual deaths per 100,000 residents, without adjustment for miles driven or visitors. The separately shown July 1, 2024 population estimate is not the rate denominator.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

• Truck accident statistics for Collin County, Texas (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Denton County, Texas (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Ellis County, Texas (2020-2024)

On related publications

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