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

Truck accident deaths in Denton County by year

Truck accident deaths numbered 9 in 2020 and remained at 9 in 2021. The count rose to 10 in 2022, fell to 6 in 2023, and rose to 10 in 2024. The highest count was shared by 2022 and 2024, while 2023 had the lowest count. The 2024 count was 1 death higher than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The annual share of traffic deaths recorded in truck accidents was 15.3% in 2020, 12.7% in 2021, 20.8% in 2022, 11.3% in 2023, and 20.0% in 2024. Although 2022 and 2024 had the same truck accident death count, their all-traffic death counts were 48 and 50, respectively. The highest annual share was 20.8% in 2022.^{[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 Denton County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 6 deaths, or 13.6%. People in other vehicles accounted for 34 deaths, or 77.3%, the largest share of truck accident deaths. The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 4 deaths, or 9.1%.^{[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 vehicles not in transport, such as parked vehicles. It should not be read as a literal test of whether someone was outside a vehicle.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

The vehicle records identify 45 large trucks in fatal crashes in Denton County during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors, described as semi or tractor-trailer units, numbered 23 and represented 51.1% of those large trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 22. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 1.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These are vehicle counts, distinct from the 42 fatal crashes and 44 truck accident deaths recorded for the period. A crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the truck count and the fatal crash count describe different measures.^{[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 8 deaths (18.2%), head-on for 10 (22.7%), rear-end for 12 (27.3%), and sideswipe for 3 (6.8%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" accounted for 11 deaths (25.0%). This means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, such as a pedestrian, cyclist, parked-vehicle or fixed-object impact, or a rollover. A vehicle stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, truck accident deaths by crash configuration were single-vehicle, 8 (18.2%); two-vehicle, 22 (50.0%); and three or more vehicles, 14 (31.8%). Configuration describes the number of vehicles, separate from the manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate-coded crashes accounted for 15 truck accident deaths, or 34.1%. The listed I-35 route count was 15 deaths. Interstate figures require an interstate route code and a readable I-route number in the road identifier. Listed routes represent 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 21 deaths (47.7%); nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 23 (52.3%). Urban locations recorded 32 deaths (72.7%), and rural locations recorded 12 (27.3%). Work-zone records identified 4 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

Denton County's truck accident death rate was 0.9 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. The Texas rate was 2.5, and the national rate was 1.6. The county rate was lower than both. These rates use deaths at crash locations and do not identify the people killed as county residents.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Among the listed neighboring counties, Dallas County had a rate of 1.6, Tarrant County 1.1, Collin County 0.9, and Grayson County 3.9. Denton County's rate matched Collin County's and was lower than the other listed neighboring county rates. The calculation uses annual population estimates and does not adjust for miles driven or visitors. A search for "truck accident lawyer" should retain this distinction between crash location and residence when reading the counts.^{[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. To qualify for inclusion, a crash must involve a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public and the death of an occupant or nonoccupant within 30 days. Neither nonfatal crashes nor injuries are included. Crash location determines county counts, rather than the deceased person's residence.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 records are Final Files; 2024 uses the Annual Report File, subject to revision 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 express average annual deaths per 100,000 residents without adjustment for mileage or visitors. The separate July 1, 2024 population estimate is not the denominator.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

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

On related publications

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