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

Truck accident deaths in Ector County by year

Truck accident deaths fell from 14 in 2020 to 12 in 2021 and 8 in 2022. They rose to 9 in 2023, then fell to 8 in 2024. The highest count was 14 in 2020; the lowest count, 8, occurred in both 2022 and 2024. The 2024 count was 6 deaths lower than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The annual share of all traffic deaths attributed to truck accidents was 24.6% in 2020, 27.9% in 2021, 19.0% in 2022, 19.1% in 2023 and 16.0% in 2024. That share was highest in 2021 and lowest in 2024. All traffic deaths numbered 57, 43, 42, 47 and 50 in those respective 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 Ector County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 7 deaths, or 13.7%, while People in other vehicles accounted for 39 deaths, or 76.5%. People in other vehicles were the majority of truck accident deaths recorded in Ector County from 2020 through 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 5 deaths, or 9.8%. This is the FARS nonoccupant grouping, including pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. Its other category can include occupants of parked motor 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 truck accident vehicle records list 50 large trucks in fatal crashes in Ector County from 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors, described in the table as semi or tractor-trailer units, numbered 35 and represented 70.0% of those large trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 15. The recorded count of large trucks that jackknifed was 1.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These figures count vehicles involved in fatal crashes. They are distinct from the county's 41 fatal crashes and 51 deaths: a truck crash can involve multiple large trucks. The jackknife figure also counts trucks, not 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. Truck accident deaths were Angle (side impact), 17 (33.3%); Head-on, 9 (17.6%); Rear-end, 11 (21.6%); Sideswipe, 4 (7.8%); and Other, 1 (2.0%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 9 (17.6%). That row means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, including events such as striking a pedestrian, parked vehicle or fixed object, or a rollover. A vehicle in transport can be stopped in traffic.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, crash configuration groups deaths by vehicle count: single-vehicle crashes accounted for 5 (9.8%), two-vehicle crashes for 35 (68.6%), and crashes involving three or more vehicles for 11 (21.6%). These shares describe deaths, not numbers of crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate truck accident deaths numbered 11, or 21.6%, in Ector County from 2020 through 2024. The listed I-20 route-coded count was 11 deaths. Interstate identification requires an interstate route classification and a parseable I-route number; the listed routes are a 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 23 deaths (45.1%). Nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 28 (54.9%). Urban locations recorded 35 deaths (68.6%), and rural locations recorded 16 (31.4%). Work-zone truck accident deaths numbered 3; 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

Ector County's truck accident death rate was 6.2 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. That rate was higher than Texas at 2.5 and the United States at 1.6. The corresponding death counts were 51 for Ector County, 3,712 for Texas and 27,553 nationally.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Among the listed neighboring counties, Midland County recorded 68 deaths and a rate of 7.8; Ward County recorded 21 deaths and a rate of 37.6. Ector County's rate was lower than each listed neighbor's rate. The rates use annual Census population estimates and do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. They measure deaths by crash location relative to population, not deaths among residents.^{[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. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. For readers searching "truck accident lawyer," these counts group deaths by crash county, not home county.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 records are Final Files; the 2024 Annual Report File can be revised when replaced by a Final File. Rates divide deaths by summed annual Census Bureau population estimates for 2020 through 2024, Vintage 2025, and multiply by 100,000. The separate July 1, 2024 estimate is not the denominator. Rates do not adjust for miles driven or visitors.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

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

On related publications

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