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

Truck accident deaths in Fayette County by year

Truck accident deaths numbered 7 in 2020, 4 in 2021, 7 in 2022, 2 in 2023 and 4 in 2024. The highest count was shared by 2020 and 2022, while 2023 had the lowest count. The 2024 count was 3 deaths lower than the 2020 count. Across the reporting period, the average was 4.8 deaths per year.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The annual share of traffic deaths occurring in truck accidents was 36.8% in 2020, 40.0% in 2021, 41.2% in 2022, 40.0% in 2023 and 30.8% in 2024. All traffic deaths numbered 19, 10, 17, 5 and 13 in those respective years. The highest truck accident share occurred in 2022; the lowest occurred in 2024.^{[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 Fayette County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 6 deaths, or 25.0% of truck accident deaths. People in other vehicles accounted for 18 deaths, or 75.0%, the largest person category. The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 0 deaths and 0.0%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The FARS nonoccupant grouping is identified by that quoted label and includes pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. Whether someone was outside a vehicle is not literally what it tests: occupants of motor vehicles not in transport, such as parked vehicles, can fall within the other category.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

The truck accident vehicle count for 2020 through 2024 was 22 large trucks in fatal crashes. Truck-tractors, described in the table as semi or tractor-trailer units, numbered 17 and represented 77.3% of those large trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 5. Large trucks recorded as jackknifed numbered 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These figures count vehicles, not crashes or deaths. A fatal crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the 22 large trucks and the 21 fatal crashes are distinct measures. Neither vehicle count describes how many people died inside a truck.^{[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

By manner of collision, rear-end crashes recorded 9 deaths (37.5%), angle (side impact) 7 (29.2%), head-on 0 (0.0%), sideswipe 0 (0.0%) and Other 1 (4.2%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 7 deaths (29.2%). This describes a first harmful event without collision with a motor vehicle in transport, such as striking a parked vehicle 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, 5 (20.8%); two-vehicle, 18 (75.0%); and three or more vehicles, 1 (4.2%). These vehicle-number categories are separate from manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate-coded truck accident deaths numbered 8, or 33.3%. The listed I-10 count was 8 deaths. These figures require an interstate route code and a readable interstate route number; the listed route represents 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 18 deaths (75.0%). Nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 6 deaths (25.0%). The land-use classification recorded 1 urban death (4.2%) and 23 rural deaths (95.8%). Work-zone deaths numbered 0. Each figure in these breakdowns counts deaths, rather than trucks or fatal crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Texas and the United States

Fayette County's truck accident death rate was 19.2 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. The Texas rate was 2.5 and the United States rate was 1.6. Fayette County's rate was higher than both. Among the listed neighboring counties, Bastrop County recorded 3.7 and Gonzales County recorded 20.1. Fayette County's rate was higher than Bastrop County's and lower than Gonzales County's.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

The rates use deaths at crash locations and annual Census population estimates. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. For readers searching for a truck accident lawyer, the grouping to keep in mind is crash location, rather than the home county of the people 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

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 the crash county, not the deceased person's residence. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 figures use FARS Final Files. The 2024 Annual Report File can change when replaced by the Final 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 separate July 1, 2024 population estimate is not that denominator. Rates do not adjust for miles driven or visitors.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

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