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

Truck accident deaths in Gonzales County by year

Truck accident deaths numbered 0 in 2020, 5 in 2021, 8 in 2022, 2 in 2023 and 5 in 2024. The highest count was 8 in 2022, while the lowest was 0 in 2020. The 2024 count was 5 deaths higher than the 2020 count. Across the reporting period, the average was 4.0 deaths per year.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The corresponding shares of all traffic deaths were 0.0%, 55.6%, 53.3%, 28.6% and 71.4%. Although 2022 had the highest truck accident death count, 2024 had the highest share. All traffic deaths numbered 13 in 2020, 9 in 2021, 15 in 2022, 7 in 2023 and 7 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 Gonzales County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 6 deaths, or 30.0%. People in other vehicles accounted for 13 deaths, or 65.0%, the largest person category. The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 1 death, or 5.0%, in truck accidents during 2020 through 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

That quoted label represents the FARS nonoccupant grouping, including pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. Its other category can include occupants of vehicles not in transport, such as parked vehicles. It is not a literal test of whether someone was outside a vehicle.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

Fatal truck accidents in Gonzales County involved 16 large trucks during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors (semi or tractor-trailer units) accounted for 11 trucks, or 68.8% of the large trucks recorded. Single-unit and other large trucks accounted for 5 trucks. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 1.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These figures count vehicles, rather than crashes or deaths. A fatal crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the 16 large trucks and the 14 fatal crashes describe different measures. The jackknife figure likewise counts trucks, not people killed.^{[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) recorded 7 deaths, or 35.0%; head-on, 1, or 5.0%; rear-end, 5, or 25.0%; and sideswipe, 3, or 15.0%. "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 4 deaths, or 20.0%. That label means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, such as a rollover or striking a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle or fixed object. A vehicle stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, truck accident deaths by vehicle count were single-vehicle: 4, or 20.0%; two-vehicle: 9, or 45.0%; and three or more vehicles: 7, or 35.0%. These configuration 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 6, or 30.0%. The listed I-10 count was 6 deaths. These figures require an interstate route classification and a readable interstate route number in the crash record. The listed route counts 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., recorded 10 deaths, or 50.0%. Nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., also recorded 10 deaths, or 50.0%. Urban locations recorded 2 deaths, or 10.0%, and rural locations recorded 18, or 90.0%. Work-zone deaths numbered 4; that figure counts deaths, not trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Texas and the United States

Gonzales County's truck accident death rate was 20.1 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. Gonzales County's rate was higher than both. Among the listed neighboring counties, Fayette County had a rate of 19.2, compared with Gonzales County's 20.1.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

The rates use deaths at the crash location and annual Census population estimates. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors, and they do not measure deaths among county residents specifically. The associated death counts were 20 for Gonzales County, 3,712 for Texas, 27,553 for the United States and 24 for Fayette County.^{[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 counts fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes on trafficways customarily open to the public when an occupant or nonoccupant dies within 30 days. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. Whether your search is for statistics or a truck accident lawyer, read these counts by crash location, not the home county of those killed.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 figures use FARS 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. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. The separate July 1, 2024 population estimate of 20,129 is not the rate denominator.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

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