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

Truck accident deaths in Grayson County by year

Truck accident deaths rose from 4 in 2020 to 8 in 2021, fell to 1 in 2022, then rose to 5 in 2023 and 10 in 2024. The highest count was 10 in 2024, and the lowest was 1 in 2022. The 2024 count was 6 deaths higher than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The annual share of traffic deaths involving truck accidents was 17.4% in 2020, 27.6% in 2021, 3.1% in 2022, 31.2% in 2023 and 31.2% in 2024. Although the death count rose between 2023 and 2024, the displayed share remained unchanged. All traffic deaths numbered 16 in 2023 and 32 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 Grayson County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 4 deaths, or 14.3%, while People in other vehicles accounted for 21 deaths, or 75.0%. People in other vehicles were the majority of truck accident deaths recorded in Grayson County during 2020 through 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 3 deaths, or 10.7%. This label represents the FARS nonoccupant grouping, including pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. The grouping can include occupants of parked motor vehicles, so the label does not mean every person counted was physically outside a vehicle.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

Fatal crashes in Grayson County involved 28 large trucks during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors (semi or tractor-trailer units) numbered 15, representing 53.6% of those trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 13. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These truck accident figures count vehicles, distinct from the 25 fatal crashes and 28 deaths recorded for the period. A crash can involve multiple large trucks. The truck-tractor percentage describes the share of large trucks involved in fatal crashes, rather than a share of crashes or 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. Angle (side impact) recorded 7 deaths, or 25.0%; head-on, 3, or 10.7%; rear-end, 8, or 28.6%; and sideswipe, 1, or 3.6%. "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 9 deaths, or 32.1%. That row means no collision with another motor vehicle in transport, including events such as striking a parked vehicle or a rollover. Vehicles stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The separate truck accident configuration figures count deaths by the number of vehicles involved: single-vehicle crashes recorded 4 deaths, or 14.3%; two-vehicle crashes, 15, or 53.6%; and crashes involving three or more vehicles, 9, or 32.1%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

The route-coded interstate category recorded 0 truck accident deaths, or 0.0%, in Grayson County from 2020 through 2024. Interstate identification requires an interstate route classification and a readable I-route number. No individual interstate route counts are listed in the packet; the coding does not describe the full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime, from 6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m., recorded 19 deaths, or 67.9%. Nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., recorded 9 deaths, or 32.1%. Urban locations recorded 6 deaths, or 21.4%, and rural locations recorded 22 deaths, or 78.6%. Work-zone truck accident deaths numbered 1; that figure counts deaths rather than crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Texas and the United States

Grayson County's truck accident death rate was 3.9 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. That was higher than the Texas rate of 2.5 and the national rate of 1.6. Among the listed neighboring counties, Collin County and Denton County each had a displayed rate of 0.9.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

The rates use deaths at the crash location and the sum of annual Census population estimates. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors, and they do not measure deaths only among county residents. For readers searching for a truck accident lawyer, the same grouping applies: these figures describe fatal crashes occurring within the 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

NHTSA's census of fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes is FARS. For inclusion, a crash must involve a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public, with an occupant or nonoccupant death occurring 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 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 summed annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025, then multiply by 100,000 to express average annual deaths per 100,000 residents. The separate July 1, 2024 population estimate of 150,865 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)