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

Truck accident deaths in Hays County by year

Truck accident deaths fell from 6 in 2020 to 2 in 2021, then rose to 5 in 2022 and 9 in 2023. The count fell to 1 in 2024. The highest year was 2023, and the lowest was 2024. Comparing the endpoints, the 2024 count was 5 deaths lower than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The share of all traffic deaths occurring in truck accidents was 20.0% in 2020, 6.9% in 2021, 12.8% in 2022, 25.0% in 2023 and 3.6% in 2024. All traffic deaths followed a different annual pattern: 30 in 2020, 29 in 2021, 39 in 2022, 36 in 2023 and 28 in 2024. The highest all-traffic death count occurred 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 Hays County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 3 deaths, or 13.0% of truck accident deaths. People in other vehicles accounted for 16 deaths, or 69.6%, the largest person category. The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 4 deaths, or 17.4%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

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

The trucks involved

The truck accident records include 24 large trucks in fatal crashes in Hays County from 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors, described in the table as semi or tractor-trailer units, accounted for 15 trucks and 62.5% of the large trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks accounted for 9 trucks. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These figures count vehicles, separately from the 21 fatal crashes and 23 deaths. A crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the truck count is not a count of distinct crashes or 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 3 deaths (13.0%), head-on 5 (21.7%), rear-end 5 (21.7%) and sideswipe 3 (13.0%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 7 deaths (30.4%). This means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, such as striking a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle or fixed object, or a rollover. Vehicles stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, truck accident deaths by vehicle configuration were single-vehicle, 3 (13.0%); two-vehicle, 14 (60.9%); and three or more vehicles, 6 (26.1%). Configuration counts vehicles involved; it is separate from manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate-coded truck accident deaths numbered 12, or 52.2%. The listed I-35 count was 12 deaths. These figures require an interstate route code and a readable interstate route number in the records. The listed route counts represent the packet's route-coded subset, not a full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime accounted for 15 deaths (65.2%), and nighttime accounted for 8 (34.8%). Urban locations recorded 15 deaths (65.2%), while rural locations recorded 8 (34.8%). Work-zone records accounted for 5 deaths. These are death counts grouped by the supplied location and time classifications, rather than counts of trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Texas and the United States

The Hays County truck accident death rate was 1.7 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. Texas recorded 2.5, and the United States recorded 1.6 on the same measure. The county rate was lower than the state rate and higher than the national rate.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Among the listed neighboring counties, Travis County recorded a rate of 1.6 and Comal County recorded 2.2. Hays County's rate was higher than Travis County's and lower than Comal County's. These rates use deaths at crash locations divided by annual population estimates; they do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. Readers searching for a truck accident lawyer should read these as location-based death rates, not counts of residents 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 on a trafficway customarily open to the public and an occupant or nonoccupant death within 30 days. Counts follow the crash county, not the deceased person's residence. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 records are 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 of 294,339 is not the rate denominator. Rates do not adjust for miles driven or visitors.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

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