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

Truck accident deaths in Hidalgo County by year

Truck accident deaths fell from 7 in 2020 to 5 in 2021, stayed at 5 in 2022, and rose to 12 in 2023. The count then fell to 4 in 2024. The highest count was in 2023, and the lowest was in 2024. The 2024 count was 3 deaths lower than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The annual shares of all traffic deaths were 14.9% in 2020, 7.0% in 2021, 6.6% in 2022, 14.3% in 2023 and 6.5% in 2024. All traffic deaths for those years were 47, 71, 76, 84 and 62, respectively. Although 2023 had the highest truck accident death count, the highest share of all traffic deaths occurred in 2020.^{[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 Hidalgo County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 2 deaths, or 6.1%. People in other vehicles accounted for 27 deaths, or 81.8%, the largest share of truck accident deaths. The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" accounted for 4 deaths, or 12.1%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The FARS nonoccupant grouping is represented by that quoted label and includes pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. Occupants of motor vehicles not in transport, such as parked vehicles, can fall within the other category. Consequently, the label should not be interpreted as 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 27 large trucks in fatal crashes during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors, described as semi or tractor-trailer units, numbered 20 and represented 74.1% of those large trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 7. The records identify 1 large truck as jackknifed.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

Each of these figures counts trucks, rather than crashes or deaths. A fatal crash can involve multiple large trucks. The truck-tractor share describes the vehicles in the large-truck count; it is not a share of people killed or of fatal crashes.^{[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, truck accident deaths were Angle (side impact), 14 (42.4%); Head-on, 1 (3.0%); Rear-end, 7 (21.2%); Sideswipe, 1 (3.0%); and Other, 2 (6.1%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" accounted for 8 (24.2%). This 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]}

Manner of collision describes the first harmful event. Separately, crash configuration assigned 4 deaths (12.1%) to single-vehicle crashes, 27 (81.8%) to two-vehicle crashes and 2 (6.1%) to crashes involving three or more vehicles.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate truck accident deaths numbered 5, representing 15.2% of the county total. The listed route-coded counts were 4 deaths on I-69 and 1 on I-2. These figures require an interstate route classification and a readable interstate route number in the records. The listed routes represent the packet's route-coded subset, not a full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime accounted for 18 deaths (54.5%), and nighttime accounted for 15 (45.5%). Urban locations recorded 25 deaths (75.8%), while rural locations recorded 8 (24.2%). Work-zone records showed 0 deaths. These location and time figures count deaths, not trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Texas and the United States

Hidalgo County's truck accident death rate was 0.7 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. That rate was lower than the Texas rate of 2.5 and the United States rate of 1.6. The corresponding death counts were 33 for Hidalgo County, 3,712 for Texas and 27,553 for the United States.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

The rates divide deaths by the sum of annual Census Bureau population estimates for the period and multiply by 100,000. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. The county's July 1, 2024 population estimate of 913,612 is shown separately; that estimate is not the denominator used to calculate the average annual rate.^{[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 a census of fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes on trafficways customarily open to the public, with an occupant or nonoccupant death within 30 days. It excludes nonfatal crashes and injuries. Counts follow crash location, not the deceased person's residence. For readers searching "truck accident lawyer," the grouping to remember is the county where the crash happened.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 records are FARS Final Files. The 2024 Annual Report File can change when replaced by the Final File. Rates use deaths divided by summed annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025, multiplied by 100,000. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors; the separate July 1, 2024 estimate is not their denominator.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

On related publications

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