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

Truck accident deaths in Hunt County by year

Truck accident deaths rose from 5 in 2020 to 9 in 2021, fell to 2 in 2022, and rose to 10 in 2023. The count then fell to 0 in 2024. The highest year was 2023, while 2024 had the lowest count. Comparing the endpoints, the 2024 count was 5 deaths lower than the 2020 count. The average annual count for the period was 5.2 deaths.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The share of all traffic deaths attributed to truck accidents was 19.2% in 2020, 23.7% in 2021, 13.3% in 2022, 28.6% in 2023 and 0.0% in 2024. All traffic deaths reached their highest yearly count of 38 in 2021 and their lowest count of 15 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 Hunt County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 5 deaths, or 19.2%. People in other vehicles accounted for 18 deaths, or 69.2%, the majority of truck accident deaths during 2020 through 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 3 deaths, or 11.5%. This label represents the FARS nonoccupant grouping, which includes pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. The other category can include occupants of motor vehicles not in transport, such as parked vehicles. The label therefore does not establish that every person in this category was physically outside a vehicle.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

The truck accident vehicle count was 24 large trucks in fatal crashes during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors, described as semi or tractor-trailer units, accounted for 14 trucks and 58.3% of the large trucks recorded. Single-unit and other large trucks accounted for 10 trucks. Large trucks recorded as jackknifed numbered 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These figures count vehicles, distinct from the 23 fatal crashes and 26 deaths in the county's truck accident records. A crash can involve multiple large trucks. The 58.3% truck-tractor share describes the vehicle count, 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 8 deaths (30.8%), Head-on 6 (23.1%), Rear-end 3 (11.5%), Sideswipe 1 (3.8%) and Other 1 (3.8%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 7 deaths (26.9%). This means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, including events such as rollovers or impacts with pedestrians or parked vehicles. A vehicle in transport can be stopped in traffic.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separate crash configuration figures assign 7 truck accident deaths (26.9%) to single-vehicle crashes, 16 (61.5%) to two-vehicle crashes and 3 (11.5%) to crashes involving three or more vehicles. These describe vehicle involvement separately from manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate-coded truck accident deaths numbered 9, or 34.6%. The listed I-30 count was 9 deaths. Interstate identification requires the interstate route code and a parseable interstate route number; the listed route counts represent a coded subset, not a full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime recorded 11 deaths (42.3%), while nighttime recorded 15 (57.7%). Urban locations recorded 8 deaths (30.8%) and rural locations 18 (69.2%). Work-zone records identified 1 death. Each of these figures counts deaths in truck accidents, rather than trucks or fatal crashes, and describes the 2020 through 2024 period.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Texas and the United States

Hunt County's truck accident death rate was 4.8 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. Hunt County's rate was higher than both. The corresponding death counts were 26 for Hunt County, 3,712 for Texas and 27,553 nationally.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Among the listed neighboring counties, Collin County recorded 50 deaths and a rate of 0.9; Kaufman County recorded 21 deaths and a rate of 2.4. Hunt County's rate was higher than both listed neighbors. These rates do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. For a reader searching "truck accident lawyer," the relevant grouping is crash location, not where the people killed lived.^{[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. It includes crashes involving a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public when an occupant or nonoccupant dies within 30 days. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. County counts follow crash location, not the deceased person's residence.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 records are Final Files. The 2024 Annual Report File may change when replaced by the Final File. Rates divide 2020 through 2024 deaths by the sum of annual Census Bureau population estimates, Vintage 2025, and multiply by 100,000. The separate July 1, 2024 population estimate of 119,210 is not the rate denominator.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

• Truck accident statistics for Collin County, Texas (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Kaufman County, Texas (2020-2024)
• Large truck (crash data definition)

On related publications

• Texas truck accident statistics (2020-2024) (truckaccidentlawyers.wiki)
• I-30 truck accidents in Texas (2020-2024) (truckaccidentlawyers.wiki)