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

Truck accident deaths in Jefferson County by year

Truck accident deaths rose from 4 in 2020 to 9 in 2021 and 10 in 2022. They fell to 4 in 2023, then rose to 7 in 2024. The highest count was 10 in 2022; the lowest count was 4, recorded in both 2020 and 2023. The 2024 count was 3 deaths higher than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The share of all traffic deaths attributed to truck accidents was 8.3% in 2020, 15.0% in 2021, 21.7% in 2022, 12.9% in 2023 and 15.6% in 2024. All traffic deaths for those years were 48, 60, 46, 31 and 45, respectively. The highest truck accident death count and share 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 Jefferson County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 6 deaths, or 17.6%. People in other vehicles accounted for 24 deaths, or 70.6%, the largest share of truck accident deaths. The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" accounted for 4 deaths, or 11.8%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

That quoted label represents the FARS nonoccupant grouping, including pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. It is not a literal test of whether someone was outside a vehicle: the other category can include occupants of parked motor vehicles. These person categories describe everyone killed in the qualifying crashes, rather than only truck occupants.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

The vehicle count for fatal truck accidents in Jefferson County from 2020 through 2024 was 31 large trucks. Truck-tractors, described as semi or tractor-trailer units, accounted for 20 trucks and 64.5% of the large-truck count. Single-unit and other large trucks accounted for 11 trucks. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 1.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These figures count vehicles, not fatal crashes or deaths. A fatal crash can involve multiple large trucks. The truck-tractor share therefore describes the large trucks involved in fatal crashes, rather than the share of 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. Rear-end crashes accounted for 11 deaths, or 32.4%; angle (side impact), 6, or 17.6%; head-on, 4, or 11.8%; and sideswipe, 3, or 8.8%. "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" accounted for 10 deaths, or 29.4%. It means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, including events such as striking a parked vehicle or a rollover. A vehicle stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, truck accident deaths by crash configuration were single-vehicle, 8, or 23.5%; two-vehicle, 21, or 61.8%; and three or more vehicles, 5, or 14.7%. 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 16, or 47.1%. The listed I-10 count was 16 deaths. These figures require an interstate route code and a readable interstate number in the road identifier; the listed route represents 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., accounted for 20 deaths, or 58.8%. Nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 14 deaths, or 41.2%. Urban locations recorded 23 deaths, or 67.6%, and rural locations recorded 11, or 32.4%. Work-zone records accounted for 7 deaths, a count of people killed rather than trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Texas and the United States

Jefferson County's truck accident death rate was 2.7 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. The Texas rate was 2.5, and the national rate was 1.6. Jefferson County's rate was higher than both. These rates use deaths at the crash location and do not identify the people killed as county residents.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Among the listed neighboring counties, Liberty County's rate was 5.4, Chambers County's was 7.8 and Orange County's was 4.7. Jefferson County's rate was lower than each of these rates. Chambers County had the highest rate among the listed neighboring counties. The calculation uses annual Census population estimates and does not adjust for miles driven or visitors.^{[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 a death within 30 days. It excludes nonfatal crashes and injuries. For readers searching for a truck accident lawyer, these counts are grouped by crash location, not where those killed lived.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 records are Final Files; 2024 uses the revisable Annual Report File. Rates divide deaths by the sum of annual Census Bureau population estimates for 2020 through 2024, Vintage 2025, and multiply by 100,000 to express average annual deaths per 100,000 residents. The separately displayed July 1, 2024 population estimate is not the denominator.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

• Truck accident statistics for Chambers County, Texas (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Liberty County, Texas (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Orange County, Texas (2020-2024)

On related publications

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