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

Truck accident deaths in Johnson County by year

Truck accident deaths rose from 3 in 2020 to 8 in 2021 and 9 in 2022. They then fell to 2 in 2023 before rising to 4 in 2024. The highest count was 9 in 2022, and the lowest was 2 in 2023. The 2024 count was 1 death higher than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The annual share of traffic deaths occurring in truck accidents was 15.0% in 2020, 20.5% in 2021, 25.0% in 2022, 6.5% in 2023 and 19.0% in 2024. All traffic deaths numbered 20, 39, 36, 31 and 21 in those respective years. The highest truck accident share occurred in 2022, while all traffic deaths reached their highest count in 2021.^{[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 Johnson County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 2 deaths, or 7.7%. People in other vehicles accounted for 23 deaths, or 88.5%, the largest person category. The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 1 death, or 3.8%. Each share uses the county's truck accident deaths from 2020 through 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The quoted row is a nonoccupant classification covering pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. Its other category can include occupants of vehicles not in transport, such as parked vehicles. The label therefore does not function as a literal test of being outside a vehicle.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

Fatal truck accidents in Johnson County involved 25 large trucks during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors, identified as semi or tractor-trailer units, numbered 16 and represented 64.0% of those trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 9. Large trucks recorded as jackknifed numbered 2.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These figures count vehicles involved in fatal crashes. They are distinct from the 23 fatal crashes and 26 deaths recorded for the period. A crash can involve multiple large trucks, so a vehicle count is not a crash count. The truck-tractor percentage likewise describes the trucks, not the people who died.^{[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 13 deaths (50.0%); head-on, 2 (7.7%); rear-end, 7 (26.9%); and sideswipe, 0 (0.0%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 4 deaths (15.4%). That row means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, including events involving pedestrians, cyclists, parked vehicles, fixed objects or rollovers. 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, 2 (7.7%); two-vehicle, 22 (84.6%); and three or more vehicles, 2 (7.7%). Configuration groups crashes by vehicle count rather than manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate truck accident deaths numbered 7, or 26.9% of the county count. The listed route-coded count for I-35 was 7 deaths. Interstate identification requires the interstate route classification and a parseable I-route number; the listed routes are a 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 17 deaths (65.4%). Nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 9 (34.6%). Urban locations recorded 12 deaths (46.2%), and rural locations recorded 14 (53.8%). Work-zone deaths numbered 0. These location and time figures count deaths rather than trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Texas and the United States

Johnson County's truck accident death rate was 2.7 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. Texas recorded 2.5, and the United States recorded 1.6. The county rate was higher than both. These rates use deaths at crash locations and population estimates; they do not measure deaths solely among people who lived in each area.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Among the listed neighboring counties, Tarrant County recorded 1.1, Ellis County 4.3, Hill County 13.4 and Parker County 3.0. Johnson County's rate was higher than Tarrant County's and lower than the other listed neighbors' rates. Hill County had the highest rate among the listed neighboring counties. These are average annual deaths per 100,000 residents, without adjustments 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 covers fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes on trafficways customarily open to the public when an occupant or nonoccupant dies within 30 days. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. For readers searching "truck accident lawyer," the counts are grouped by crash location, not the home county of those who died.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 figures use FARS Final Files; 2024 uses the revisable Annual Report File. Rates divide deaths by summed annual Census Bureau population estimates for 2020 through 2024, using Vintage 2025, then multiply by 100,000. The separate July 1, 2024 estimate is not the denominator. Rates do not adjust for miles driven or visitors.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

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