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

Truck accident deaths in Kaufman County by year

Truck accident deaths fell from 8 in 2020 to 3 in 2021, rose to 5 in 2022, then fell to 4 in 2023 and 1 in 2024. The highest count was 8 in 2020, and the lowest was 1 in 2024. The 2024 count was lower than the 2020 count by 7 deaths.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The annual truck accident share of all traffic deaths followed the same sequence of changes: 25.0% in 2020, 8.3% in 2021, 19.2% in 2022, 17.4% in 2023 and 4.2% in 2024. All traffic deaths numbered 32, 36, 26, 23 and 24 in those respective years. The highest all-traffic count occurred in 2021, while the lowest occurred in 2023.^{[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 Kaufman County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 6 deaths, or 28.6%. People in other vehicles accounted for 12 deaths, or 57.1%, the largest person category for truck accident deaths. The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 3 deaths, or 14.3%.^{[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 categories describe people killed in the crashes, not just truck occupants.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

The fatal truck accident records include 20 large trucks from 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors (semi or tractor-trailer units) numbered 13 and represented 65.0% of those trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 7. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

Each figure in the trucks table counts vehicles, rather than fatal crashes or deaths. A crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the 20 large trucks and the 19 fatal crashes are distinct measures. The 21 truck accident deaths are a separate person count.^{[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. Deaths were recorded as Angle (side impact), 3; Head-on, 4; Rear-end, 5; Sideswipe, 3; and Other, 1. "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" accounted for 5 deaths. That label means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, such as a pedestrian, cyclist, parked-vehicle or fixed-object impact, or a rollover. A vehicle in transport can be stopped in traffic.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, truck accident deaths by crash configuration were single-vehicle, 5 (23.8%); two-vehicle, 9 (42.9%); and three or more vehicles, 7 (33.3%). Configuration describes the number of vehicles involved, rather than the manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate truck accident deaths numbered 9, or 42.9%. The listed I-20 count was 9 deaths. These figures require interstate route coding and a parseable interstate number; the listed route is 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 12 deaths (57.1%); nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 9 (42.9%). Urban locations recorded 8 deaths (38.1%), and rural locations recorded 13 (61.9%). Work-zone deaths numbered 0. These are counts of people killed in truck accidents, including the work-zone figure, rather than counts of vehicles or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Texas and the United States

Kaufman County's truck accident death rate was 2.4 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 lower than the state rate and higher than the national rate.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Among the listed neighboring counties, Dallas County recorded 1.6, Ellis County recorded 4.3 and Hunt County recorded 4.8. Kaufman County's rate was higher than Dallas County's and lower than the rates for Ellis and Hunt counties. Hunt County had the highest rate among the listed neighboring counties. These rates divide deaths by the sum of annual population estimates and multiply by 100,000. They do 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 an occupant or nonoccupant death within 30 days. It excludes nonfatal crashes and injuries. For readers searching "truck accident lawyer," the counts here are grouped by crash location, not where those killed lived.^[9][6][7][8]

Records for 2020 through 2023 use FARS Final Files; 2024 uses the revisable Annual Report File. Rates use deaths divided by summed annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025, multiplied by 100,000. The separate July 1, 2024 estimate of 198,010 is not the rate denominator. The rates measure average annual deaths per 100,000 residents without adjustments for miles driven or visitors.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

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