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

Truck accident deaths in Liberty County by year

Annual truck accident deaths rose from 3 in 2020 to 5 in 2021 and reached 11 in 2022. The count then fell to 6 in 2023 and 3 in 2024. The highest count was in 2022; the lowest count was shared by 2020 and 2024. The 2020 to 2024 change was 0 deaths, leaving the annual count the same at the beginning and end of the period.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The share of all traffic deaths occurring in truck accidents was 10.3% in 2020, 23.8% in 2021, 32.4% in 2022, 25.0% in 2023 and 15.8% in 2024. Across the period, the average was 5.6 truck accident deaths per year.^{[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 Liberty County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 7 deaths, or 25.0%. People in other vehicles accounted for 19 deaths, or 67.9%, the largest person category. The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 2 deaths, or 7.1%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

That quoted label represents the FARS nonoccupant grouping, including pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. The grouping can include occupants of motor vehicles not in transport, such as parked vehicles, so it is not a literal test of whether someone was outside a vehicle. These categories describe people killed in truck accidents.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

The vehicle records identify 27 large trucks in fatal crashes in Liberty County during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors (semi or tractor-trailer units) accounted for 16 trucks, or 59.3% of the large trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks accounted for 11 trucks. The number of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 1.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These are vehicle counts, distinct from the county's 26 fatal crashes and 28 truck accident deaths. A crash can involve multiple large trucks. The truck-tractor share therefore describes the recorded large trucks, rather than a share of crashes or 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. Angle (side impact) recorded 9 deaths (32.1%), head-on 5 (17.9%), rear-end 2 (7.1%) and sideswipe 4 (14.3%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 8 deaths (28.6%). This means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, which can include a vehicle stopped in traffic. Examples include striking a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle or fixed object, or a rollover.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, crash configuration groups truck accident deaths by vehicle count: single-vehicle crashes recorded 8 deaths (28.6%), two-vehicle crashes 13 (46.4%), and crashes involving three or more vehicles 7 (25.0%). Configuration and manner of collision are separate classifications.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

The route-coded interstate measure recorded 0 truck accident deaths, or 0.0%. It requires an interstate route classification and a parseable I-route number; no individual interstate route counts are listed in the packet. This measure is a route-coded subset, rather than a description of the full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime, from 6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m., accounted for 20 deaths (71.4%); nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 8 (28.6%). Urban locations recorded 7 deaths (25.0%), rural locations 20 (71.4%), and locations with land use not reported 1 (3.6%). Work-zone records identified 2 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

Liberty County's truck accident death rate was 5.4 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. The Texas rate was 2.5 and the national rate was 1.6. Among the listed neighboring counties, Harris County recorded 1.0, Montgomery County 1.5, Jefferson County 2.7 and Polk County 10.7. Liberty County's rate was higher than the state and national rates and lower than Polk County's rate.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

These rates use deaths divided by the sum of annual population estimates, multiplied by 100,000. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. For readers searching for a truck accident lawyer, the grouping to keep in mind is crash location: these counts do not identify deaths by the person's county of residence.^{[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. Inclusion requires a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public and an occupant or nonoccupant death within 30 days. Counts use the crash's county, not the deceased person's residence. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded.^[9][6][7][8]

Records for 2020 through 2023 are Final Files; 2024 uses the Annual Report File and may change when the Final File replaces it. Rates divide deaths by summed annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025, then multiply by 100,000. The separate July 1, 2024 estimate of 116,291 is not the denominator. Rates express average annual deaths per 100,000 residents without adjusting for miles driven or visitors.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

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